“You are not the victim here,” a judge told a former Linn-Mar assistant track coach after Kameron Beets said his life had been “shattered.” by the sex abuse charges against him. Beets was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana is The Gazette’s 2024 Female Athlete of the Year. The school’s first recipient of the award, the Drake volleyball recruit was a four-sport athlete and helped lead the Clippers to the 4A girls’ state basketball championship
Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg is The Gazette’s 2024 Male Athlete of the Year. Team oriented is a virtually unanimous description of the soon-to-be Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker.
The 2024 Gazette Athlete of the Year finalists, in photos.
Gazette Female Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana, Skylar Benesh of North Linn, Michaela Goad of Marion, Carly Goodwin of Sigourney and Callie Levin of Solon.
Gazette Male Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Lance McShane of Maquoketa Valley, Jack Miller of Jesup, Preston Ries of Monticello, Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg and Brett White of Solon.
A Cedar Rapids Prairie 1-2-3 trifecta in the Fifth Season 5K, led by Samuel Lange, certainly bodes well for the Hawks’ coming cross country and track seasons.
After bowing out of the NCAA championships due to an undisclosed precautionary health issue June 5, Austin West has one last chance to don the Iowa black and gold … in pursuit of a spot on the United States Olympic Team.
An overview of Saturday’s Iowa high school state track and field championships, with links to class-by-class coverage.
State track and field, Class 2A: Noelle Steines embraces the obstacles she has overcome to win four more championships this weekend in her first track season at Tipton.
State track and field, Class 3A boys: Quentin Nauman is only a sophomore, but won four titles and, as it turned out, Western Dubuque needed every bit of his heroics to claim the team championship.
Photos from Saturday’s events in the 2024 Iowa high school state track and field championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
State track and field, Class 4A boys Saturday: Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s quartet ran the fastest boys’ 400-meter relay in the 46 years that the event has been run in Iowa
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