Jeff Mangold tried to speak off the cuff. He usually likes to keep speeches informal, loose.
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A thought occurred to me a few days ago as I scrambled to look for tickets to tomorrow’s game between Iowa and Iowa State. Outside of the obvious “I’m not paying $200 to attend a game while lo…
Center Point-Urbana 28, Mount Vernon 16
Vinton-Shellsburg High School athletes, parents and friends turned out for the Fall Sports Blowout on Friday. Spectators were treated to an afternoon of getting to know each team, from volleyb…
The long march through the summer sports season has come to a screeching halt. The state baseball tournament finals on Aug. 3 marks the end of a season of rain delays, muggy nights and one par…
Maybe it was a case of tired arms. Maybe the opposition was just better.
[Sports Editor’s note: This recap is from Benton’s district semifinal game from Friday. For coverage of yesterday’s final, please visit communitynewspapergroup.com/vinton_newspapers or follow …
A big emphasis for coaches in postseason play is to have their team energized. Benches, they feel, should be cheering on their teammates both at the plate and in the field.
Angie Gorkow made her way down a line of teammates. The senior leader of the Bobcats embraced each one after the team’s postgame huddle with tears lingering in her eyes.
Senior Angie Gorkow said, without hesitation, junior Karsyn Semelroth is the most likely of her teammates to take a nap on bus rides home after games. She said the most hyper on those drives w…
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VINTON, Iowa (July 3) – That $4,908 check was great.
VINTON, Iowa – A quarter-century of memories were shared and a tear or two shed before the final checkers flew on Wednesday night for the 25th and final Hogan Memorial – one of the longest run…
VINTON (June 27) – Lapped cars didn’t bother Joel Callahan.
Benton head coach Eric Stenberg wasn’t deterred on Senior Night. Why would he have been? His Bobcats held a 9-4 lead in the seventh inning against Vinton-Shellsburg when he took one of his two…
Amber Fiser used to do it all.
Junior Derek Tobin thwacked a pitch into deep center field. He may not have known it at the time, but the fourth-inning shot was immensely important to a triumphant first for his team. His dou…
CENTER POINT - Olivia Perez wore a pink bow in her hair. It stayed there for the first 3.1 innings of her start in game two of Center Point-Urbana’s doubleheader against Clear Creek-Amana on Tuesday.
Becca Steffen creeped to the front edge of the batter’s box. With one out in the bottom of the seventh, all she had to do was avoid the double play.
Ian Rupp stood behind the Benton dugout in his uniform pants and a blue T-shirt. He expected a delivery.
