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.
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.
Jayden Stafford was born with Spina Bifida, but that doesn’t stop him from playing the game he loves. Jayden. a freshman at Mid-Prairie, spends a lot of time in the Wellman middle school gym perfecting his shot.
Cedar Rapids Prairie guard Jake Walter went out with a bang. In his senior season, he filled up the state sheet for the Hawks, leading them to their first state tournament since 1998.
Benton Community Senior Jaiden Moore finished his high school career in style last Saturday night, becoming the first wrestler at his high school to win a state title in 37 years.
Max Meiborg has been a loyal manager for the Cedar Rapids Jefferson boys basketball team, and Thursday he got his chance to put on a uniform and play in a game.
Central City Senior Sara Reid is averaging a double double this year 19 points and 10 rebounds a game. And like brother, like mother, like daughter.. The entire Reid family can light it up.
Midland Senior 195 pound wrestler Cayden Miller is a man on a mission. Miller who is undefeated this year just recently broke the career school record for pins with 103.
What a Senior year it has been for 6′3 Springville forward Rhenden Wagaman. He scored 41 points in back to back games this year and went over the 1,000 Point career scoring mark earlier this season.
Kennedy bowler Michaela Beckmann is already a two-time first team all-stater. She’s off the a great start to her senior season, ranked third in the state with a 480 two game series.
Kamyrn Kurt is only a sophomore. But the North Linn point guard do it all. She can drive and hit the long ball. But what really stands out in her game is her passing.
Xavier senior Tysten Vasquez had a record break senior season to help lead his team to the state championship game. Vasquez broke the school record for field goals with 16.
Springville Senior Lauren Wilson capped off a tremendous high school career with a run to the state championship game. She finished her career with 758 kills.
Center Point-Urbana senior Eli Larson pounds the pavement mile after mile so he can be the best runner he can be. It’s paid off... seven times. Eli broke seven meet records this year and capped it off with a second place finish at the state meet.
Williamsburg senior receiver Jake Weber is putting video game numbers in his Senior season. Jake has a 1271 all purpose yards and a whopping 15 touchdown catches to go along with 5 picks on defense. When Jake scores one of those touchdowns he points to the sky to his old buddy Tate Schaeffer. Tater-tough passed away at age 13 last March after a two year battle with DIPG.
Union’s Elle Rathe didn’t even start her running until her sophomore year of high school. Two years later she is the leader of the pack. Elle cruised to a win at the 2A qualifying meet Thursday at Anamosa, punching her ticket to the state championships.
Linn-Mar Senior Cam Guenther is a real ironman. He does it all for the Lions, with five touchdown catches, punt return touchdowns, a 5A leading six interceptions and two pick-sixes. His Lions are 6-1 with a shot at hosting a state playoff game,
Kennedy Senior diver Audrey Leno is a 2 time state qualifier. She is ranked in the top 7 in the state again this year after perfecting some big dives, including a 49.5 on an inward half tuck dive. Every day she sets new personal records.
West Liberty Senior Macy Daufeldt is an amazing athlete. She won a state long jump title as a freshman, and she’s now a killing machine on the volleyball court. Daufeldt has a school record 1400 kills her career for the undefeated Comets.
Solon Junior Quarterback Blake Timmons can beat you with his legs or his arm. In just 2 games Blake has 297 yards passing and 4 touchdowns, and 227 on the ground for 3 more scores for the 2-0 Spartans.
Tipton Senior Cody Koch is just happy to back in a football uniform after that day in July of 2020, when he dove in head first in his parents pond. Cody spent 6 days at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital. When he looked down at Kinnick Stadium, he said he knew he’d play again.
Nearly every day in the batting cages, you’ll find Marion baseball star Myles Davis. All his hard work has paid off, he hit .496 this season, and he was only a freshman.
We battled through the Pandemic and the Derecho and still managed to have another great year for the Athlete of the Week program, sponsored Cedar Rapids Toyota. Here is a look back at our 37 winners this season.
Wash senior Grayson Zylstra is ending his high school career with a bang. Zylstra switched to singles play this year and is 18-1 playing in the number one spot for the Warriors. Zylstra, who will play at DePauw University next year, has worked really hard his game to be one of the top players in the state.
After winning a state doubles title two years ago and leading her team to a team championship, Xavier Senior Miyako Coffey switched to singles play this season and has been just as dominating, looking to add more hardware to her collection at the state championships.
Austin is now writing his own legacy as he averaged 17.3 points per game and was second in the state in all classes this year with a whopping 208 assists, leading the Lynx to the 1A state title game.
Maquoketa Valley 5″9 forward Taya Tucker had a magical senior season. Her Wildcats reeled off 25 straight wins before losing in the 2A title game to Dike New Hartford, Tucker was named to the all-tournament team
Edmonds just started bowling last year and already she is a state champion after rolling a 246 in her second game for a two-game score of 471 at the state championships.
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