Area girls track teams to watch for 2013:CASCADECoach: Tim Frake2012 state finish: 1st in Class 2A, 82 points (68.5 return)Returning state placewinners: Mariah Kauder, sr. (1st, distance medley relay; Sydney Rickels, soph. (1st, distance medley relay); Abbey Meyer, jr. (1st, distance medley relay; 1st, 800 ...

TIFFIN -- In the "tough-act-to-follow" category, this ranks toward the top.Rachel West has been hired as softball coach at tradition-rich Clear Creek Amana High School."She has a passion for softball," said CCA athletics director Kurt Ronnfeldt. "She has a tremendous background in the sport."She's been around ...

IOWA CITY — Solon went into halftime with a healthy lead, confidence and a lot of momentum.But like that, it was gone.The Spartans couldn’t make a bucket after the break — including a tough two-point third quarter — and Mount Pleasant finally hit some outside ...

SOLON — It’s not Linn-Mar impressive, but it’s not too far from it.The Solon Spartans have been in a substate final boys’ basketball game nine years in a row. Tonight’s opponent is defending Class 3A state champion Mount Pleasant at 7 at Iowa City West.Keep ...

MARION — Basketball coaches everywhere agree on this — to be successful you must make free throws.That very thing was a principal undoing of the Marion girls team Wednesday night in a 64-50 loss to Solon in a Class 4A regional game at the Indians ...

Lance Evans disproved the prognosis.The Solon junior was originally told a leg injury would prevent him from wrestling this season. Evans did not take it to heart.The Spartans 195-pounder recovered from two preseason surgeries to repair torn femoral cartilage and debuted this year with a sectional ...

TIFFIN - James Wenzel gave his best impression of a caged jaguar.The Mount Vernon senior paced back and forth, anxiously awaiting his turn to take the mat. He turned that nervous energy into a little revenge and a district berth.Wenzel avenged an earlier loss to Clear ...

MOUNT VERNON -- No fat lips. No lost teeth.Tara Walls left with her face intact and a victory under her belt.Clear Creek Amana made 18 of 21 free throws in the fourth quarter, including two by Walls after taking an elbow to the face, and ...

Rivalry Saturday is taking a one-year leave from Cedar Rapids.Renovation to the U.S. Cellular Center has pushed the ninth installment of the six-game girls' basketball event out of the arena for the second straight year.Cornell College is the temporary host; it was at Cedar Rapids ...

The ever-evolving Wamac Conference is about to make another format change for basketball.Derek Roberts, the Anamosa High School athletics director in charge of Wamac basketball scheduling, said the conference will determine an overall champion as well as end-of-the-season divisional champions, beginning next season.The change is ...