Springville girls basketball: Good start, tough finish
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor TROY MILLS The start was everything Springville girls’ basketball coach Christina Zaruba could have hoped for on the road at class 1A second-ran…
Anamosa boys wrestling preview: Not flying under the radar anymore
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA You could make a case that the 2023-24 Anamosa boys’ wrestling campaign was one of the (if not the) greatest seasons in program history.…
Anamosa girls wrestling preview: Following the plan for even more success
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA Since the sport of girls’ wrestling dawned in Iowa six years ago, the Anamosa program has consistently been one of the very best state-w…
Anamosa boys basketball preview: Experience to make a major hoop jump
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA During his brilliant Anamosa boys’ basketball coaching career that has spanned almost 30 years now, Kevin Barnes has been dealt a lot of…
Anamosa girls basketball preview: Looking to earn that River Valley Conference respect
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA It was a struggle at times for the Anamosa girls’ basketball team to score points during a 2023-24 campaign that saw the Raiders finish …
Anamosa bowling preview: New sport arrives at Anamosa
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA It’s been in the works at Anamosa High School for quite some time, but the dream has officially become reality. The Raiders will h…
Midland girls basketball preview: Putting back-to-back-to-back quality seasons together
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor WYOMING The 2023-24 Midland girls’ basketball team had the best campaign the program has seen in almost a decade going 15-9 overall and 9-3 in t…
Midland girls wrestling preview: Goal remains the same at Midland, make it back to state
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor WYOMING They may have been one of the smallest teams competing at pretty much every tournament last season, but at the end of the day when the r…
Midland boys wrestling preview: Schoenherr takes over Midland wrestling program
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor WYOMING It’s been in the works for former Midland boys’ wrestling coach Casey Huston for the past couple of years now. Bring back one of t…
Midland boys basketball preview: New-look Midland boys basketball program
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor WYOMING When Dalton Harms resigned his position as head coach with the Midland boys’ basketball program several months ago, Eagle athletic direc…
Springville girls basketball preview: Keeping Oriole hoop expectations extremely high
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE When it comes to girls’ basketball over much of the past decade-plus stretch, they do things a little differently in Springville. …
Springville boys basketball preview: Balanced attack makes Oriole boys tough to guard
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE They were one of the most athletic teams in the entire Tri-Rivers Conference last season with a junior dominated group that included…
Springville wrestling preview: Bringing a different kind of intensity to the wrestling room
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE It’s been a labor of love for Springville wrestling coach Tyson Jacobi putting his Oriole program together over the past couple of s…
Anamosa football wrap-up: Culture changing campaign
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA If you look back at Anamosa High School football history over the last almost 40 years, it’s amazing how the most successful seasons hav…
NFL Football: Yanda named Hall of Fame semifinalist
By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor MOUNT VERNON For those of us who have followed the football career of former Anamosa, NIACC, University of Iowa and Baltimore Ravens superstar M…
Anamosa volleyball: Sander, Neuhaus earn All-State honors
ANAMOSA Anyone who has watched Anamosa junior Sophie Sander and senior Reise Neuhaus play volleyball over the past couple of seasons knows the pair are extremely special talents.…