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More stories from: Aaron Brenner
Late mistakes hurt Annawan/Wethersfield
ARTICLE: KEWANEE, Ill. - When an offense is found standing on the sideline for most of a football game, it tends to end up going boom-or-bust when opportunities arrive.
Nov 14, 2009 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
Brenner: What a day to end it
ARTICLE: CEDAR FALLS, CEDAR RAPIDS - You know, it's been an exhausting day. 400 miles, 2 sports, 2 state tour-nament games, and 3 shots of 5-Hour Energy, that can get to you; plus in general, you get a little down on the final day of Iowa fall prep sports.
Nov 12, 2009 | 11:05 pm | Loading…
Camanche swept at state volleyball tourney
ARTICLE: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Tiana Bark had to summon a grin when asked if she felt the Camanche volleyball team - which hadn't lost since early September - never found its rhythm in three quick games.
Nov 12, 2009 | 7:05 pm | Loading…
Preston falls to 8-player power in semis
ARTICLE: CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Despondent looks on the faces of Austin Hughes, Kyle Feller and their Preston teammates said it all.
Nov 12, 2009 | 3:10 pm | Loading…
State Football, volleyball previews
ARTICLE: Iowa 8-player football
Nov 12, 2009 | 9:20 am | Loading…
Class 2A state volleyball: Camanche vs. Wapsie Valley
ARTICLE: Iowa Class 2A volleyball preview
Nov 11, 2009 | 8:45 pm | Loading…
Preston equally good on defense
ARTICLE: The Preston Trojans have caught plenty of passes on their way to the Iowa eight-player state semifinals.
Nov 11, 2009 | 8:40 pm | Loading…
Camanche volleyball: A winning habit
ARTICLE: Here is some good news for Ashtyn Dixon: She and her Camanche volleyball teammates have won 36 matches in a row and are headed to the Iowa Class 2A state tournament.
Nov 09, 2009 | 11:30 pm | Loading…
Brenner: Sisterly Showdown is here
ARTICLE: Wednesday night, 6 pm. We're doing a photo shoot with the four sister combos on the Pleasant Valley and Davenport Central rosters, and they've been kind enough to come down to our offices at the Times so we can use the photo studio here on 3rd Street. The Central girls, who completed prac…
Sep 29, 2009 | 1:25 am | Loading…
Maquoketa buzzing over 5-0 start
ARTICLE: MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Bring on the Sabers. And then, perhaps the state playoffs.
Sep 26, 2009 | 12:35 am | Loading…
Muskies find offensive boost from libero
ARTICLE: Jordan Walgren's line in Muscatine's match Tuesday at Davenport North, reads as follows: 29 digs, 1 kill.
Sep 22, 2009 | 10:35 pm | Loading…
Brenner: Ohhhh, we're halfway there...
ARTICLE: Well, as they say, we're 'halfway to happy hour' in the Mississippi Athletic Conference schedule. And in this case, happy hour represents the always-entertaining regional tournament...not the long-awaited trip to your local watering hole. (QC Varsity: Keeping it PG-rated, since 2006.) As …
Sep 22, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
Alleman stuffs Streaks
ARTICLE: When a fine battle of tug-of-war translates to the football field, and neither team can score, all it takes is one opportunity.
Sep 19, 2009 | 12:30 am | Loading…
Volleyball: PV happy to be home
ARTICLE: Forgive those on the Pleasant Valley volleyball team who feel slightly disrespected when a few early-season losses to top-notch opponents cause a plunge in the rankings.
Sep 17, 2009 | 11:30 pm | Loading…
Volleyball: Muskies knock off Knights
ARTICLE: The schedule-makers did Muscatine no favors for the first half of its Mississippi Athletic Conference volleyball schedule.
Sep 15, 2009 | 10:50 pm | Loading…
Pregame Prep Talk: The Prologue
ARTICLE: This is the start of a new weekly feature called "Pregame Prep Talk", which will preview the upcoming night's events. We're going to begin this segment with volleyball on each Tuesday, when every Mississippi Athletic Conference team is in action and there is usually a Western Big Six matc…
Sep 15, 2009 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
Area notebook: Bellevue, Wapello making strides
ARTICLE: Eastern Iowa notebook
Sep 14, 2009 | 10:40 pm | Loading…
Area Game of Week: Wilton takes lumps, ready to move forward
ARTICLE: SOLON, Iowa - It's fair to conclude the Wilton Beavers football team has had a pretty unpleasant couple of Fridays on the football field in the first three weeks of 2009.
Sep 11, 2009 | 10:55 pm | Loading…
Volleyball: Rocks put scare into Moline
ARTICLE: Marquisha Harris personally admitted Moline may have underestimated Rock Island.
Sep 11, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
Northeast's Lueders grows from last year's bad break
ARTICLE: GOOSE LAKE, Iowa-The most painful injury of Spencer Lueders' young athletic life was devastating at the time. Now it's just the definition of irony.
Sep 10, 2009 | 11:00 pm | Loading…
Brenner: Bettendorf, PV stiffed in VB poll
ARTICLE: Looks like statewide respect won't be easily granted to Mississippi Athletic Conference volleyball teams this season.
Sep 10, 2009 | 5:10 pm | Loading…
MAC season starts with a thriller as Bettendorf edges PV
ARTICLE: Could it be? Could this chapter in the emotional Bettendorf-Pleasant Valley volleyball rivalry really be settled in straight sets?
Sep 08, 2009 | 11:30 pm | Loading…
Eastern Iowa notebook
ARTICLE: Feel-good wins for first-year coaches
Sep 08, 2009 | 4:00 pm | Loading…
Knights' Edleman special in victory
ARTICLE: GOOSE LAKE, Iowa - Nothing taken from new North Cedar coach Clay Harrold, especially on his big night, but Knights split end Jacob Edleman is definitely more used to his old coach's offensive system.
Sep 04, 2009 | 11:00 pm | Loading…
Varsity notebook: Pedersens to meet again
ARTICLE: Lance Pedersen has reformed the Wilton football team into a perennially successful program during his six years as head coach. It's the same impact his father, Butch, has had on West Branch, 17 miles down Interstate 80.
Aug 31, 2009 | 11:35 pm | Loading…
How the MAC was won ... and tied
ARTICLE: Three volleyball powerhouses, five outstanding matches in 2008. All of it amounted to ... nothing being settled, as Bettendorf, Davenport Central and Pleasant Valley had to split the Mississippi Athletic Conference crown three ways.
Aug 31, 2009 | 10:55 pm | Loading…
Senior's highlight TDs propel Maquoketa
ARTICLE: MAQUOKETA, Iowa-Tyler Rutenbeck had waited long enough for his senior season - and Maquoketa's quest for a playoff berth - to begin.
Aug 28, 2009 | 11:10 pm | Loading…
DeWitt players still have bad taste in their mouths
ARTICLE: DEWITT, Iowa -- Ever been cruising along a great stretch, feeling like nothing could go wrong, only for a punch to the gut to come out of nowhere and ruin everything?
Aug 24, 2009 | 9:50 pm | Loading…
MAC preseason volleyball videos
ARTICLE: Every fall, before the conference season gets under way, the Mississippi Athletic Conference volleyball teams all converge in one spot and scrimmage each other for four hours. It's an awesome chance for all the coaches and players to not only get to know each other in one place, but also …
Aug 22, 2009 | 2:50 pm | Loading…
More heat! More humidity!
ARTICLE: Sure, 80 degrees with no humidity and little precipitation sounds like ideal weather conditions. Especially if it's mid-August in the Midwest, you'll take that, right?
Aug 13, 2009 | 3:40 pm | Loading…
Border states split season’s last hurrah
ARTICLE: First, catcher Alex Fulton didn't want his high school baseball career to end, so he prolonged it with a big hit. Then with another, he ended it.
Aug 12, 2009 | 7:25 pm | Loading…
Gerking claims Bettendorf Open
ARTICLE: Rachel Gerking off her game in Sunday's Bettendorf Open women's final match.
Aug 09, 2009 | 8:35 pm | Loading…
Local tennis players beat heat, move on to semis
ARTICLE: Something about seeing Mitch Beckert on the other side of the net makes Steven Etheridge feel sick.
Aug 08, 2009 | 6:50 pm | Loading…
Beckert favored in Bettendorf Open
ARTICLE: The Bettendorf Men's Open and the local tennis scene used to be owned by one player who won the tournament four out of five summers (with the off-year tournament going to his younger brother.)
Aug 06, 2009 | 11:05 pm | Loading…
One man’s tale of supplement use
ARTICLE: Here's guessing that most people who look in the mirror and set a goal to gain muscle or lose weight, aren't saying, "Gee, if only I could get some phosphocreatine, or alpha-lactalbumin in me."
Jul 25, 2009 | 9:55 pm | Loading…
Nutrition education key for prep athletes
ARTICLE: Every day, Scott Herkes meets with teenaged athletes and their parents who are unsure about the products in his store.
Jul 25, 2009 | 9:50 pm | Loading…
'Face of team' leads leads Calamus-Wheatland to state
ARTICLE: Calamus-Wheatland baseball coach Dave Rock calls Ryan Powers the "face" of his baseball team.
Jul 24, 2009 | 8:50 pm | Loading…
Bettendorf bats go cold at state
ARTICLE: FORT DODGE, Iowa-Just one week after pulling off the biggest upset of the season, the Bettendorf softball team got a nasty view from the other side of that equation, just one game into its quest for a state championship.
Jul 21, 2009 | 5:15 pm | Loading…
Iowa state softball notes
ARTICLE: FORT DODGE, Iowa-A few notes on my first day here in western Iowa...
Jul 20, 2009 | 8:35 pm | Loading…
Wilton wilts in state quarterfinals
ARTICLE: FORT DODGE, Iowa - It took one powerful swing for Wilton to break a scoreless tie and approach the brink of an upset victory.
Jul 20, 2009 | 8:20 pm | Loading…
Bulldogs' pitcher simply a coin toss
ARTICLE: FORT DODGE, Iowa - As tirelessly as he prepares for upcoming opponents, the most difficult pregame task for Bettendorf softball coach Mark Lewis is typically fairly simple.
Jul 20, 2009 | 6:30 pm | Loading…
Q-C pair gets to face world's best in volleyball
ARTICLE: Ann Miller isn't about to play in another summer volleyball tournament. She's about to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Jul 19, 2009 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
Wilton softball has town's full attention
ARTICLE: Considering all the success Wilton Beavers baseball has brought to its fans during a relatively dead period for high school sports, it's been difficult for the softball team to make some noise.
Jul 19, 2009 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
Dittmer's homer lifts Lancers over Bulldogs
ARTICLE: Billy Dittmer, struggling through his longest home run drought of the season, might have been pressing a little too much while sitting on 16 dingers, which equaled a North Scott baseball record.
Jul 17, 2009 | 10:50 pm | Loading…
Softball: Knights' rally falls short
ARTICLE: MOUNT VERNON, Iowa-Davenport Assumption had the guile to shrug off an early six-run deficit but fell just short of pulling the upset and earning a third consecutive softball state tournament berth.
Jul 15, 2009 | 10:35 pm | Loading…
North Scott left fielder Brittani Yost
VMIX: Brittani Yost didn't seem to mind getting bumped down a spot in the batting order; the bottom three Lancer hits combined for eight hits, as Yost pounded out a double and two singles, batting in two runs. The senior talked afterward about the Lancers' approach going into Monday's rematch with…
Jul 13, 2009 | 10:55 pm
North Scott right fielder Dana Drummond
VMIX: While North Scott pounded 15 hits - and every Lancer starter contributed - it was arguably junior Dana Drummond who was the key to it all, with a couple of early two-out RBI hits and a heads-up play on the base paths to score another run. With North Scott just one game from state after its 8…
Jul 13, 2009 | 10:50 pm
