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Thanks to a strong feeder program and some recruiting by head coach Dave Hook, the Newton swim team will have plenty more athletes to choose from this winter as numbers are up 10 from the previous season.

SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s boys basketball team ended its season last year one game short of its wanted destination — the state tournament.

MONROE — It might just be the end of the first week of the season for PCM wrestling coach Matt Teeter, but he still has a long way to go to determining his lineup.

COLFAX — If this coming season for the Colfax-Mingo wrestling team is going to be a success, it has to come from the youth on the roster.

SULLY — Winning close games in 2008 was the key to a 19-6 record and regional semifinal appearance for the Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team.

SULLY — Last season was a successful year for the Lynnville-Sully wrestling team.

COLFAX — Heading into 2008, Colfax-Mingo’s boys basketball team had just one player hitting the hardwood with significant playing time.

COLFAX — Watching Colfax-Mingo girls basketball coach Matt Barkalow on the sidelines Monday at the Lynnville-Sully Jamboree, he oozed excitement and enthusiasm.

BAXTER — Collins-Maxwell-Baxter head boys basketball coach Mark McKenna took over the Raider program last year and had an assortment of experienced seniors to work with.

MAXWELL — With two returning state qualifiers and another distict qualifier, the Collins-Maxwell-Baxter wrestling team will be standing tall this year.

MONROE — Losing two all-state players in Lindsey Vande Wall and Katlyn Wood will be tough for PCM girls basketball coach Ben Anderson.

BAXTER — It is Eric Padget’s third year as head coach of the Collins-Maxwell-Baxter girls basketball team.

MONROE — For PCM boys basketball coach Fred Lorensen, this team might be described as a jig-saw puzzle.

The Newton wrestling program is walking in unchartered waters for the first time in head coach Bill Reed’s long tenure as Cardinal head man.

With the most returning starters head coach Tom Vanderlaan has had in his three years at the helm, the Newton boys basketball team wants to break out this season on the hardwood.

Through seven games with the Grand View University women’s basketball team, Newton-native Amy Vos is proving she belongs on a collegiate basketball floor.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released its preseason girls basketball rankings and Lynnville-Sully will begin the season ranked No. 8 in Class 1A.

The Cedar Valley Fighting Association returns to Newton on Friday, Nov. 27, with another edition of “Friday Night Fights.”

Iowa Speedway has caught the attention of racing fans throughout the country in recent years with its rapid growth, competitive racing and spectacular state-of-the-art facility.

ALLEMAN — The new season of high school girls basketball is under way, and several teams around the state have played in jamborees the past couple of nights.

Three Jasper County girls basketball teams competed in the Lynnville-Sully Jamboree Monday night. Colfax-Mingo’s Danielle Beals (above) drives to the hoop in the second game of the night as Eddyville-Blakesburg came away with a 22-16 victory. PCM’s Taylor Van Roekel (below) tries to go up for a shot in the Mustangs’ 29-19 victory over HLV, while Lynnville-Sully’s Caitlin Cross (bottom) looks to the basket during a 26-17 loss to Bondurant-Farrar.

SULLY — Two Lynnville-Sully juniors earned Class A District 7 football honors when the all-district teams were announced.

CEDAR RAPIDS (IGHSAU) — Top-ranked Ankeny collected its second-straight Class 4A championship with a 25-21, 14-25, 26-24, 27-25 victory second-ranked Iowa City West.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (MCT) — It was there. So close the Iowa football team could smell the roses. Could just about grasp that Big Ten crown.