Category Archives: Sports
History Books: Girls Golf State Champions and Recent State Qualifiers
(Area) Atlantic and Audubon are among the teams with the richest tradition in girls golf. Atlantic has won six state championships including three in the last six seasons. Audubon has made 14 appearan...
May 19, 2020
Barry Bower hired as CAM head football coach
(Anita) Barry Bower will lead the CAM football program moving forward. Bower's hire was approved by the School Board on Monday night. He takes over for coach Joe Wollum who guided the team to seven pl...
May 18, 2020
Griswold announces new hires for football and boys basketball
(Griswold) Two assistant coaches were promoted to head coaching roles by the Griswold School Board Monday evening. Chase Wallace will serve as the head football coach for the Tigers while Jake Speer t...
May 18, 2020
Iowa High School Athletic Association and IGHSAU add a brief Note on Status of Summer Sports
(Boone) The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union provided this update on Monday afternoon on the status of Summer Sports. Officials stated while practice...
May 18, 2020
Riverside softball has been building for the 2020 season for quite some time
(Oakland) Expectations are as high as they've been in a long time for the Riverside softball team. Coach Chris Conover admits he's been looking forward to this season for the last five years. He could...
May 18, 2020
History Books: Boys Golf Team and Individual State Champions and Runners-up
(Area) Audubon was a team to beat in the 1960's and early 1970's in boys golf. The Wheelers brought home three state championships and were runners-up twice in that span. Scott Ross and Jim Madsen are...
May 18, 2020
Checking in on the status of summer sports with the IHSAA’s Chris Cuellar
(State) Restrictions continue to be lifted in the state of Iowa, but what about the fate of high school baseball and softball? "It's going to be tough." Those are the words of Iowa High School Athleti...
May 16, 2020
Iowa's All-Time Boys Basketball Wins Leader Retires
(Troy Mills) According to multiple reports, North Linn co-head coach Bob Hilmer is retiring. Hilmer is Iowa's all-time wins leader for boys basketball with a record of 917-347 in over fifty seasons of...
May 15, 2020
PODCAST: “Why I Coach” with Griswold’s Kent Gade
(Griswold) The height of Griswold's success in boys and girls basketball came at times when Kent Gade ran the show. Gade became the head boys basketball coach at Griswold after spending just one seaso...
May 15, 2020
History Books: Wrestling Coaching Wins Leaders, State Dual Appearances, and Top Traditional Tourney Placings
(Area) Harlan, Griswold, and Riverside have been state wrestling team champions. Griswold also has a runner-up finish to their credit, joining Greenfield as the only other immediate coverage area team...
May 14, 2020
