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Jun. 3—CLINTON — Clinton softball coach Kaitlyn Muhlenbruch said the River Queens won't dwell on losses this season — they've just got to keep moving on. "We talked a lot about going that extra step, figuring out how we can make that extra play — sacrificing, or, 'How can I get that out?'" she said. "When we have no outs and we have bases loaded, what can we do to get that next step? How can ...

The Mid-Prairie boys track and field team will be in Anamosa Tuesday for their next meet. The Hawks had both Drake and a meet at Newton last week. Cain Brown represented Mid-Prairie in Des Moines. The sophomore was fourth in the high jump competition, clearing 6’3″. As a team, the Golden Hawks last competed Friday at Newton where they placed fifth of 11 teams with 73 points as Thaddeus Shetler won the 1600 in 4:40.49. Other top finishes included Nathan Quinby runner-up in the 100, second fo...

Des Moines Register When Davenport Community Schools denied Morgan Burbachs request to enroll her children out of the district several years ago, she and her family decided to move.   Burbach, a 37-year-old high school physical education teacher in the nearby Central DeWitt Community School District, said she primarily wanted her children to be on the same school schedule as she was. She also had a number of concerns about the Davenport district.  She said the district denie...

Lewis named MVP, Central men third at conference indoor track meet WAVERLY — Central College men’s track and field junior Brock Lewis (Lathrop, Mo.) was named Field Events Most Valuable Performer at the American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships as the team finished third Sunday. Wartburg College won the team title with 172 points. Central had 112 in third place. “I’m very happy with how we did today” coach Brandon Sturman said. “I told the team before the meet ...

If the Pella boys basketball team is going to win its first state tournament game since 2016, they will have to do so against a team that hasn’t lost a game since March of 2020. Pella Head Coach Derek Schulte says the No. 7 seeded Panthers are an experienced squad that competed in the Class 2A quarterfinals one year ago, and have since run the table after making the jump to Class 3A. Monticello is the 2nd ranked team in the AP Poll and 10th on power rankings site BcMoore. The Panthers knock...

Central’s Lewis breaks conference triple jump record PELLA — A record-breaking effort in the triple jump by junior Brock Lewis (Lathrop, Mo.) highlighted the Central College men’s track and field’s triangular meet against Loras College and Buena Vista University Saturday. The Dutch finished runner-up with 104.5 points. Loras College won the title with 119.5 and Buena Vista was third with 53. Lewis leapt 48 feet, 1.75 inches on his fifth jump of the day to break the school and American R...

Running into a buzzsaw that is the #5 ranked Sabers of Central DeWitt was the challenge for the Washington girls’ basketball team on Saturday and the Demon season came to an end with a 75-31 loss in a class 4A regional semifinal. As heard on KCII, Alex Murphy had the game’s first point of the night on a turn around jumper at the free throw line, but the home Sabers quickly answered with a 17-0 run on the strength of turning the Demons over in the press. The score was 30-15 at the break and ...

Zarren EgesdalFebruary 22, 2021Last Updated: February 22, 2021 Photo by Nate Juhl - The Forest City Girls’ Bowling team competed at state for the second time in school history today. The Indians were last at state in 2018 when Shayne Hoeft finished 16th; the highest a girl has ever finished at state for Forest City – until today. Forest City junior Chiara Thompson rolled a career-high 429 series en route to a fourth-place state finish; her previous recorded career-high came earlier this ...

Mid-Prairie junior wrestler Cael Garvey reached a major career milestone in the Golden Hawks regular season dual finale at Clear Creek Amana. With his pin of Mitchell Howard of Central DeWitt in just 44 seconds, Garvey captured the 100th win of his high school career. He spoke after the meet about the accomplishment. “It means that all of my years of wrestling have paid off. To get my name up on the wall in the wrestling room is a cool feeling. Great to know I have won 100 matches in three ye...

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team finishes the dual calendar tonight when they travel to Clear Creek Amana for a quadrangular with Central DeWitt, Mount Vernon and the Clippers. The Golden Hawks come into the night with an overall dual record of 12-10 on the year. They dropped two of three duals on Senior Night a week ago in Wellman, falling to RVC foes Wilton and West Liberty and getting a win over Durant. On the season, the Golden Hawks are led by Josh Wallington with a 32-3 record. ...