Capsules for Monday's second-round area games of the football playoffs:CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON at LINN-MAR (4A)Time & site -- 7 p.m., at Linn-Mar StadiumRecords & rankings -- Washington is 7-3; No. 2 Linn-Mar is 10-0.Notable -- Washington survived in one of 4A's best first-round games Wednesday, ...

The area's top dozen football games for the first round of the playoffs Wednesday:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY at IOWA CITY HIGH (4A)Time & site: 7 p.m., at Bates FieldRecords & rankings: Kennedy is 5-4; No. 9 City High is 7-2.Notable: City High picked up a 34-13 ...

As the gap keeps shrinking, the hopes around the Monticello High School boys' cross country team continue to rise.The Panthers head to Thursday's Class 2A district meet at West Union expecting to qualify for state for the 15th consecutive year. Getting there, this time, isn't ...

A dozen key area football matchups for Week 8:IOWA CITY HIGH at LINN-MARTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Linn-Mar StadiumRecords and rankings: Class 4A fifth-ranked City High is 6-1 overall, 4-1 MVC Mississippi Division; No. 3 Linn-Mar is 7-0, 5-0.Notable: The Mississippi Division title ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 7:IOWA CITY WEST at CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG Channel 9.2Records and rankings: Class 4A ninth-ranked West is 5-1; Kennedy is 3-3.Notable: West is on an offensive tear. The Trojans ...

The top 12 area games (and a couple more) for Week 6 (complete schedule):CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON at IOWA CITY HIGHTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Bates FieldRecords and rankings: Washington is 3-2 overall, 1-2 MVC Mississippi Division; Class 4A second-rated City High is 5-0, 3-0.Notable: ...

Six area high school volleyball teams to watch for the 2011 season: CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYCoach -- Michelle Goodall (13th year at Kennedy, 290-160; 21st year overall)2010 record -- 35-82010 postseason -- Advanced to Class 4A semifinals; lost to Iowa City West.Returning starters (3) -- S/OH Allie ...

(Statewide Week 1 schedule)The week's top area football games:LINN-MAR at CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSONTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG 9.2Records and rankings: Both teams are 0-0. Class 4A eighth-rated Linn-Mar was 8-3 last season; Jefferson was 0-9.Notable: Jefferson is mired in a ...

WATERLOO — The saying this time of year is it’s better to give than to receive.Iowa City West did both giving a loss to top-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock and receiving a tournament title.The Class 3A third-ranked Trojans avenged last weekend’s loss, beating the Go-Hawks, 33-30, to ...

The Go-Hawks swept the Knights, who didn’t go down without a fight. After staving off three game points in the third game, the second-ranked Go-Hawks scored the final three points to advance to the 3A state semifinals, 25-11, 25-22, 31-29. The defending state ...