CEDAR RAPIDS -- Innovative. And extremely competitive.That's how Metro football coaches view Tony Lombardi, who resigned Thursday at Cedar Rapids Washington."He is ultra-competitive, one of the most competitive people I've ever been around," said Cedar Rapids Kennedy Coach Tim Lewis. "Sometimes when you're that competitive, it ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Mike Morrissey's chin trembled and his voice cracked as he addressed his team postgame."When you walk off this field, you hold your heads high," he commanded. "You hang your heads for nobody."Cedar Rapids Prairie's breakout football season came to an end with ...

IOWA CITY - They came. They saw. They conquered.And, Cedar Rapids Prairie Coach Mike Morrissey led the Hawks in their routine battle cry one more time.Prairie earned the chance to shout it with a 49-28 upset over second-ranked Iowa City West in an Iowa High ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Other players might get more attention, but Jarred Edmonds certainly is a player to watch.The Cedar Rapids Prairie wide receiver has shined although the spotlight hasn't been cast in his direction often.Edmonds leads Class 4A and is second in the entire state ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s the centerpiece of his recruiting video. It’d be the centerpiece of anyone’s recruiting video.Demetrius Harper fielded a kickoff in a Week 2 football game against Cedar Rapids Kennedy in late August. Unable to find room in the center of the field, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — What did we learn from Week 3 of the prep football season? Among other things, the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints are good.Really, really good. Definitely the best team in the Metro.“I don’t know what it looks like, to be honest with you,” ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- If you can see the replay, do so by all means.Local TV. Game film. Youtube. Whatever.Find it. Watch it. Enjoy it.DeMetrius Harper capped a wild, zany first half with a whirling, dancing, 90-yard kickoff return, and Jace Hanna completed his first 13 ...

How do you scout the unknown?Whether it's a new system, new faces or the injury to a key player, there is plenty of unknown to go around in the Metro as the first layer of the football season is peeled off.Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Jefferson ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Win or lose, the football team from Cedar Rapids Prairie will be virtually unrecognizable.The Hawks have joined the 21st Century."We're going to do a lot of different things in terms of formation," said first-year head coach Mike Morrissey. "We're going to be ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Mike Morrissey grew up in a suburban school in Eastern Iowa.So in a sense, he's coming home."It kind of feels that way," Morrissey said Wednesday after he was named the head varsity football coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie.Morrissey, 28, emerged from a ...