The Iowa Heartlanders professional hockey club has been purchased by a group headed by Michael Devlin, who is majority owner of the United States Hockey League’s Des Moines Buccaneers
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The Iowa Heartlanders professional hockey club has been purchased by a group headed by Michael Devlin, who is majority owner of the United States Hockey League’s Des Moines Buccaneers
Cedar Rapids Washington grad Jake Bockenstedt did not get taken in this past week’s Major League Baseball Draft but fielded phone calls at its conclusion from multiple clubs who wanted to sign him as a free agent. The pitcher from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville eventually chose the Chicago White Sox.
Western Dubuque graduate and Ole Miss catcher Calvin Harris was taken by the Chicago White Sox in the fourth round of Monday’s Major League Baseball Draft. Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Jared Simpson also was drafted.
Cedar Rapids Xavier graduate Mitch Keller has seen the lowest of the lows in his professional baseball career. As a first-time all-star, the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and his family are now enjoying some of the highest of the highs.
Cedar Rapids Kernels reliever Niklas Rimmel got to pitch in front of his parents Sunday for the first time as a professional baseball player. They are visiting their son from Germany. Rimmel threw two perfect innings in his team’s 6-5 loss to Quad Cities.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.
Getting ahead in the count allowed Cedar Rapids Kernels starting pitcher Jaylen Nowlin to go a season-high six innings and strike out 10 batters as he beat Quad Cities, 3-2, Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Catcher Andrew Cossetti of the Cedar Rapids Kernels has a grandfather who served as a Green Beret in the Vietnam War. His twin brother, Anthony, is a United States Naval Academy graduate who is at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center studying to become a doctor. Baseball on the Fourth of July means a to him
The Cedar Rapids Kernels employ nine people for four important, yet unnoticed jobs for each home game at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Those who are official scorers, scoreboard operators, pitch-clock operators and stringers say they what they do for their love of baseball.
The National Hockey League Draft was conducted Tuesday night and Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders had three players from this past season’s team drafted, with another pair who the club took in the recent United States Hockey League Draft also taken.
Iowa Heartlanders Coach and General Manager Derek Damon is conducting youth hockey camps this week at Coralville’s Coral Ridge Mall. He believes growing the sport with youngsters is integral in growing the ECHL franchise overall.
Orlando Rodriguez of the Cedar Rapids Kernels is a 27-year-old from Cuba who emigrated with his parents and brother over a decade ago. He has pitched well in two seasons with the Kernels and beat Beloit on Sunday, his Midwest League-leading seventh win this season. After the game, he found out he had been released.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels beat the Beloit Sky Carp, 10-6, in the opener of a Sunday doubleheader, which was the conclusion of Saturday’s storm-suspended game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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