From Tonya Slezak Arnold on last week’s feature on the Cedar Rapids Panthers girls’ basketball team. Slezak Arnold played for the Cedar Rapids Panthers from 1985 through ’87, was a four-sport athlete at Prairie, graduating in 1991, and played basketball at Mount Mercy and Coe. I was fortunate to be a member of the first [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS – Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Thomas Eilers is the 2013 winner of the Nick Adenhart Memorial Scholarship, the Cedar Rapids Kernels announced Thursday. Eilers played baseball, basketball and football at Prairie. He plans on attending the University of Iowa to major in mathematics. The Nick Adenhart Scholarship is awarded annually in honor of the [...]
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Former Marion High School and Kirkwood Community College basketball guard Kasey Semler said via Facebook Thursday night that he will continue his education and basketball career at Northern Iowa this coming year. Semler is recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL, suffered late in Kirkwood’s season. He said he will be a walk-on this [...]
continue »Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your your school. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Christian Kleinow, MFL MarMac senior MONONA – Two years ago, MFL MarMac High School hosted an Interim day for the students. Interim [...]
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Editor’s note: Casey Hack, 28, of Anamosa is a 2003 graduate of North Cedar High School and head football coach and physical education teacher at Midland High School in Wyoming. By Casey Hack, community contributor As soon as I graduated from high school, I wanted to put the pads on and play in a full-contact [...]
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Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your team, your school or your favorite player. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Laura Naber, Dyersville Beckman junior DYERSVILLE – As we head toward the end of April, we can [...]
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Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your team, your school or your favorite player. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Jacob Doyle, Monticello senior MONTICELLO – Imagine a place you can be truly free. Imagine paradise. For [...]
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Editor’s note: Rob Cline is an arts professional and freelance writer. His usual contributions to The Gazette are reviews of books and arts events. However, given his son’s intense, ongoing participation, he’s surprisingly knowledgeable about bowling, too. By Rob Cline, community contributor Plenty of teenagers have a specific goal in mind when they turn 16. [...]
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Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story about your your school. If you’d like to join The Gazette’s growing list of high school contributors, contact J.R. Ogden at jr.ogden@thegazette.com By Rachel DeMoss, MFL MarMac freshman MONONA – Imagine sitting front row, watching your son or daughter perform. Well get ready. The new [...]
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