MANCHESTER -- It's not about the wins. At least, not yet.So says Ben Sorden, softball coach at Solon High School."It's more about the process than wins and losses," Sorden said. "If we do things right in the process, the wins and losses will take care ...

CENTER POINT -- When you face Clear Creek Amana, you have nowhere to hide.Top to bottom, there are no weak spots in the Clippers' lineup. Nobody to pitch around. No time to rest.Class 4A top-ranked CCA pounded out 17 hits in each game and swept 3A ...

VINTON -- Lukas Mees said it was "just a stepping stone."You wouldn't have guessed it when the team scores were announced.The Marion Indians let out a hearty roar when they were named the Wamac Conference boys' track champions Thursday night at the Karr Athletic Complex.The ...

They nailed the dress rehearsal.Competing against a field comprised largely of Wamac Conference rivals, the Marion Indians ran away with their boys' invitational track meet Monday at Thomas Park Field.As a result, the Indians carry the tag of favorites into Thursday's conference meet at Vinton."I guess ...

Conference reshuffling remains a likelihood in Eastern Iowa. But it won't involve Anamosa.Iowa Department of Education general counsel Carol Greta overturned a committee's recommendation to take Anamosa out of the Wamac Conference and place it into a new conference."Our mediation team did as it was ...

Another wrinkle has arisen in the ongoing area conference shuffle.Athletics director Aundra Meeks confirmed Thursday that Waterloo Columbus has been approached by the North Iowa Cedar League about possible membership."We are in the inquiring phase," Meeks said. "It isn't something we were looking at until ...

Final 2011-12 area girls' basketball standingsx-clinched league title; y-clinched tie for league titleMVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Conf. Allx-Dubuque Wahlert 12-4 20-5Cedar Rapids Washington 11-5 14-8Iowa City High 10-6 17-7Cedar Rapids Kennedy 9-7 13-10Waterloo West 7-9 13-10Linn-Mar 6-10 10-12Dubuque Senior 5-11 10-13MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf. Allx-Iowa City West 16-0 25-1Cedar Rapids Xavier 11-5 18-6Cedar Falls 10-6 13-10Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-8 12-10Dubuque Hempstead 4-12 8-14Cedar Rapids Jefferson 3-13 9-14Waterloo East 0-16 0-22WAMAC EAST DIVISION Div. Allx-Mount Vernon 14-0 17-5Western Dubuque 11-3 13-9DeWitt Central 7-7 12-11Solon 7-7 10-12Dyersville Beckman 6-8 8-15West Delaware 6-8 8-15Maquoketa 3-11 5-17Anamosa 2-12 4-19WAMAC WEST DIVISION Div. Allx-Benton ...

MONTICELLO -- The Big East Conference will disappear. A new, yet-to-be-named conference will form.The Cedar Valley and Wamac conference will get a little smaller. The Tri-Rivers Conference will get a lot bigger.And Cedar Valley Christian School will have a home.Those are the likelihoods disclosed from ...

Area boys' basketball standings, through Sunday.MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Conf. AllLinn-Mar 13-3 17-4Dubuque Senior 11-5 16-5Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-6 15-6Dubuque Wahlert 9-7 10-11Waterloo West 7-9 11-10Iowa City High 4-12 8-14Cedar Rapids Washington 0-16 0-21MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf. AllIowa City West 16-0 21-0Cedar Falls 14-2 19-2Cedar Rapids Jefferson 9-7 13-8Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-8 10-12Cedar Rapids Prairie 5-11 9-13Waterloo East 4-12 6-16Dubuque Hempstead 3-13 4-18WAMAC EAST DIVISION Div. AllWestern Dubuque 12-2 20-2Mount Vernon 12-2 18-4Maquoketa 11-3 16-6Dyersville Beckman 8-6 15-7Solon 6-8 13-9Anamosa 4-10 9-14DeWitt Central 2-12 6-17West Delaware 1-13 6-16WAMAC WEST DIVISION Div. AllVinton-Shellsburg 12-2 18-4Williamsburg 9-5 13-9Center Point-Urbana 8-6 13-9Benton Community 8-6 10-12Marion 8-6 9-13Clear Creek-Amana 7-7 10-12Waterloo Columbus 4-10 5-18Independence 0-14 0-22CEDAR VALLEY Conf. AllNorth Cedar 13-1 19-4West ...

One area girls' basketball conference race has been decided. Several more could follow as soon as Tuesday.North Tama became the first area team to clinch an outright league title Friday when it defeated Waterloo Christian to lay sole claim to the Iowa Star Conference.Five area schools ...