MOUNT VERNON — Nice to see you in the postseason again, boys. It’s been a while.It’s been six years, to be exact, since the Mount Vernon Mustangs were football playoff qualifiers. Mount Vernon enters its regular-season finale tonight against Center Point-Urbana assured of playing again ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 9:IOWA CITY WEST at WATERLOO EASTTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at WaterlooRecords and rankings: Class 4A second-ranked West is 8-0 overall, 5-0 MVC Mississippi Division; East is 5-3, 3-2.Notable: West has absolutely steamrolled through the regular season, ...

Through the past four seasons, the West Branch Bears have been a consistent volleyball winner.And a relatively anonymous one.They haven't been to state, and they haven't received a lot of attention. But check this out -- as four-year starters, Heather Poula, Kelley Trimble, Paige Donohoe ...

(LATEST IGHSAU RANKINGS)It's been four years since Barb Sullivan left the Cedar Rapids Kennedy volleyball program to leave a fingerprint on a program of her own, a few blocks to the west.Now, it appears she has a team that can make a legitimate claim as ...

 A dozen key area football games for Week 3:IOWA CITY WEST at CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG 9.2Records and rankings: Class 4A third-ranked West is 2-0 overall, 0-0 MVC Mississippi Division; Kennedy is 0-2, 0-0.Notable: West brings the highest-scoring ...

MOUNT VERNON -- Dennis Roloff will coach again, after all.Mount Vernon High School principal Steve Brand announced Friday that Roloff will lead the Mustangs' varsity girls' basketball team next season."I have personally talked to many of his former colleagues and opposing coaches," Brand said. "Unanimously, ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 1:IOWA CITY WEST at LINN-MARTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Linn-Mar StadiumRecords and rankings: Both teams are 0-0. West is ranked fifth in Class 4A by The Gazette/KCRG; Linn-Mar is unranked. West was 9-3 last season; ...

MOUNT VERNON -- For Bob Kintzel, family will unquestionably come first this winter.Kintzel, who led Mount Vernon to a state championship in 2010 and three league championships in his five years, has resigned his girls' basketball post at Mount Vernon High School."It's because of my ...

SOLON — You walk 14 guys, commit five errors, blow a five-run lead, and you get to go to state. What a deal for the West Branch Bears.What a Class 2A substate baseball game West Branch had Tuesday night, scoring a run in the top ...

 The weight of expectations can be a burden, but only if you let it.The Solon Spartans haven't let it."We don't talk about it," said Spartans Coach Ben Sorden. "We talk about controlling the controllable."Solon (32-6) has been the wire-to-wire No. 1 team in Class 3A ...