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  • Cardinal teams fall in close ones at Pella Christian; area basketball roundup

    Newton and Lynnville-Sully teams were on the road Friday night while Collins-Maxwell/Baxter played at home. Prairie City-Monroe hosted Jasper County r ...
    Jan. 24, 2015 - 11:00 pm

  • Prep basketball scores

    Iowa High School BasketballFriday's Scores The Associated PressBoysArea scoresPella Christian 62, Ne ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 10:42 pm

  • Cardnials beat Grinnell, lose to Boone on Senior Night

    Five seniors competed in their final home swim meet for Newton High’s Cardinals Thursday.  Jeffrey F ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:31 am

  • Mustang boys grind out win over rival Nevada

    MONROE — Prairie City-Monroe boys’ basketball coach Fred Lorensen would prefer his Mustangs bury a bunch of 3-pointers, dominate the paint and score p ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:32 am

  • PCM rally not enough against Nevada

    MONROE — After facing the Nevada girls’ basketball team for the first time this season Thursday, Prairie City-Monroe coach Bret Grier thinks the Cubs ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:33 am

  • Camper and boat owners beware

    Terri RockNewtonI am writing to express my deep concern about the Newton City Council’s review of a ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:09 am

  • Cardinal grapplers split double dual

    DES MOINES — Newton High’s wrestling team won the first three matches and the last three matches in Thursday’s dual meet against host Des Moines Roose ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:09 am

  • Area wrestling teams assigned to sectional, district tournaments

    Wrestling sectionals for Iowa Class 1A and 2A teams are set. The district tournaments for Class 3A have been assigned.
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:09 am

  • Disco is not dead just ask NHS bowlers

    As a child of the late 1960s and the 1970s, I know disco. Disco is alive and well here in Newton. We ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 12:05 pm

  • Grand View Christian sweeps Tigerhawks

    DES MOINES — Colfax-Mingo freshman Jarod Nichols had one of his best games of the season, finishing with a team-high 14 points and eight rebounds Thur ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:06 am

  • Tigerhawks suffer three losses at Pella quad

    PELLA — For most of the season, Richard Blom has been one of the bright spots for the Colfax-Mingo wrestling team.
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:06 am

  • Hawk wrestlers win two of three duals

    NEW SHARON — Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks had a 42-36 lead over English Valleys Thursday in their South Iowa Cedar League wrestling dual. Freshman Sage Zyl ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:06 am

  • Jeff Gordon says 2015 season will be his last

    Jeff Gordon, the charismatic four-time NASCAR champion who became the face of the stock car racing as the sport exploded in popularity a generation ag ...
    Jan. 23, 2015 - 11:06 am

  • Wrestling puts Halferty in UNI Hall of Fame

    Alan Halferty stepped into University of Northern Iowa’s West Gym in the fall of 2013 and a flood of memories rush over him. The Newton native admitte ...
    Jan. 22, 2015 - 10:42 am

  • IGHSAU will release hoops pairings soon

    The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced that it will release its basketball pairings in the coming weeks. The Class 1A/2A/3A pairings will ...
    Jan. 22, 2015 - 10:19 am

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