Matt Levins

2024 fall sports preview: Fort Madison volleyball team leaning on athleticism, teamwork

The last thing Notre Dame High School baseball coach Chris Chiprez wanted was more rain.

Central Lee senior Shanna Buford gets a forearm bump as she rounds third base after slugging a home run in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against Burlington at Wagner

Fort Madison’s Taylor Johnson (23) and Alivia Holmes (7) greet teammate Elle Ruble at home plate after Ruble’s home run in Wednesday’s doubleheader against Davenport North at the Baxter Sports

Holy Trinity’s Emily Ross crosses home plate after hitting a home run in Tuesday’s 12-2 win over New London at South Park in West Point.

Fifty-nine.

Fort Madison’s Jaycee Fullenkamp watches her shot Monday at Flint Hills Municipal Golf Course in Burlington.

IOWA CITY — Mason Watkins was not going to be denied.

Chuck Banks is a man on a mission.

Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City will have a distinctive red and black hue to it on Friday.

Taylor Hickey finds herself in a unique position.

It may have been Saturday afternoon, but school was in session for the Southeastern Community College men’s basketball team.

DONNELLSON — Lincoln Bainbridge was looking forward to a showdown.

Johnny Johnson thought his arm wrestling days were a thing of the past.

NEW LONDON — Leo Gebauer must have felt like he was in a lost episode of “Green Acres” when he landed at New London High School last summer.

Anthony Isley has known for six months that he would be playing football next fall for the University of Northern Iowa.

NEW LONDON — Whew!

Mediapolis High School has long been known for its defense and multiple scorers on offense when it comes to girls basketball.

Lyblie and Kynnick Christofferson don’t have a wall full of awards or a case full of trophies and probably won’t win any individual state championships in wrestling.

The Iowa Wesleyan University women’s wrestling team got some tough competition two weeks ago in the Eagle Duals at Avila University in Kansas City.