(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- There's not much time to think in the course of a 110-meter hurdles race.But for Connor Ham, there was time to adjust. Time to come from behind. And time to win by the narrowest of margins.Ham won the Class 3A boys' title ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- It's official: South Tama is heading back to the Wamac Conference.Wamac officials have answered the school's acceptance, admitting South Tama into the league effective the fall of 2014."We're looking foward to rejoining the Wamac," South Tama superintendent Kerri Nelson said Monday.Currently a ...

Once is not enough for Erik Lux.The South Tama senior was not satisfied with winning a state title last year. It only made him hungrier for another.Lux has the chance to win a second straight championship when the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 2A state wrestling ...

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 ...

It appears as if South Tama and the Wamac Conference are about to get remarried, and the second engagement could be a whirlwind one.Kerri Nelson, superintendent of the South Tama County Community School District, confirmed that her school's board of education has accepted an invitation ...

Matt Wempen, 113, So., Linn-Mar, Class 3A 106-pound state champion with 48-2 record.Hunter Washburn, 113, So., Alburnett, Class 1A 106-pound state champion, going 46-0.Max Thomsen, So., Union Community, Class 2A 113-pound state champion, posting 47-1 mark.Erik Lux, 170, Sr., South Tama, Class 2A 160-pound state champion ...

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, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Through 14 winters, they've occasionally battled for divisional titles. And they've always squabbled for 42nd Street superiority.But until now, Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Kennedy have never fought for girls' basketball postseason survival.The time has come.Fifth-ranked Xavier (16-5) hosts No. 12 ...

 As winters go, this one couldn't have been scripted any better for Laurie Donald.The weather has been mild. She welcomed her third child, Kole, into the world in November. And her girls' basketball team at Benton Community has enjoyed a dream season."It's all gone so ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Some bizarre circumstances moved Kaleigh Sieck in the starting lineup.Saturday, she proved she belonged.Sieck scored 11 points to help Class 3A sixth-ranked South Tama defeat No. 9 Union, 41-31, in a non-conference girls' basketball game at Rivalry Saturday at Washington High School.A ...