(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Jared Ganschow redeemed himself. And then some.A runner-up two years ago, Ganschow won the Class 3A boys 400-meter dash at state track and field meet Thursday at Drake Stadium."This is awesome," Ganschow said. "I've been waiting for this for two years."Ganschow, of ...

DECORAH — The MVP plaque laying on the table in the Decorah High School main office features the name of Josey Jewell. A trophy stands behind the plaque. A gold football player, striking a poorly constructed Heisman pose tops the wooden monument on the table.It’s ...

DES MOINES -- Duane Schulte had his right hip replaced Monday, and won't be back to school for about a month.He'll have time to reflect on a remarkable season, and on the players that made it happen.Seven of those players were honored as all-staters by ...

CEDAR FALLS — Late in the third quarter, Josey Jewell ill-advisedly tried to pick up a punt that had sailed over his head and was bouncing crazily on the UNI-Dome turf.As you’d expect, he failed to field the football cleanly and had to flop on ...

CEDAR FALLS — Nothing really fancy shmancy. No spread this or spread that with these guys.The Decorah Vikings actually huddle before each play. Old-school, Wing-T football, baby.And still they score plenty of points. Imagine that."It seems like all these young coaches think they've got to ...

MANCHESTER — The top-ranked Decorah Vikings withheld a strong second-quarter performance from 10th-rated and fellow 3A District 5 rival West Delaware en route to a 37-13 win Friday night.Decorah senior fullback Josey Jewell led the way for the Vikings, rushing for two touchdowns, in a ...

Josey Jewell compares Decorah football to a family.It might be hard for him to differentiate between the two, following in the footsteps of his own relatives to wear the Vikings jersey.Jewell is a third-generation player and fourth family member in the Decorah football program. He has made ...

DES MOINES — Maybe it should have kept raining. Ah, that would have just delayed the inevitable.Decorah’s run the second half of the prep baseball season was ended by a team that was out and out better, certainly last night. Few doubts about Dallas Center-Grimes ...

DES MOINES - Dennis Olejniczak has won 1,293 games in over a half-century as a prep baseball coach. If there was one you had to choose to best represent his phenomenal legacy, this would have been it.OK, probably some hyperbole there. But this one was ...