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  • Cardinals snap losing streak with shutout of Eagles in LHC play

    NEWTON — Aggressive and attacking play up front pushed Newton Senior High School’s Cardinals to a 4-0 first-half lead over the visiting Pella Christia ...
    April 16, 2014 - 11:55 am

  • Eagle golfers win home meet

    OSKALOOSA — Taking on two Little Hawkeye Conference opponents, Pella Christian’s boys played their home golf course — Oskaloosa Golf Course — to a tee ...
    April 16, 2014 - 11:21 am

  • Newton girls rack up LHC golf wins

    PELLA — Playing on the course they will take on in a few weeks for the Little Hawkeye Conference golf tournament, Newton’s girls had a confidence-boos ...
    April 16, 2014 - 11:58 am

  • Cardinal girls capture three golds at Ames meet

    AMES — Michaela Bleeker and Sarah Kalkhoff each won a throwing event Tuesday at the Ames Jim Duea Invitational track meet. They each finished eighth i ...
    April 16, 2014 - 12:00 pm

  • Eagle, Hawk girls compete strong at Pella Christian meet

    PELLA — Pella Christian’s girls piled up 99 1/2 points at their home meet — the Pella Christian Coed Invitational — Tuesday to finish third. Lynnville ...
    April 16, 2014 - 11:21 am

  • BBBS of Central Iowa hosting Bowl for Kids' Sake April 27-28

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa will host its annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake of Jasper County from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, and from 6 to 8 ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:27 am

  • Registration deadline for Newton adult softball leagues is Thursday

    NEWTON — Adult softball registration forms are now available through the City of Newton’s Parks and Grounds Division. All registration forms are due T ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:16 am

  • Cardinal athletes manage wind at Osky Relays

    OSKALOOSA — Almost perfect conditions allowed Newton track athletes to compete well at Saturday’s 87th Osky Relays in Oskaloosa.
    April 15, 2014 - 11:16 am

  • Even split

    A hit by Newton’s Zakk Weatherly (right) knocks the ball out of an opponent’s grasp in the rugby team’s season opener at home, April 4. Newton’s rugby ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:42 am

  • Top Hawkeye coaches to speak at Jasper County I-Club Spring Banquet

    NEWTON — University of Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery, wrestling coach Tom Brands, women’s basketball associate head coach Jen Jensen and ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:16 am

  • PCM girls finish third at Eddyville, look ahead to Drake Relays

    EDDYVILLE — At the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont varsity track meet Thursday, Prairie City-Monroe’s girls were out to prove something, and they did. Th ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:15 am

  • Teams set: a look at the NBA playoff picture

    A look at where things stand in the NBA playoff picture, with two days remaining in the regular season and all 16 teams that will head to the postseas ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:15 am

  • Eagle girls win Class B title at Osky Relays; boys third

    OSKALOOSA — Pella Christian’s girls captured the Class B Division title at Saturday’s 87th Osky Relays at Oskaloosa. The Eagle boys landed in third pl ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:15 am

  • Chase Elliott continues wowing NASCAR

    DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — ChaseElliott isn’t really sure what he has accomplished the last two weeks in becoming the youngest Nationwide driver with mul ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:43 am

  • Newton girls win on penalty kicks in tourney play

    PLEASANT HILL — Newton’s Cardinal girls had the short and long of it at Saturday’s Southeast Polk Girls’ Soccer Tournament.
    April 14, 2014 - 11:48 am

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