Sports

Four area teams are ranked No. 1 in the preseason cross-country rankings, released Tuesday by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.The boys? teams from Mount Vernon-Lisbon (Class 3A) and Mid-Prairie (2A) are defending champions, as are the girls? squads from Monticello (2A) and Elkader Central (1A). The rankings:GirlsClass 4A1. Johnston, 2. Dubuque Hempstead, 3. Cedar Falls, 4. Iowa City High, 5. West Des ...

IOWA CITY ? The Iowa Hawkeyes will play five of their first seven Big Ten women?s basketball games on the road, then close the league season with six of nine games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.The Big Ten released the 2017-18 schedule Wednesday afternoon, which completes the Hawkeyes? slate. The non-conference schedule was released last week.Iowa was 20-14 last year, 8-8 in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes reached the ...

IOWA CITY ?Iowa will represent the United States at the Games, one of eight nations in the baseball competition. The others are France, Chinese Taipei, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Czech Republic and Mexico.The 29th World University Games run Friday to Aug. 30.?I?m interested to see how things are going to go,? said Zach Daniels, a junior pitcher from Cedar Rapids Kennedy.?Obviously this is a once-in-a-lifetime...

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He?s only been on the job since May, but the new sports director at the Washington Y is excited to be where he is.?As a sports director, I was hired the second weekend of May,? Ryan Harris says.?I?m very new in that regard, but I?m not new to the area. I worked at the front desk at the Wellman Y for many years and helped with the soccer and basketball programs there as well as with football and the track.?He?s ...

Editor?s note: A ?forever 29? 66-year-old from Cedar Rapids, David Novak is an avid recreational athlete who cross-country skis in the winter and shoots hoops in a church basketball league when he?s not working in the prairies and woodlands. The grannies encourage him because they?re ordinary people who perfect their craft to an extraordinary level.A blurb in the paper noted ?the grannies? were playing basketball...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Royce Lewis is a Cedar Rapids Kernel.The top-overall pick in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft was assigned Saturday by the parent Minnesota Twins to Cedar Rapids.An 18-year-old shortstop from California, Lewis began his professional career with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Twins, where he hit .271 in 36 games, with three home runs, 17 RBIs and 15 stolen bases.Lewis walked more times ...

Fans get upset when a healthy superstar sits out a game for a day of rest, and the NBA apparently plans to do something about it this season.In September, the NBA owners are expected to approve rules designed to discourage teams from benching healthy players for regular-season games, USA Today reported Thursday.The rules will be in effect at the start of the 2017-18 season, and teams will be penalized for not ...