by Matt Kelley | Apr 22, 2020 | Human Interest, News
The pandemic forced the cancellation of the Drake Relays, but Drake University’s Beautiful Bulldog contest continued and was decided by online voting via Facebook on Tuesday. The winner is Hulk, a three-year-old English bulldog owned by Heath and Justine Johnson...
by Todd Kimm | Apr 6, 2020 | Sports
The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Union have released a revised schedule for spring sports. If school resumes on May first that will be the open day for practice for all of the spring sports. Track competition would begin May...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 13, 2019 | Sports
The Iowa High School Athletic Association will have a new leader in July. The board of the organization which oversees boys high school sports in Iowa has named Cedar Rapids Xavier president Tom Keating to be its sixth executive director. Keating replaces Alan Beste...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 3, 2018 | Sports
An Iowan won Sunday’s U.S.A. Marathon Championship. Brogan Austin, a Boone native who now lives in West Des Moines, finished the 26.2 mile race through the streets of Sacramento, California in 2 hours, 12.38 seconds. The 27-year-old Austin was in 13th place at...
by Matt Kelley | Aug 8, 2018 | Sports
Most high school football and cross country teams started practices this week and coaches are being reminded to make sure their athletes are drinking plenty of water. James Lang, an Iowa State University assistant professor of kinesiology, says having a...