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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.

According to Williamsburg eighth-year softball coach Adam Berte, if the Class 3A top-ranked Raiders can score at least four runs, they are tough to beat. Sophomore pitcher Jersey Metz is a big reason why.

Benton County Speedway’s quarter-mile dirt oval race track has hosted International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) Sunday night racing events for years. On any given Sunday night, it is normally a good bet that an Olson family member will find their way to the winner’s circle.

Will Rece felt he owed a little something to Cedar Rapids. He returned to Hawkeye Downs and won the Late Model feature race at the Big 8 Series’ “Clash at the Downs X” event Friday night.

It was Cinderella vs. Cinderella for the Class 1A boys’ state soccer title. Third-ranked North Fayette Valley blanked Van Meter, 2-0, in Saturday’s 1A state championship match at Mediacom Stadium.

North Fayette Valley players and coaches insist they envisioned it from the start. A boys’ soccer program with no state tournament wins in its history playing for a title? You bet.

Van Meter might just be under-seeded. Two days after eliminating No. 1 West Branch from the boys’ soccer state tournament in the opening round, the uranked, eighth-seeded Bulldogs beat No. 5 West Liberty in a Class 1A state semifinal.

There was no sweet revenge. One year after dropping the Class 4A boys’ state soccer championship match in double overtime to Johnston, fourth-ranked Iowa City West fell to the top-ranked Dragons, 2-1 (4-3 PKs), in a state semifinal Friday at Mediacom Stadium.

Two years removed from a two-win season, Cedar Rapids Washington nearly set a new standard. The ninth-ranked Warriors were blanked by No. 4 Dallas Center-Grimes, 4-0, in a Class 3A state semifinal match Friday at Drake Stadium

As far as birthdays go, Friday could not have been much busier for Brian Gibson. The inch-plus of rain that fell Friday did not result in a cancellation of that night’s auto races at Hawkeye Downs and the third-year race director’s plan to celebrate his birthday by getting behind the wheel for the first time this season.