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Defending champion shoots 69 in first round at Twin Pines to grab share of lead

Former University of Iowa golfer Alex Schaak outlasted two other golfers through five holes of a sudden-death playoff to claim the 2024 Greater Cedar Rapids Open title.

Former University of Iowa golfer Brian Bullington bogeyed four of the first five holes in Thursday’s opening round of the Greater Cedar Rapids Open. Since those early struggles, Bullington has been terrific. He shot a 7-under par score of 65 in the second round Friday.

For the second year in a row, fourth-year golf professional and University of Iowa alumnus Alex Schaake charged up the leaderboard in the first round of the Greater Cedar Rapids Open.

After helping Cedar Rapids Xavier reach the boys’ state golf tournament last fall, Garrett Nurre and Logan Otting will take a swing among professionals at the Greater Cedar Rapids Open golf tournament, which begins Thursday at Hunters Ridge.

Jake Mitchell’s two-run single propelled Class 4A third-ranked Iowa City High to a 3-1 win over Iowa City West in a prep baseball substate final Wednesday night.

Only four softball teams in Class 4A entered the regional finals with at least 30 wins. Two of them faced off for a tournament berth, and Carlisle earned it with a 2-1 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier.

Nine years since the tragic deaths of five of its young people, the auto racing community at Benton County Speedway continues to remember the departed with a marquee dirt-track racing event each summer.

Cole Griffith tossed six shutout innings in North Linn’s 1-0 win over East Buchanan in a Class 1A prep baseball district final Saturday night.

A Cedar Rapids Prairie 1-2-3 trifecta in the Fifth Season 5K, led by Samuel Lange, certainly bodes well for the Hawks’ coming cross country and track seasons.

Daniel Docherty won the Fifth Season 8K at the annual Fourth of July event Thursday in downtown Cedar Rapids.

75-year-old Cedar Rapids resident Jack Evans has been a fixture at the annual Fifth Season races, the Fourth of July running events in downtown Cedar Rapids since 1986.

Iowa football star and Philadelphia Eagles draftee Cooper DeJean was one of the big draws at the annual Zach Johnson Foundation Classic on Monday at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids.

After bowing out of the NCAA championships due to an undisclosed precautionary health issue June 5, Austin West has one last chance to don the Iowa black and gold … in pursuit of a spot on the United States Olympic Team.

This weekend’s “NASCAR Summer Race Weekend” at Iowa Speedway in Newton is not just an opportunity for local racecar drivers to be fans. For drivers from Hawkeye Downs Speedway, it will be a chance to tout the quality of Eastern Iowa auto racing.