Mount Vernon graduate Keaton Kutcher contemplated joining the Illinois men’s basketball program as a walk-on after his all-state prep career. He ended up at South Dakota for two years, but will transfer to play for the Illini.
Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 10)
Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate Corbin Day was a part-time teacher at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School two years ago. Now he finds himself as hitting coach for the Cedar Rapids Kernels professional baseball team.
Donovan Slick-Driscoll, Tre Duffie, Dawson Dougherty and Anthony Franklin churned out the state’s second-fastest boys’ 400-meter relay thus far this season, circling the Kingston Stadium oval in 43.05 seconds Saturday at the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track and field meet.
Photos from Kennedy’s annual Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track meet.
Mount Mercy senior Kyle Moeder shared a passion for baseball with his late father, Tony, who died earlier this week after a long battle with Frontotemporal Dementia. He took the field Friday, using baseball as an escape for himself and a tribute to his dad.
Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 7).
Girls’ basketball: Two games have been announced for Rivalry Saturday, and both are dandies: Dike-New Hartford vs. Solon, North Linn vs. Clear Creek Amana.
Marion beat Cedar Rapids Washington 9-0 in an Iowa high school girls’ soccer game at Marion Stadium on Thursday.
It’s been a long wait, but Marion can finally call its new stadium home. The Wolves soccer teams are playing on the new turf this spring.
Boys’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 6).
Cedar Rapids Prairie returns all six starters from last season. The Hawks have a senior-laden lineup, including all-Mississippi Valley Conference performer and two-time state qualifier Addie Berg, who placed eighth at state a year ago.
Butch Pedersen, a legendary football coach and iconic figure at West Branch High School, died Monday after a battle with cancer.
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