MARION – Linn-Mar is on the brink of the school’s first trip to the boys’ state soccer tournament since 2005, and it’s a talented cast of underclassmen leading the way.“We’ve had a good year, it’s been a while,” Linn-Mar coach Corey Brinkmeyer said after his ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The grass was impeccably manicured, the bleachers sparkled, and the rolling green hills provided a picturesque setting for an early-summer baseball game.But the most impressive thing about the first day at Linn-Mar High School’s new baseball complex was that, after experiencing rainfall ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- The awards ceremony ended, then a lengthy, happy photo session with family and friends began near the finish line at Drake Stadium.The white banner rippling in the breeze was a championship banner.Linn-Mar captured its first boys track and field title in school history, ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Rachel Broghammer crossed the finish line for the final time as a high school athlete and turned toward Taylor Jacobson.Then came the tears.Not of disappointment, but of accomplishment and pride."I'm just so happy," Broghammer said. "Think back to where we were four ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Derek Jacobus spent a good chunk of the school year in a sling, on the proverbial disabled list.Injuries to his labrum, and then his ankle, forced Jacobus missed the entire junior football season and most of the basketball season."It's been a year ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Brook Price didn't have much time to reflect.The 3,200-meter run was behind. The 3,200-meter relay was ahead."I did a short cool-down, then I rolled out my hamstrings," he said. "I really focused on getting rehydrated."There was no way I was going to let ...

 DES MOINES -- The high school state track and field meet is held at Drake Stadium.It may as well be down the road at Adventureland, according to Ken Hopkins."It's like a roller coaster," said the boys' coach at Linn-Mar High School. "You've got to ride ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Of all the places you'd expect to see Marcus Paige, the Iowa Conference baseball tournament was not among them. Yet there was the North Carolina point guard Friday, at Veterans Memorial Stadium to root on some of his old Linn-Mar High School ...

MARION -- "Hot stuff" in middle school. Humbled as a freshman.Now, Perrion Scott has it together. And he and his sprinting buddies give the Linn-Mar Lions an added dimension that might push the them over the top.Scott has a hand in four titles as the ...