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. [...]
continue »One month into 2013, it’s time for a checkup. As in, how are those New Year resolutions going? You know the ones — losing a few pounds gained over the holidays, getting back in shape, starting a new challenge? I’ve discovered a couple of things during my recent excursions on some frigid mornings, always a [...]
continue »(Here’s how Jeff Linder from The Gazette-KCRG would complete the ongoing conference realignment issue for small schools throughout Eastern Iowa) Thank you all for attending this meeting. Please grab a doughnut and some coffee on your way to your seat. Make yourselves comfortable; this shouldn’t take long. I understand this has been a long process, [...]
continue »The Mississippi Valley Conference has released divisional assignments for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years. MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Cedar Rapids Jefferson Cedar Rapids Kennedy Dubuque Hempstead Dubuque Senior Iowa City High Iowa City West Waterloo East VALLEY DIVISION Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Prairie Cedar Rapids Washington Cedar Rapids Xavier Dubuque Wahlert Linn-Mar Waterloo West
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Editor’s note: Here is your chance to tell your story or show off your pictures 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 Alex Fox, Xavier H.S. CEDAR RAPIDS – The Xavier Saints girls’ bowling [...]
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BERNARD — Western Dubuque senior bowler Austin Meeker came through under pressure last week at the 1A State Bowling Tournament. Meeker came in averaging 182 per game, but he rolled a 224 average at state, helping to lead the Bobcats to back-to-back team titles. In his second game at state, Austin started off with 10 [...]
continue »Here are the finalists for this week’s KCRG-TV9 Athlete of the Week. Go to www.kcrg.com/sports/athleteoftheweek to vote.
continue »Here are the finalists for this week’s KCRG-TV9 Athlete of the Week. Go to www.kcrg.com/sports/athleteoftheweek to vote. Leah Heim West Delaware Bowling Leah won the girls’ individual state 1A bowling tournament. She bowled a 636 total for three games, which was good enough for first place. She led her team to an overall second place [...]
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By Jeff Hare, correspondent A lot of questions already asked will be answered Thursady and Friday at the high school state bowling tournament inside Plaza Lanes. Will the blazing hot Cedar Rapids Prairie boys’ team bring home a championship banner to 76th Street or will Cedar Rapids Washington emerge as a darkhouse? Can the “wunderkind” of West [...]
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DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Mount Mercy men’s bowling team debuted at the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships over the weekend, placing eighth in the overall team standings at Cherry Lanes. Bryan Tippett finished just out of the top 10 for the Mustangs, finishing 11th with 1,177 pins and an average of 196.17 over six games. Freshman [...]
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