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By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor west liberty       Coming into their 2025-26 season-opener at West Liberty Tuesday, Nov. 25, Anamosa girls’ basketball coach Josh Bentley had absolute…

BOONE       They came into their senior seasons already with the reputations of the being the best in the game at their respective positions in their respective classes.       But when…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor DURANT       There were a lot of things Midland girls’ basketball coach Jason Soper was anxiously looking forward to during his Eagles’ 2025-26 season…

wyoming       After getting off to a solid start with most of their small squad earning spots on the podium as place-winners at the season-opening tournament a week earlier, the Midlan…

anamosa       They were a brand-new program a season ago and consistently struggled to get wins on the bowling lanes.       But bit by bit, the Anamosa girls’ bowling team got better a…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa       It was a dream season for the Anamosa boys’ wrestling team in 2024-25 with the Raiders sending a program-record eight wrestlers to the c…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa       They’ve been one of the premier programs since girls’ wrestling started in the state of Iowa more than a half decade ago, and nothing ch…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa       He’s had successful teams everywhere he’s been over what has been a nearly 20-year coaching career, but what Anamosa girls’ basketball c…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa       With three decades of experience under his belt, Anamosa’s Kevin Barnes is undoubtedly one of the icons in the Iowa High School boys’ ba…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor wyoming       There was good news and there was bad news when the 2024-25 Midland girls’ basketball campaign came to a close.       The good news?    …

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor wyoming       Everything about the Midland boys’ basketball campaign a year ago was pretty much brand new, all the way to their head coach Ryan Steine…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor wyoming       Back in his playing days for the Midland boys’ wrestling program a little over a decade ago, now Eagle head coach Brett Schoenherr was c…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor wyoming       Losing four of the best wrestlers the Midland girls’ program has ever produced to graduation last year, Eagle head coach T.J. Bowen knew…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE       Anyone who has watched the Springville girls’ basketball team play over much of the past 10-plus years, knows the Orioles compete at…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor springville       After a three-year stretch of success (2020-2022) unlike anything the Springville boys’ basketball program had seen in decades, the …

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE       It can take time to build a successful program, in any high school sport.       Springville wrestling coach Tyson Jacobi knew exactl…