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By Jeff Yoder |
9/17/21 07:42 PM
It was a beautiful weekend for the 27th annual State of Iowa Sand Greens Championship, hosted by the Wellman Golf Course.
It was especially good for the teams from Wellman, who swept both the …
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By Jeff Yoder |
9/14/21 04:16 PM
The Big House was scary that day.
I and about 100,000 of my football-loving friends were in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 22, 2001, for a college football game between Michigan and Western …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
9/8/21 03:04 PM
This was no classic game, this NBA game played in 1950 between the Minneapolis Lakers and Fort Wayne Pistons.
The Pistons won by a single point, but scored just 19 points the entire game.
The …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/19/21 12:35 PM
Duke Slater, a 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and the first Black All-American in University of Iowa history when he played for the Hawkeyes from 1918 to 1921, will soon have his name on the …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/3/21 04:38 PM
The last seven months were a blur, quite honestly, as they become for any cancer patient.
This is my story.
Days began with a bottle of water.
And then a pill.
Then more water.
And …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/29/21 03:00 PM
By Jeff Yoder |
7/23/21 12:44 AM
Movement Mayhem is moving to August this year.
The annual obstacle races at Marr Park, sponsored by JET Physcial Therapy, have been held in October for each of the past eight years. But this …
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By Jeff Yoder |
7/22/21 11:52 AM
By Jeff Yoder |
7/22/21 12:42 AM
The Lone Tree High School gym and Wellness Center basketball courts hosted nine teams from all over Eastern Iowa for a summer basketball league that wrapped up on June 27.
“It was a …
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By Jeff Yoder |
7/7/21 12:29 PM
Three weeks of training in Boston this summer paid off for Alijah Beatty, who brought home the green cow jersey from the Tour of America’s Dairyland (TOAD) 10-race series, finishing first in …
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By Jeff Yoder |
7/7/21 12:27 PM
Easton Schlabaugh went 3-0 with a pair of first-period pins on the final day of the AAU Scholastic Tournament held in Orlando June 22-24.
Schlabaugh and Iowa Gold took first in the All-Star …
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By Jeff Yoder |
7/1/21 11:53 AM
After taking silver at the Paralympic games in London nine years ago, Matt Stutzman is going for gold in Tokyo.
The Armless Archer qualified for the 2020 Paralympic Games in dominating …
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By Jeff Yoder |
6/8/21 06:00 PM
Ah, summer has arrived.
No doubt about it. It’s June. Temperatures are on the rise. And soon, summer thunderstorms.
The smell of burgers and steaks and chicken being cooked on grills will …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/3/21 11:54 AM
Show time begins Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
We missed you last year, track and field championships.
And in a surprise announcement revealed Tuesday by the Iowa High School …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/19/21 10:32 AM
Emily Swartzentruber’s screaming voice echoed around the North Liberty High School stadium one night last week.
Finally.
Swartzentruber, a senior goalkeeper for Mid-Prairie High …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/14/21 04:55 PM
This season was the setup.
When you analyze the Mid-Prairie boys basketball season that concluded in February with a loss in the district finals to Camanche, that is the bottom line.
The …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/10/21 11:21 AM
Only one word can apply to define the high school basketball season of 2020-21: Nightmare.
What else can you say?
And that’s to mention nothing about wins and losses, game-winning shots …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/10/21 12:51 PM
