Individuals to watch in girls track this season, with last year's results at the state meet:LAUREN BENZING, sr., Solon -- 3rd in Class 3A 800, 1,500, 3,000 and distance medley relay.COURTNEY BRUNS, sr., West Branch -- 1st in Class 2A 3,000.McKENNAN CRONBAUGH, sr., Iowa City ...

 DES MOINES -- Her team's success has kept the state's top individual honor at the back burner of Ally Disterhoft's mind.But, yeah, Ally Disterhoft admitted, the thought of becoming Miss Iowa Basketball 2013, it was there."I'd thought about it a bit," said the Iowa City ...

(MONDAY'S SCORES)IOWA CITY -- Close game. Big shot. Potentially dangerous celebration.Jordyn Lehman hit a tie-breaking basket with 20 seconds left, and Iowa City Regina upended fourth-ranked North Linn, 43-41, in a Class 2A regional final girls' basketball game Monday night at West High School."I got ...

As Cascade advanced to the girls' state basketball tournament, the Cougars' rooting section was a Tri-Rivers Conference melting pot.In addition to hundreds of folks from Cascade, there were players and parents from Maquoketa Valley. And from North Linn. They were rooting for their friendly foes, ...

(FRIDAY SCORELIST)TROY MILLS -- Down 15 points, North Linn reached a fork in the road."We were at the point we could have gone two ways," Lynx Coach Brian Wheatley said. "We could have gotten blown out, or we could fight our way back."They fought their ...

TROY MILLS -- Small-school athletics are generally a cycle of waxing and waning, ebbs and flows, high tides and low tides.When Brian Wheatley took the girls' basketball job at North Linn nearly nine years ago, the program was at rock bottom. The Lynx had endured ...

TROY MILLS -- And that's a wrap.Class 2A third-ranked North Linn surrendered just 10 second-half points and clinched the Tri-Rivers Conference girls' basketball championship Tuesday night with a 57-40 victory over 3A No. 13 Monticello at North Linn High School.Undisputed, and still undefeated: North Linn ...

CASCADE -- The lead was all but gone. Collapse was lurking around the corner."Yeah, I was getting a little nervous," Haley Dudley said. "But you can't let nerves get the best of you. You have to stay strong."Class 2A fifth-ranked North Linn was super-strong early, suddenly ...

CASCADE -- North Linn is explosive. Cascade is stingy.And Tuesday's Tri-Rivers Conference girls basketball showdown is a prime example of contrasting tempos."They like to slow the game down, and we like to push the pace," North Linn Coach Brian Wheatley said. "Whoever controls tempo is ...