CEDAR FALLS -- Marisa Estelle has stopped growing and stopped hurting.Knock on wood."I've got to be cautious now. I stretch a lot more," said the senior from Cedar Rapids Kennedy.Once upon a time, Estelle was a state placewinner, earning fifth-place honors in the 100-meter hurdles ...

CEDAR FALLS -- Instead of pounding the miles this winter, Joe Berry hit the pool."It's something I've wanted to do, to go out for swimming," said Berry, a senior at Cedar Rapids Washington. "At our school, swimming isn't a sport. It's a religion."So Berry diminished ...

CEDAR FALLS - One of Cedar Rapids Xavier's regular-season setbacks came at the running back position, and not in the loss column.Senior Cal Stovie tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee in the Saints win over Cedar Rapids Prairie in Week 3, but ran ...

CEDAR FALLS - Seven years ago a group of middle school students occupied the stands to watch Iowa City Regina football players hoist a state title trophy.After sharing the spotlight with two talented classes, they took center stage for their golden moment on the UNI-Dome turf Friday ...

CEDAR FALLS - Practice makes perfect.For Iowa City Regina, it was practice that led to the perfect call to maintain its perfect record.The top-ranked Regals converted a 4th-and-19 play to open the final quarter, igniting a 21-point explosion that secured a 42-21 win over No. ...

CEDAR FALLS - A sweet season came to a bitter end.No need for the BGM Bears to hang their heads.The ninth-ranked Bears watched a momentuous football season come to an end with a lopsided 40-18 loss to No. 2 Wapsie Valley in the Iowa High ...

CEDAR FALLS -- That wasn't a monkey the Xavier Saints got off their backs Friday night.It was a Tiger. And a lot of history.Cedar Rapids Xavier solved Cedar Falls in the regular season for the first time in school history, outmuscling the fifth-rated Tigers, 24-7, ...

 CEDAR FALLS -- Skylar Ellerbach was the drive-killer. Ben Knake was the clock-killer.And the Lisbon Lions are state champions.Ellerbach intercepted Eric Cox's pass at the goal line, then top-ranked Lisbon milked the final 5:14 and edged No. 2 West Hancock, 14-12, for the Class A football ...

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 ...

 CEDAR FALLS — North Polk took possession of the football at its 42, with 1:44 on the first-half clock, three timeouts in its pocket and down a couple of touchdowns.Air it out? Hardly.The Comets ran a couple of short pass plays and a quarterback sneak, ...