DES MOINES -- The high school state track and field meet is held at Drake Stadium.It may as well be down the road at Adventureland, according to Ken Hopkins."It's like a roller coaster," said the boys' coach at Linn-Mar High School. "You've got to ride ...

CEDAR  RAPIDS -- The high school softball season begins Monday, and it will begin at Waterloo West without Larry Niemeyer.The nation's winningest coach, Niemeyer is hospitalized with kidney disease. As a result, he has stepped down from his new position without coaching a game."He has ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Former Cedar Rapids Jefferson coach Larry Niemeyer is a recipient of the 2013 Character Counts Coach of the Year Award.Niemeyer coached softball and girls basketball at Jefferson through 2012. He is the winningest softball coach in the nation, and will coach this ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Matt Nelson showed last night exactly why he holds several Division I college offers in basketball. But it sounds more and more like it'll be college football that he'll wind up playing."You only get a certain amount of time to play football ...

A buzzer beaten. A streak snapped.It has been a remarkable stretch for the Center Point-Urbana girls' basketball team.The Stormin' Pointers ran their winning streak to six games Tuesday at Center Point, knocking off Class 4A second-ranked Benton Community, 50-42, ending the Bobcats' 38-game regular-season winning ...

WATERLOO WEST 51, IOWA CITY HIGH 48T.J. Morgan put up a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double to lead Waterloo West (1-2, 1-1 MVC) at Iowa City in a Mississippi Valley Conference matchup.Tony Perry led Iowa City High (2-2, 0-2 MVC) with 12 points, while Lonnie Chester scored ...

IOWA CITY -- B.J. Mayer sat in visiting locker room Tuesday night, alone with his thoughts."It was one of the worst feelings ever," he said. "I could hear noise from the gym, but didn't know what was going on."The girls basketball coach at Iowa City ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — From 20 to 20, Waterloo West moved the ball almost at will against Cedar Rapids Prairie.But once the Wahawks hit the red zone, the Prairie defense stood tall. Coach Mike Morrissey’s team closed the regular season at 6-3 overall, 4-2 in division ...

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, ...

WATERLOO --- Larry Niemeyer has a new job.A construction job.The winningest high school softball coach in the nation, Niemeyer has been hired at Waterloo West, pending board approval."I'm excited," Niemeyer said Wednesday night. "(West Athletics Director Tony Pappas) asked me a while back if I ...