(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Jared Ganschow redeemed himself. And then some.A runner-up two years ago, Ganschow won the Class 3A boys 400-meter dash at state track and field meet Thursday at Drake Stadium."This is awesome," Ganschow said. "I've been waiting for this for two years."Ganschow, of ...

WAUKON -- In hindsight, it probably was meant to happen like this.On his home court. Against his hometown.Gene Klinge earned his 1,000th career win as a girls' basketball coach Thursday night; Class 3A 15th-ranked Waukon got 60 points from Daneshia Snitker and Alyssa Collins in ...

CALEDONIA, Minn. - Gene Klinge will have to wait until Tuesday night for another shot at win No. 1,000, as his Waukon girls lost at perennial Minnesota class 2A power Caldeonia 53-48 on Saturday.After a heartbreaking game Friday in a 54-51 loss to New Hampton, ...

NEW HAMPTON -- History will have to wait.Maybe a day. Maybe a little longer.Class 4A 15th-ranked New Hampton denied Gene Klinge his 1,000th career win, closing with a 13-2 run and edging No. 12 Waukon, 54-51, in a Northeast Iowa Conference girls' basketball game Friday ...

If Gene Klinge reaches his latest coaching frontier this week, he certainly will have earned it."This is kind of the week from hell for us," said Klinge, the girls basketball coach at Waukon High School.Klinge, 76, needs one more win to become the first coach ...

WAUKON -- A single chair sits along the baseline of the Waukon High School gymnasium during an early-morning holiday-break girls' basketball practice.Gene Klinge can't sit still in it, but doesn't wander far from it."I can't explain it," Klinge said. "I just can't stand up for ...

Dia Keahna was on a state-tournament team two years ago at South Tama.Now, she could be a part of a breakthrough season at Meskwaki Settlement School.Keahna is the leading scorer for the Warriors, who are off to their best season in their brief history at ...

Cedar Rapids Kennedy played its first girls basketball game of the Tony Vis era with heavy hearts.And big hearts.The Cougars rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Cedar Falls, 51-35, in their opener Tuesday. To beat a quality Mississippi Valley Conference on the road ...

The following are 2013 preseason state football rankings, along with league predictions for each district, provided by Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG:CLASS 4ATop 10 2012 W-L 2012 Postseason1. Cedar Rapids Xavier 13-1 4A runner-up2. West Des Moines Dowling 9-3 4A quarterfinalist3. Urbandale 7-3 4A qualifier4. West Des Moines Valley 9-3 4A quarterfinalist5. Southeast Polk 10-3 4A semifinalist6. ...

DYERSVILLE – As his teammates took a knee at midfield, eyes locked on Waukon receiving a trophy for its season, Kirby Kendrick roamed behind them. The senior embraced the Dyersville-Beckman coaching staff, before finally weaving his way to the front of the pack.When he reached ...