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STRONG START FOR AREA AT DRAKE

DES MOINES — For the second straight year, Mariah Myers placed her name among the top throwers in the state. The St. Edmond senior secured an eighth-place finish here Thursday in the discus at the 115th Drake Relays. Myers, a University of Iowa softball commit, placed seventh in the event a ...

Sign-up period begins for Teener League Baseball

Registration is under way for the 2025 Teener Baseball League at Patterson Field. Students currently in grades 6-9 from the area are encouraged to participate. An evaluation day will be held at Patterson Field on Monday, May 5, at p.m. The Teener League runs from mid-May through mid-July. ...

ELITE COMPANY

DES MOINES — St. Edmond track and field standouts Mariah Myers and Anna Lursen are headed to the Drake Relays this week with their sights set on leaving their mark. Myers and Lursen will each compete in two events inside Drake Stadium beginning on Thursday. Action runs through Saturday ...

Dodger Relays bring excitement to the girls track community

Todd Constable knows full well what it takes to compete in the Dodger Relays. The Fort Dodge Senior High graduate was a track athlete once himself, and even had a chance to participate in the boys’ version of the annual event some 40 years ago. “It’s pretty similar, competing and ...

Bulten makes most of first Boston Marathon

BOSTON — Earlier this week, Chase Bulten joined just under 30,000 other runners in action at the 129th Boston Marathon. Bulten, a Manson Northwest Webster and Iowa Central graduate, would go on to finish 132nd overall in a time of 2:26.47 at the world’s oldest annual marathon, which takes ...

Tritons swept in close Top-15 matchup

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Iowa Central softball team dropped a pair of tight games with Kirkwood in a Top-15 ICCAC doubleheader showdown here Wednesday. Scores were 4-1 and 6-5 in favor of the 14th-ranked Eagles. Earlier this year, the No. 10 Tritons (41-8 overall, 18-6 in league) split a ...