Gatorade has named Sioux City North senior shortstop Damek Tomscha its prep baseball player of the year for the state of Iowa.Tomscha helped North to the Class 4A state title last season, hitting .456. He was named a first-team all-stater.According to its press release, the ...

Pending approval from the school’s board of directors, veteran girls’ basketball coach Harold Shepherd will take the reins at West Delaware High School next season.Bob Murphy, the school’s athletics director, said neither he nor Shepherd could comment on the position until the board votes next ...

MANCHESTER -- Pending approval from the school's board of directors, veteran girls' basketball coach Harold Shepherd will take the reins at West Delaware High School next season.Bob Murphy, the school's athletics director, said neither he nor Shepherd could comment on the position until the board ...

CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSONCoach: Larry Niemeyer (50th year, 1,987-408).2009 record: 29-8.2009 postseason: Advanced to state tournament. Finished 8th in Class 4A.Returning starters (9): P Hannah Petersen (soph.), C Carson Burgart (soph.), 1B Kasey Yoder (sr.), 2B Brittany Madsen (sr.), 3B Alex Jacobson (sr.), SS Morgan Allee ...

 Treks to the state golf meets have started for prep golfers across the state. The boys opened their postseason last Friday with sectional meets and resume this Friday with districts. Girls began district play Monday for Class 1A, 2A and 3A with regionals for all ...

Dyersville Beckman’s Tony Naber became just the second Blazer to win a Wamac Conference title with a solid 7-1 victory over West Delaware’s P.C. McEnany in the 125-pound final Saturday at Benton Community in Van Horne.Matt Heims won the 145-pound title in 2006 for Beckman.Naber wasn’t ...

INDEPENDENCE — You might want to ask West Delaware assistant wrestling coach Kris Lenz his selections for the next Powerball. He seems to have a good vision of what’s to come.Lenz, in his 25th year coaching at West Delaware, stated the higher ranked team doesn’t ...

Here are the conference standings of the Wamac Conference. The dual standings reflect conference records only through Jan. 1 and were submitted by a league coach. EAST DIVISIONDeWitt Central 2-0Western Dubuque 2-0West Delaware 1-0Anamosa 1-1Maquoketa 1-1Solon 0-1Mt. Vernon 0-2Dyersville Beckman 0-2 WEST DIVISIONBenton Community 2-0Independence 2-0Williamsburg 1-0Center ...

It’s the world oldest sport and the concept is probably the most basic.Two competitors battle head-to-head. No teammates to affect the outcome and no special equipment is necessary, unless a headgear and shoes fall into that category. Scoring the most points wins and a victory ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s an odd day in the wrestling world when Waverly-Shell Rock Coach Rick Caldwell and Iowa City West Coach Mark Reiland share viewpoints.But, that was the case Saturday at the Five Seasons Duals following West’s 34-31 victory in the finals at Cedar ...