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By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor springville       When they were healthy, the boys’ Springville cross country team was one of the best in the Tri-Rivers Conference, and at times, all…

ANAMOSA       As General Manager of the Fawn Creek Country Club, the Anamosa club that hosted the annual Three Rivers tournament Saturday, Aug. 17, Darin Sander wears a lot of hats.   …

ANAMOSA       He’s been one of the Little Bear Country Club’s top golfers since graduating Midland High School as one of that program’s best-ever almost two decades ago.       Riley Wi…

DES MOINES       Having already been named All-State baseball players for the first time in their respective careers just a week earlier by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Associ…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor des moines       It’s always been there in the back of former Anamosa baseball standout Eli Lehrman’s head.       Playing baseball at the highest leve…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor CEDAR RAPIDS       As one of the greatest baseball players to ever suit up for the Anamosa High School program, Sam Wilt had some pretty lofty aspirat…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor waverly       As the greatest long jumper in the history of Anamosa High School track and field, former Raider Jay Gatto was used to dominating events…

springville       Anyone who even casually followed the path of the Springville softball team this past summer knew the course of the campaign was one that saw gradual, and then eventu…

springville       When it comes to measuring the success of the 2024 Springville baseball season, you can’t just look at the final record.       The Orioles were a remarkably improved …

ANAMOSA       Having just completed a Three Rivers tournament title-winning performance by their men’s golf team two days earlier, Anamosa’s Fawn Creek seniors went about trying to com…

ANAMOSA       Looking to improve upon what their men’s team accomplished competing at the Three Rivers tournament Saturday, Aug. 17, the Little Bear Country Club seniors showed experie…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor DES MOINES       They were two of the most important and influential pieces to their respective teams this past summer.       And in two very differen…

DYERSVILLE       As with most Eastern Iowa Golf Association tournaments over the past 97 years, the host club has had a clear and distinct advantage.       It’s not an iron-clad guaran…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor mankato, minn.       During her brilliant five-year career with the Anamosa softball program spanning from 2016-2020, Ellie Tallman was often compared…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor st. joseph, mo.       Don’t ever let it be said that former Anamosa superstar softball player Emily Watters doesn’t have a high threshold for pain.   …