Union finally got the lead, then finally got a stop.Trailing by two touchdowns on four different occasions, the Knights took the lead for good on Wes Burnside's fifth touchdown, a 2-yarder with 5 minutes left, then held off DeWitt Central, 47-46, in a wild Class ...

Here are the top 10 area football matchups for Week 2:THURSDAYLINN-MAR at CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYTime & place: 7:15 p.m., at Kingston StadiumRecords: Linn-Mar is 1-0; Kennedy is 0-1.Notable: Mark Atwater made a sparkling debut as the Linn-Mar quarterback, rushing for 275 yards and passing for ...

Here are six area girls' cross country teams to watch for 2010:CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER2009 state finish: 3rd in 3A, 138 points.Returning runners (with 2009 state-meet place and finish): Kim Leskovec, jr., 11th, 15:50; Hallie Martin, sr., 15th, 15:56; Ann Glavan, jr., 30th, 16:15; Carly Bro, jr., ...

Here are the 10 best area football matchups in Week 1:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY at CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIERTime & place: 7:15 p.m., Saints FieldRecords: Kennedy was 5-6 in 2009, Xavier was 10-3.Notable: Xavier advanced all the way to the Class 4A semifinals last year, and the ...

Cedar Rapids Prairie opens the season as the top-ranked boys' cross country team in Class 4A, released Wednesday by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.The Hawks finished second at the state meet last year and return six runners from their varsity squad.Cedar Rapids Washington is ...

MUSCATINE -- Darian Powell shared a quick congratulatory hug with her two young cousins, causing her to miss her team's postgame huddle.That's about all she missed.Powell scored three more goals Thursday, upping her season total to 59, as third-ranked Union annihilated No. 6 Nevada, 5-0, ...

FORT DODGE — The Union Knights felt no heat to three-peat.“There was no pressure on us,” said Ashley Frush. “The pressure was on the other teams to beat us.”It didn’t happen. Almost, but not quite.Union captured its third consecutive Class 2A girls’ championship at the ...

A thumbnail sketch on the Class 2A girls' race at the state cross country meet Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course, Fort Dodge.Time: 1 p.m.Individual race: It's difficult to bet against defending champion Morgan Casey of Northeast/East Central. She won last year's state meet by 32 ...

Can lightning strike twice? Roxanne Paulsen hopes so.“A lot of people think we’ve lost a lot (to graduation),” said Paulsen, the volleyball coach at Marion High School. “We’re just hoping things can fall into place again.”The Indians, defending Class 3A state champions, open regional play ...

LA PORTE CITY — The Union defense bottled up Logan Pickering.For a half.Pickering rushed for 179 yards — 154 after intermission — and scored three touchdowns as fourth-rated Marion downed No. 9 Union, 37-9, in a Class 3A District 4 football showdown last night at ...