LOCAL SPORTS

Preview video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuNwuvguOs   2015-2016 Heart Finish: 1st of 11 Letterwinners returning/lost: 5/3 Notable returners: Elise Warne                   So.       Melbourne, Australia (All-Heart, 82.4 avg., low of 73) Miranda Keeler              Jr.        Plattsmouth, Neb. (All-Heart, 83.1 avg.,…

Preview video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7YPxeKQnsQ 2015 Heart Finish:8th out of 12 Letterwinners returning/lost: 4/5 Notable returners: Payton Busch               Sr.        Centerville, Iowa (Letterwinner, season-best 8K 27:56) Zack Johnson               Jr.        Decatur, Ill. (Letterwinner, season-best 8K 28:43) Garrett Heckman          …

Preview video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0oAuxmtKNs 2015 Heart Finish:10th out of 14 Letterwinners returning/lost: 4/3 Notable returners: Guadalupe Gonzalez      Jr.        Houston, Texas (Letterwinner, season-best 5K 19:52) Deja Lewis                    Sr.        Spring, Texas (Letterwinner, season-best 5K 20:44) Alexys Devlin               …

Preview video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx4MRHjOQLE 2015 record: 7-4 (3-2 Heart, T-2nd) Starters returning/lost: 9/17 (including special teams) Letterwinners returning/lost: 29/42 Notable returners: Hunter Barry                  Sr.        Morris, Ill. (First-team all-Heart, 27 tackles, 2 sacks) Jake Baptiste                Jr.       …

Today, we take a look at Class A District 5 in high school football. BGM is the only area team in this district, and it will not be easy for the Bears to duplicate their…

Preview video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4q3DRfGwIM   2015 record: 6-23 (1-10 Heart, 11th) Starters returning/lost: 4/3 Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/6 Notable returners: Savanna Hartman          Sr.        Morgan Hill, Calif. (Letterwinner, 254 kills) Shawni Wills                  Sr.        Oskaloosa, Iowa (Letterwinner, 169…

The Old Shoe Football Scrimmage will take place on August 19th with gates opening at 4:30. Admission to watch the game will be one Sports Drink. The Freshman vs. Junior Varsity game will begin at…

Today’s football district is Class 1A District 5 including Pella Christian and Pleasantville. This district is much like District 4 in that there is going to be a free-for-all for the last playoff spot. Mount…

We continue our looks at each of our area football districts at the high school level with a peek at Class 1A District 4. Sigourney/Keota is the lone area team in this district, and the…

Class 2A District 6 is bound to be a toss-up in 2016, as we continue our look at all the districts in our listening area. In this district, Albia is the no-doubt headliner. The Blue…