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Jeff Johnson
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Latest Articles by Jeff Johnson
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 12, 2017 10:19 pm2839d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Hang in there. Be positive, be confident, keep working, and wins surely will follow. Once you get …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 11, 2017 10:45 pm2840d ago
NORTH LIBERTY — Poor Bo Gryp listened to his own student section a little too closely. Believing a faux clock …
Minor League Sports Dec. 11, 2017 4:21 pm2841d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders have swept player of the week honors in the United States Hockey League. …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 11, 2017 4:25 pm2841d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Different week, same No. 1s. The second Gazette boys’ basketball poll of the season sees Iowa City …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 10, 2017 7:06 am2842d ago
After throwing for a state-best 2,976 yards and leading Iowa City West to the Class 4A state championship game for the second year in a row, Evan Flitz has been named The Gazette's 2017 high school football player of the year.Flitz, who is undecided on a college, completed 71 percent of his passes and tossed 31 touchdowns, plus ran for 10 more for the 12-1 Trojans.
Sports Dec. 9, 2017 11:49 pm2842d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Their postgame exchange Saturday night in the locker room hallway of the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena was …
News Dec. 9, 2017 6:57 pm2843d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — He began his coaching career in college, but there’s just something about professional baseball that Toby Gardenhire …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 8, 2017 10:45 pm2843d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn-Mar led Cedar Rapids Xavier by three points after the first quarter Friday night. The crowd on …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 8, 2017 10:11 pm2844d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — You never know how you’re going to react after you get beat badly. In Cedar Rapids Xavier’s …
Minor League Sports Dec. 8, 2017 3:22 pm2844d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Your primary ‘suspect’ is Ben Kinne. He’s an obvious one, being a proud graduate of Bemidji State …
Sports Dec. 8, 2017 6:00 am2844d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — You figured you’d see Dave Schlabaugh as a head basketball coach again when he stepped down after …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 7, 2017 6:02 pm2845d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Back in 2005, a Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team with a losing record earned a trip to …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 7, 2017 3:43 pm2845d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — You don’t have career 1,000-point scorers very often. Even in a day and age when more and …
Minor League Sports Dec. 6, 2017 2:37 pm2846d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Hugh McGing and Scott Perunovich have been named to the preliminary roster for …
Iowa High School Sports Dec. 5, 2017 10:18 pm2846d ago
MARION — The purveying thought is kids can get over tough losses better than coaches. ‘Yeah, that’s probably real accurate,’ …