Articles Tagged: Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

It’s a new show in town with trailblazing sophomore Irys Benesch and freshman Alexis Williams leading the team, alongside veteran North Linn wrestling coach Brad Bridgewater and assistant coach Justin Kress.

Despite overcoming some first-meet jitters, McCabe helped lead the Stormin’ Pointers to their first girls’ wrestling dual meet win in school history, defeating West Delaware, 30-26.

Season opens Monday with 80 programs in Class 2A this season; the other will make up Class 1A

Over the years, those traditions have evolved for both the sports and the athletes in those sports. Another evolution will take place starting Thursday as the state swimming and diving meet will be held here for the first time at University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

Senior is coming off a Nebrasa Youth Tour title and enjoys year-round bowling, helping younger teammates

Girls’ swimming: Lions finished second at Ames regional; Iowa City was second in Marshalltown. State meet is Thursday and Friday in Iowa City

Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Lily Holland, is a three-time state place winner. She finished fifth as a freshman, second as a sophomore and took fourth last spring.

Regional singles and doubles are first step to state tournaments in October

Defending Class 1A state champion and top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier will be part of a nine-team field at Grinnell. The Saints feature two-time defending state singles champion Gabi Fleming. Area schools Marion, Mount Vernon, South Tama also are in the regional

High school softball: IGHSAU has released regional pairings. The postseason begins July 7.

Ogden column: Sport is growing in popularity from the youth level to high schools and college and appears to be on the verge of getting sanctioned

Also, House lawmakers advance bill to extend biofuels tax incentives

Linn-Mar AD Tonya Moe will leave to become an assistant director for the Iowa Girls High School Athetic Union.

A proposal being considered would have the Iowa high school athletics associations create committees designed to oversee and approve all conference realignments.

East Buchanan’s Dan Stiefel and Kendra Burchett are coaches of the year after leading Bucs to state title