Union hands Benton first loss of season

Umpires are citing safety as the main reason to not participate in the upcoming season.

Marion soccer players Jaffer, Levi and Sam Murphy didn't get a chance to play with each other one final time on the pitch, but their bond will never broken. All three were adopted from Liberia.

Coaches and players will have to follow certain guidelines to keep everyone safe during the 2020 baseball and softball seasons. Benton Community softball coach Eric Stenberg, who's also and E-R doctor, is confident games can be played safely.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has sped up the recruiting process for Clear Creek-Amana football star T.J. Bollers.

Summer sports will be resuming in June across the state of Iowa, according to the governing bodies that have oversight of high school athletics in the state.

One of the top high school football players in the state, T.J. Bollers, of Clear Creek Amana, starts his day at 6:00 am working at Fareway in Tiffin.

Bob Hilmer, who's the all-time winningest coach in the state, announced he's retiring after 57 years. He collected more than 900 wins in his career and was recently the co-head coach at North Linn.

Kingston Stadium was supposed to be one of six qualifying sites for the state track meet on Thursday. The stadium recently went through renovations in order to become a host site, but it'll have to wait after the spring sports season was canceled.

The Linn-Mar softball team is hoping there will still be a season. To boost its spirits, the team has received letters from alumni, including one from Betsy Deitte, who's now an ER nurse in Massachusetts and is on the front lines battling the COVID-19 virus.

On Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced schools would close for the rest of the school year, which meant there would be no spring sports season.

Iowa City West has provided their team with home workouts along with creating a virtual track meet in the hopes of sparking competition among other teams.