Day 1 at the Illinois Class AA girls state track meet

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted CHARLESTON, Ill. — Here is a event-by-event look at how local Class AA participants fared in the first day of competition Friday at the Illinois girls state track and field meet at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston.

Day 2 at the Iowa state girls track meet

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Iowa girls track state meet

UT cruises to sectional track title

By Christopher Maloney | No comments posted United Township won eight of 18 events at Friday’s Rock Island Class AA track sectional, cruising past the 17-team field to win the team title and end Rock Island’s five-year run as sectional champs.

Geneseo blanks UT in girls soccer

By Jared Dye | No comments posted GENESEO, Ill. — The Geneseo girls soccer team beat United Township 7-0 on Friday, advancing to the Peoria Notre Dame Sectional in Illinois Class AA action.

Friday's high school scoreboard

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Assumption girls 3rd in 2A competition

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted DES MOINES — Davenport Assumption entered the Iowa Class 2A girls track and field state meet feeling pretty good about its chances. The opening race Friday morning did nothing but intensify their desire to return home with a trophy.

Continuing tradition: Mitchell another Central long jump champ

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted DES MOINES — Shortly before she went to the infield to warm up for the Class 4A girls long jump, Davenport Central’s Alexis Mitchell talked on the telephone with Christina Airington, her former teammate who won state titles in the event the past three years.

IOWA STATE TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK

By Jon Gremmels and Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Danielle Frere entered her senior track and field season for Muscatine with three main goals. She reached them all, and came away with a state record, too, Friday at the Iowa Class 4A girls state meet at Drake Stadium.

Q-C area teams make finals at Illinois Class A girls state meet

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted CHARLESTON, Ill. — The 1,600-meter relay has been the province of Illinois Quad-City area Class A teams.

Emotional Dykema misses finals at Illinois Class AA state track meet

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted CHARLESTON, Ill. — This was not the way Alyx Dykema’s high school throwing career was supposed to end, and the tears she couldn’t keep away were proof of it.

Andrew's Manders earns silver in 400 hurdles

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted DES MOINES — Corey Manders might as well hop his way around the entire track.

Day 2 recap at the Iowa boys state track meet

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Day 1 at the Illinois Class A girls state track meet

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted CHARLESTON, Ill. — Below follows a Class A event-by-event breakdown of Friday’s first day of competition at the state girls track and field meet at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus:

Central's Mitchell wins long jump; Irwin anchors PV to distance medley title

| No comments posted Alexis Mitchell carried on a Davenport Central tradition by winning the long jump, and a strong anchor leg by Blake Irwin rallied Pleasant Valley to victory as the Spartans tied the Class 4A state-meet record Friday at the Iowa coed state track and field meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Illinois Class A girls state track results

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Frere, Holmes, Bradford all win state track titles

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Faster than you can drive from Muscatine to Clinton, Muscatine’s Danielle Frere, Clinton’s Ethan Holmes and Davenport North’s AG Bradford won state titles Friday afternoon, the former and latter breaking Class 4A state-meet records at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Assumption, Tipton finish 1-2 in girls distance medley at state

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Davenport Assumption moved into first place in the Class 2A team standings temporarily when it won the distance medley in the opening event of the Iowa girls track and field state meet Friday morning at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Notes from Day 1 of the Iowa state track meet

Staff report | No comments posted DES MOINES — With the race ended, Tipton junior Eric Thien had one thought on his mind.

Thursday's high school scoreboard

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Day 1 Iowa state girls track meet

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Iowa girls track state meet

Day 1 of the Iowa state boys track meet

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Illinois girls state track preview

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted Rock Island Alleman junior Kathleen Hogan thought she had prepared in every way possible for last weekend’s Class AA Ottawa Sectional.

Davenport North's AG Bradford sets 4A record in winning girls high jump, adds title in 400 at state meet

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted DES MOINES — Count Bettendorf’s Samantha Cameron among those who won’t be too sad to see AG Bradford graduate and head to the University of Northern Iowa in the fall. It’s nothing against Bradford. It’s just that the Davenport North star is hogging the gold medals.

PV boys tied for first at Class 4A state track meet

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted DES MOINES — Devin Allbaugh thought his eyes were deceiving him during Thursday’s Iowa Class 4A 3,200-meter run.

Tuftee sets personal mark, wins Class 2A shot put title

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted DES MOINES — Davenport Assumption senior Ethan Tuftee knew he had a monster in him.

Assumption's Menster, Maquoketa's Miller take second in girls state track 3,000 races

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted DES MOINES — Trisha Miller had the kick Mary Menster needed, but both Quad-City area runners were satisfied with their performances Thursday at the Iowa girls track and field state meet at Drake Stadium.

Quad-Cities a hot spot for top hurdlers

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted It is not just running. It is more than that.

North Scott's Arthur to play soccer at Missouri State

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Paige Arthur knows her individual success in soccer is owed, at least in part, to her North Scott teammates and opponents, and she doesn’t hesitate to give them credit.

PV's Higgins to play volleyball at Missouri-St. Louis

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Two years ago, Erin Higgins’ only digging would have involved a shovel.

Pressure doesn’t faze Central jumper Mitchell

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Alexis Mitchell never really has had to worry about feeling pressure in the long jump. Christina Airington always was there as a buffer.

Monday's high school scoreboard

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Moline girls soccer team eyes regional title

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Coming off the disappointment of going undefeated in the Western Big Six

United Township basketball coach Yount resigns

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Steve Yount isn’t counting out a return to coaching, and he admits that he has talked to Moline about its vacant position, but he is stepping away from the basketball court.

Geneseo hires Bettendorf assistant Martin as head basketball coach

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Dave Martin wasn’t scouring the want ads looking for a coaching job. But, he certainly didn’t shy away when he saw the head boys basketball position at Geneseo available. He said he believed he and the Maple Leafs were a good fit for his first head-coaching position.

Rocks roll behind Johnson

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted OTTAWA, Ill. — Genesis Johnson had a mission to accomplish. So, too, did the Rock Island girls track and field team.

Track and Field report

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Assumption’s O’Rourke shines at district

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P/EC sees highs, lows at meet

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted GOOSE LAKE, Iowa — While one Preston/East Central coach was enjoying the day, another was glum Saturday at the Iowa Class 1A boys district and girls regional track meets at Northeast High School.

Sherrard cruises to sectional title

By Christopher Maloney | No comments posted EDGINGTON, Ill. — After breezing through its fifth straight Illinois Class A sectional title, the defending state champion Sherrard girls track team voiced confidence that it will leave a mark at next weekend’s state meet in Charleston.

Riverdale's Howell kicks it in high gear

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted ERIE, Ill. — First, there was the kick. After that, the smile.

West senior Quinn is jumping for joy

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Dominique Quinn can’t offer an explanation.

Central's Mitchell soars past field

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Last week, Davenport Central junior Alexis Mitchell’s coach asked for a measurement in the long jump, even though Mitchell scratched on her attempt. He wanted her to see that an 18-foot jump was within her range.

Friday's high school scoreboard

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Iowa district tennis report

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Alleman sweeps Rocky in softball

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted Rock Island Alleman’s youngsters might be as ready as they can be for the softball big time.

Durant is host to final EIHC boys, girls track meet

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted DURANT, Iowa — The T-shirts say tradition never dies, and some high school traditions are even more death-proof than others.

McGaffigan taking game to Notre Dame

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Now that Chrissie McGaffigan has her college decision ironed out, the next choice might be what sport she’s going to play.

Central wins MAC girls golf title

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Iowa girls outdoor track leaderboard (field events)

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Iowa girls outdoor track leaderboard (relays)

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Iowa girls outdoor track leaderboard (distances, hurdles)

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Iowa girls outdoor track leaderboard (sprints, middle distances)

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Iowa boys outdoor track leaderboard (field events)

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Iowa boys outdoor track leaderboard (relays)

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Iowa boys outdoor track leaderboard (distances, hurdles)

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Iowa boys outdoor track leaderboard (sprints, middle distances)

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UT can't complete softball sweep

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted The Senior Day celebration might have carried on a little too long for United Township.

Hood breaks out of funk; Maroons secure Big Six title

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted Seth Hood has been waiting for a good swing for a while now.

Western Big Six baseball/softball report

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Bettendorf overcomes Clinton at MAC meet

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted CLINTON, Iowa — Three tiebreaker victories in singles got Bettendorf going, and the Bulldogs followed with a pair of doubles titles to overtake Clinton and win the Mississippi Athletic Conference girls tennis title Friday at the Max Lynn Courts.

Maroons edge Rocks to win Big Six track title

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted GALESBURG, Ill. — Two inches won Moline the Western Big Six Conference girls track and field title Friday at VanDyke Field.

Allbaugh leads PV to MAC track crown

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted CLINTON, Iowa — It was all about the team as Pleasant Valley won the Mississippi Athletic Conference boys track championship Friday at Clinton’s Coan Field.

North girls track team wins 2nd straight MAC title

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Jen Paul assembled her Davenport North coaching staff as Friday’s Mississippi Athletic Conference meet at Bettendorf came to a close.

Central's Beckert wins singles, doubles; Bulldogs win MAC title

By Christopher Maloney | No comments posted Davenport Central’s Mitch Beckert took top honors at Friday’s Mississippi Athletic Conference boys tennis championships in No. 1 singles and doubles, while Bettendorf claimed the conference crown after the weather “evened the playing field.”

Girls soccer outlooks

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted Outlooks

Girls tennis season outlooks

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Illinois area boys track season outlooks

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Illinois area girls track season outlooks

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Boys tennis season outlooks

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Outlooks

Western Big Six boys track and field outlook

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted Western Big Six boys track

Western Big Six Conference girls track and field outlook

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted Western Big Six girls track

Mississippi Athletic Conference girls track and field outlooks

By Andrew Petersen | No comments posted Mississippi Athletic Conference girls track

Mississippi Athletic Conference boys track and field outlooks

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Mississippi Athletic Conference boys track

Illinois area high school baseball outlooks for 2008

By Jon Gremmels | No comments posted Illinois area baseball

Western Big Six Conference softball outlooks

By Shannon Heaton | No comments posted The expectation is logical enough: After running the table in each of the past two years, Moline is expected to rule the roost in Western Big 6 Conference play again.