Catcher-first baseman Nate Baez began this season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels as a part-time player at best. But the 12th-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins in 2023 made so much of the opportunities he did get, he has forced his way into an everyday role and in the three or four hole in the lineup. He is second in the Midwest League in batting average and fourth in OPS.
Ryan Cameron likely is going to be the primary goaltender this coming United States Hockey League season for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. The 17-year-old from suburban Philadelphia recently was named USA Hockey’s Goaltender of the Year after a standout season for Lone Star of the junior North American Hockey League. Cameron participated this weekend at C.R.’s main tryout camp.
Gazette photojournalists present their best photos they’ve produced in the second half of May 2025
Cassidy Courey is a member of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association. She gets to sleep in her own bed in Cedar Rapids for a change this week, commuting to a PWBA tourney in Waterloo.
An underdog is being celebrated with a new title more than 25 years after he was created to unite Center Point and Urbana. Here’s how Stormin’ Normin pulled it off.
Morgan Rupp after her Class 4A girls’ state golf title at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City Friday, May 30, 2025
Xavier Cedar Rapids’ Gabi Fleming repeats as Class 1A singles tennis state champion in dominant fashion.
Cedar Rapids Prairie grad Corbin Day has gone from teaching part time at Kennedy High School four years ago to a role as “Advanced Scout, Run Production” with Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins. He is with the team daily, home and away, supporting its hitting coaches with game planning and other tasks.
“I wanted to try to get into the finals again,” Holland said. “So that was pretty motivating.”
Photo gallery of action from the girls’ Class 4A Golf State Championship at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City Friday, May 30, 2025
Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp shot even-par 72 in the second round for a 141 total, winning third title at the Class 4A state golf meet Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City.
7 area boys’ soccer teams qualified for the state tournament this year.
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