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4A athletes impressed at Kingston Stadium, while 3A athletes competed at Benton.

The school district took no significant action. Eight out of nine eligible players from Iowa City West girls tennis team elected not to return. West High was one of the top teams in girls tennis in 2021, going to the state tournament.

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Iowa assistant Kirk Speraw will retire on June 30 after 43 years coaching college basketball.

Kernels starter Sawyer Gipson-Long subscribes to the motto: “Once you stop learning you stop growing.”

Darrell Moore was born and raised in Miami, but his college stomping grounds were in Dubuque.

The North Linn softball team is coming off an unforgettable season that ended with the Lynx claiming the Class 2A state title.

It’s time for another edition of John’s Big Ol’ Fish

32 teams took part in the high school team bass championship

Lisbon’s trophy case is filled to the brim, but it was missing a Drake Flag. That was until Kole Becker came along and won the 400 meter hurdles.

In addition to football, Ries competes for the Panthers in basketball, track and field, and baseball.

"Just have men, women, little boys, little girls, people of all ages celebrating this monumental legislation is unbelievable.”

English Valleys sophomore Kennedy Axmear saved her best throw for Drake with a toss 131.6 to win the first Drake Relays flag in school history.

The Northern Iowa softball team was picked as the preseason favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference this spring. So far, the Panthers have lived up to those expectations claiming their fourth overall Missouri Valley Conference regular season title.

Xavier Senior tennis player Brady Horstmann hopes to go out with a bang in his Senior season. Brady is 10-2 on the year in No. 1 singles play, and hopes bring home some more hardware this season.

Just two weeks away from the state meet in Des Moines, Eastern Iowa is gearing up with conference meets.

One Union Community track and field standout missed out on this year's Drake Relays. He also won't be able to participate in state in a few weeks after aging out of high school athletics as a sophomore.

Former West branch and Hawkeye golfer Sean McCarty is at it again qualifying for his 2nd PGA championship.

The Drake Flag is one of the most prized possessions in Iowa sports. Mount Pleasant Graduate Hannah Becker even held one in her hand, but she didn’t get to keep it.

Breaking two minutes in the 800 meter run is difficult, to do it 200 in times your career is unbelievable.

Keith Donnelly and Danny Johnson of Independence aren’t quitters

On Monday, May 2nd, Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz sat down with the crew on onIowaLive do discuss the everchanging landscape of the Name, Image, and Likeness deals in college football, and the need to regulate the transfer portal.

Time for a Monday edition of John’s Big Ol’ Fish.

Whether it was during her playing days or now her coaching career, one Mount Vernon native continues to finds ways to win championships.

Some of the best high school athletes in the state ran alongside some of the best college and Olympic athletes in the world at the 112th Drake Relays.

The baseball league gives young people with disabilities a chance to play ball.

Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer has announced her retirement after 50 years in college basketball.

Day two of the 112th Drake Relays featured some of Eastern Iowa’s best.

It’s time for a Friday edition of John’s Big Ol’ Fish.

Prairie junior golfer Addie Berg is having a record-breaking season. Berg tied a 24 year old women’s course record at Airport national firing a 61 to win the CRandIC tournament.