DES MOINES - On a night when history was made, Union Community’s Max Thomsen took one step closer to making his own and older brother, locking climbed one step higher.Max Thomsen captured his second state title in two seasons and Logan Thomsen in his first ...

LAPORTE CITY - Can Jay Scheel play quarterback at the major-college level?"Yes, he can," Joe Hadachek, Scheel's coach at LaPorte City Union, said Sunday, after it was learned Scheel has given a verbal commitment to play that position for the Iowa Hawkeyes.A junior, Scheel isn't ...

DECORAH - No offense to all the wonderfully talented boys and girls who are participating in the 65th Iowa All-State Festival Concert tonight, but James Ostlie isn't going to miss you.The Decorah junior successfully auditioned recently as a bass singer in the choir portion of the ...

Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Monday night's exciting round of prep football playoffs in this latest edition of the "Prep Huddle" podcast.Check it out below:

MUSCATINE - Following postgame tradition, they formed a circle around Noel Mahood near midfield.As the girls leaned forward with arms around each other, Mahood - a junior midfielder - hesitated with her head down and hands on her hips. Finally she said "We are ..."Her teammates ...

MUSCATINE - They're playing a parochial school from eastern Iowa in Saturday's Class 1A state soccer championship game. But it's not the parochial school from eastern Iowa the LaPorte City Union Knights really wanted to play."It's great, but it's a little bittersweet because we don't ...

MUSCATINE - Lizzie Zondo just laughed when asked what the second half of her team's Class 1A state soccer tournament quarterfinal felt like Thursday afternoon."Sometimes it's hard to watch," the LaPorte City Union head coach said. "You just have to turn awayand whatever happens, happens."What ...

Here is this week's edition. Scott Saville, K.J. Pilcher and Jeff Johnson discuss this week's big football games, including Union-Marion and City High/Linn-Mar, as well as a little golf.

Darian Powell, UnionBrittany Frush, UnionLauren Konchar, Cedar Rapids XavierAli Ungs, Cedar Rapids XavierSam Copley, Dallas Center-GrimesMorgan Lefebrvre, Dallas Center-GrimesCarli Tritz, Sioux City Bishop HeelanAmanda Hoffman, Sioux City Bishop HeelanWhitney Blunt, UnionMary Levett, Cedar Rapids XavierAnnie Dale, Cedar Rapids Xavier (Captain)

Members of the Xavier soccer team sing along with a stereo as they kill time during a rain delayed halftime of their game in the Class 1A Final of the 2010 Girls State Soccer Tournament against Union Saturday, June 12, 2010 in Muscatine. Xavier leads ...