Anamosa baseball: Missed opportunities
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor GRINNELL Playing without a doubt the toughest of their three straight substate final opponents over the last three seasons Tuesday, July 15, in …
Anamosa City Golf: Sean Smith wins a sixth
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa Through the first nine holes of play of the annual 36-hole Anamosa City golf tournament, opening at the Fawn Creek Country Club Saturday…
Guest Column: Jack Nicklaus vs. Tiger Woods
By Tim Hollett Over the last quarter-century some of my student-athletes have asked me who was better, Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods? Jack was known as the ‘Golden Bear’ w…
Anamosa 8th grade girls track and field wrap-up: Record-breaking season on the track
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamoSA They’ve already left their mark as one of the most successful classes to come through the middle school, but the Anamosa eighth grade gi…
Anamosa 7th grade girls track and field wrap-up: Small but mighty track and field team
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA They may have not been as competitive at most meets this past spring against their fellow seventh grade girls’ track and field teams jus…
Anamosa baseball: Knowing what truly matters
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor cascade Playing their final regular season and River Valley Conference contests of the 2025 campaign in Cascade Monday, June 30, the Anamosa bas…
Springville softball - Class 1A regional first-round: Never giving up hope
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor springville Things were getting extremely tense as the class 1A regional first-round softball contest between host Springville and visiting East…
University of Dubuque women's track and field: New level, same success
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor DUBUQUE As arguably the greatest high jumper the Midland girls’ track and field program has ever produced winning a state high jump championship…
Midland baseball - Class 1A district quarterfinal: Third time a charm
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor LISBON Having defeated perennial powerhouse Lisbon twice already this summer, it can often times be difficult to beat good teams on three differ…
Anamosa softball: Just shy of a championship
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor cascade It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster campaign for the Anamosa softball team this summer, but through all the ups, downs and challenges th…
Midland softball: Offense breaks out in a big way
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor arlington Runs had been tough to come by for the Midland softball team during a busy stretch of games against some pretty talented programs, but…
Springville baseball - Class 1A district quarterfinal: Playing with plenty of pride
BELLE PLAINE There weren’t too many people around the state of Iowa who figured the Springville baseball team stood much of a chance in their class 1A district quarterfinal conte…
Midland baseball: Figuring things out before the postseason
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor wyoming Playing some of their best all-around baseball of the summer hosting Easton Valley in the first game of what was the final doubleheader …
Springville softball: Creating some postseason momentum
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor springville Looking to snap a stretch of nine losses in their last 10 games, Springville softball coach Beau Zaruba sorely wanted to see his tea…
Springville baseball: More tough learning lessons
springville It wasn’t exactly how Springville baseball coach J.J. Longerbeam was hoping the 2025 regular season campaign would come to an end for the Orioles on their own home fi…
Anamosa softball: Right in the hunt for a title
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor dyersville Things weren’t exactly looking good for the Anamosa softball team coming into their enormous doubleheader at Beckman Thursday, June 2…