Obituaries

As the cross-country season creeps closer and closer, the Panther boys and girls are almost set to take to the course for the first time this fall. The first practice for both boys? and girls? XC will be on Monday, Aug. 14.

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? Brandon Snyder?s 2017 football season ended before it started.The Iowa junior safety suffered a torn ACL in spring practice. Never say never with the NCAA, but it?s highly unlikely Snyder will be able to get this season back. The fact he redshirted in 2014 goes against him.Snyder knows this and this fact has driven him to rehab his left knee with the goal of returning...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? In ?Caddyshack? there?s a bit about ?Caddy Day? at the Bushwood swimming pool. The caddies had free run of the pool from 1 to 1:15 p.m.That was Monday morning at Iowa football practice. It was open to media for 15 minutes for video and photography. It didn?t end with a Baby Ruth floating on the shallow end, but you can?t help but see things.Players not playing: ...

By Travis Hines, Ames Tribune Eli Rasheed is finding solace and strength in his work, but the Iowa State defensive line coach and his family were recently struck by tragedy with the death of his 21-year-old son in a traffic accident in Ohio.?The one thing we mentioned when we were in Toledo was that we wanted to come back and keep things as normal as possible,? Rasheed told reporters Tuesday, ?although it?s ...

By Jeremiah Davis, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? The Iowa men?s basketball team added another commitment to its 2018 class on Saturday, a class of one before the day began.Alexandria, Ky., product C.J. Fredrick (Covington Catholic HS) announced his commitment to the Hawkeyes on Saturday morning with a message on Twitter. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard had offers from Indiana, Penn State, Xavier and Butler, among ...

The Southeast Iowa Avalanche (USSSA baseball) will be holding a tryout for their 12-and-under team August 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the New London Little League fields.To qualify a player must be 12 or under on April 30, 2018. Call Curt Watson with any questions at 319-931-8718.

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was another big year in baseball for the GTNS area. Mt. Pleasant, Fairfield and Washington were the top three teams in the SEC this season, making for some touch decisions when it came down to the All-GTNS meeting.The Panthers and Trojans took the SEC race down to the very last game, which saw Mt. Pleasant end Fairfield?s conference title streak. The Panthers finished ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MINNEAPOLIS ? You?d be hard-pressed to find a college student who had a more high-profile internship than a group of Iowa Wesleyan sports management students this summer.The group of six IW students were selected to intern for the 2017 X-Games, which were held in Minneapolis, Minn. IW was one of three colleges to be selected for the summer internships.Students partnered ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was tough to get wins this year for small school baseball teams in Southeast Iowa. The area had plenty of dangerous teams and the SEISC was as tough as ever.New London and Highland battled to the top of the Super Conference this year. A chaotic postseason saw both the Tigers and Huskies get upset, Pekin fight their way to a district final and Iowa Mennonite nearly shock ...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette CHICAGO ? The suggestion was made to see the response. The topic was Iowa?s offense and the quest for a quarterback. Kirk Ferentz was all ears.Hey, why not the single wing? This was Pop Warner?s offense. It was run in the early 1900s. It might?ve been what Warner ran for Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm from 1895 to 1899. You know that Iowa Agricultural is Iowa State. You ...