Jeff Linder

DES MOINES — Speedwork hadn’t been the focus of Ryan Murphy’s late-season training. You sure couldn’t tell. A senior at …

DES MOINES — It was a fact that merited double-checking, then triple-checking. For all of Iowa City West’s vast distance-running …

MONTEZUMA — Janel Burgess is back home, and back with the girls’ basketball program at her alma mater. The former …

LISBON — Who needs asphalt? The Lisbon Lions have grass, and their coach has creativity. ‘We don’t use it as …

DES MOINES — The state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday and runs through Saturday at Drake …

DES MOINES — The state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday and runs through Saturday at Drake …

DES MOINES — The state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, and runs through Saturday. For the …

Kiah Stokes took a call in a grocery store, the beep of a checkout register in the background. ‘I’ve got …

MARION – Running wasn’t on Katie Tallett’s radar during her first two years at Cedar Rapids Xavier. ‘I did poms,” …

Marion has the jumper. Mount Vernon has the thrower. Marion has the distance duo. Mount Vernon has the middle-distance pack. …

IOWA CITY — For the past eight seasons, Scott Sanders has been an assistant at one of the state’s top …

In honor of the first day of high-school softball practice in Iowa, here’s an area Super Ten to kick things …

NORTH LIBERTY — Calling it ‘one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my life,’ girls’ basketball coach Jaime Brandt …

EPWORTH – Maggie Davis called her team a ‘nickel-and-dime” operation, but there was nothing small-change about the Mount Vernon Mustangs’ …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirstin Skriver feels a little more connection. And a little more speed. Traditionally a 400-meter runner, the …