JESUP -- Bruce Wall was asked if he felt it all was worth it, now that there was the benefit of hindsight. There was a pause before he answered."Yes, I think it was worth the fight," he said. "There were a lot of good things that have ...

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 ...

CEDAR FALLS - We're here at the UNI-Dome for the Class 3A portion of the state playoff semifinals. Game one features two of the biggest traditional powers in Iowa in Decorah (10-2) and Harlan (9-3).Harlan uncharacteristically lost three times in the regular season: to Denison-Schleswig ...

CEDAR FALLS - The play is called "Toss Left Go."You know, as in 'Go' to the championship."Coach told us we'd have to make a big play in the passing game," Ben Knake said. "And we did it."You bet the top-ranked Lisbon Lions did it. A ...

LISBON — He had to use crutches to leave the field last Friday night. Yet Ben Knake hopes to play Saturday morning.Ah, the recuperative powers of youth.The Lisbon quarterback feared the worst when he injured his knee early in Lisbon’s 20-7 win over Lone Tree ...

LISBON VS. MASON CITY NEWMAN (A) - Time, site — 10:30 a.m., UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls- Records, rankings — No. 3 Newman is 11-1, No. 1 Lisbon is 12-0.- Notable — This is the first semifinal appearance for Lisbon, the fourth for Newman. The Knights were Class ...

BOONE - Mississippi Valley Conference football has been saved. At least for now.Administrators from the 47 schools that comprise Class 4A football met Thursday with officials from the Iowa High School Athletic Association to discuss the future of the sport in the state's largest class.It appears things ...

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:

He's been a brother, a father, a role model and the perfect guy to emulate when it came to building a prep football program."I've seen the difference he has made, not only as a coach, but as a person," Mike Miller said.Miller is speaking of his oldest brother, ...

MARION - He has gone from being a special teamer to just plain special."I actually didn't think about doing this much," Andy Henry said prior to Linn-Mar's football practice Sunday afternoon. "I'm grateful for this opportunity. I couldn't ask for anything better."Neither could his team.It's hard to believe ...