Jeff Johnson

CASCADE – Al Marshall hated it. Hate might be too strong of a term. Let’s just say he disliked the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – What an emergency pickup this guy has turned out to be. It was the final week of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The band is back together and sounding really good again. And the truth is the entire band …

CEDAR RAPIDS – There’s just something about hockey guys. They’re widely considered to be down to earth, approachable and hard …

CASCADE – If you’re not doing anything January 2, and feel up for a bit of a road trip, make …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Mike Morrissey is heading west. The Cedar Rapids Prairie football coach will resign to take the head …

CEDAR RAPIDS – They go into the break the way they always seem to. These Linn-Mar Lions are a dangerous …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Linn-Mar Lions are 6-1 and ranked eighth in Class 5A for different reasons. But they’ll quickly …

CEDAR RAPIDS – For his 36th birthday, Jake Mauer got a repeat gift. A third year managing the Cedar Rapids …

CEDAR RAPIDS – This was the most quiet the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders locker room has been postgame for awhile. A …

NORTH ENGLISH – He is realistic enough to know he’s not going to win every game. But Derek Dixon refuses …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Mark Carlson isn’t afraid to show how impressed he is by this one. Notorious for never over …

CEDAR RAPIDS – They still prefer the full-court, pressing defense. Their coach still substitutes girls in and out like it’s …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Hey, look at it this way. Hanging on is still better than not hanging on. ‘Our intensity …

In Ryan Streets' second year as Anamosa's football coach, the Blue Raiders ended a 26-game losing streak. But that's not all they did. Anamosa won seven straight games and reached the playoffs. For engineering that remarkable turnaround, Streets is the 2014 Gazette/KCRG-TV9 Coach of the Year.