Jeff Johnson

DES MOINES – This was no April Fool’s joke. Back on the fourth of that month, Iowa City West played …

DES MOINES – This was a freebie. Rather because of a freebie.A couple of them.Sophomore Connor Ramlo tapped home a …

DES MOINES – What took so long?”I guess we were off our game today,” A.J. Adam said.He’s kidding, of course. …

DES MOINES – Move this game to the University of Iowa’s soccer complex. Move all of Saturday’s state championship games …

DES MOINES – This isn’t like Joe Namath promising the Super Bowl or anything. Isaac Frisch and his Cedar Rapids …

DES MOINES – An immigrant from Poland came to baseball country 15 years ago to try and sell a sport …

DES MOINES – On a day when the weather had virtually everything but lightning, Iowa City High provided it anyway.The Little …

DES MOINES – They’ve been like the static on your radio. Or in a little more of a today technological reference, …

DES MOINES – They wanted Waterloo Columbus. They’ll get West Liberty instead.”We were really looking forward to a rematch,” Iowa …

DES MOINES – Muy bien, Los Cometas.”Teamwork, man,” said Rafael Ibarra, after West Liberty upset defending champion Waterloo Columbus in …

DES MOINES – They had to start wondering at least a little bit. Whether they admit it or not.Dyersville Beckman …

CEDAR RAPIDS – There’s a little wariness there. A little nervousness about the other guy’s game.But there’s also respect. A …

VINTON – Off the top of his head, Jim Struve couldn’t tell you how many years he has been head …

Cedar Rapids Washington’s Austin Bergstrom and Fernando Pacheco of Iowa City High are division boys’ soccer players of the year …

CEDAR RAPIDS – He eschews batting gloves, and always has. They’re for wimps. “Never have worn them. Never,” Cedar Rapids …