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Clinton's Holmes wins state title

DES MOINES — Ethan Holmes turned in another stellar performance on Friday as he led the Clinton River Kings to seventh place in the team standings with a gold and silver medal.....more>>

  • L-Kings pull out 10-inning victory
    CEDAR RAPIDS — The Clinton LumberKings overcame deficits of 3-0 and 6-2, earning a 7-6 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 10 innings Friday night.
  • Northeast boys in second place, Preston-East Central girls third
    DES MOINES — It was another busy day at Drake Stadium for local track and field teams on Friday with many highlights.
    The Northeast boys and Preston-East Central girls each ended the day in the top three in the team standings.
  • Northeast wins state relay title
    DES MOINES — The Northeast quartet of Shaun Eberhart, Jordan Howe, Baron Loots and Ryan Krogmann ran their way into the school’s record books on Thursday at the Iowa State Track and Field meet in Des Moines.
  • Clinton athletes fare well at state
    DES MOINES — The Clinton River Kings and Queens turned in solid performances at the Iowa State Track and Field Meet in Des Moines on Thursday.
  • River Queen trio advances to state tennis tournament
    CLINTON — Clinton High School’s Ellen Russell advanced to another state singles tournament and teammates Katie Crites and Alyson Goetzl advanced to state in doubles at the Iowa Class 2A singles and doubles regional at Max Lynn Courts Thursday.
  • Camanche girls earn state tennis berths
    MUSCATINE — Defending state champion Chelsea Moore of Camanche advanced to another state singles tournament by winning the Iowa Class 1A girls tennis singles and doubles regional title Thursday.
  • L-Kings get back to winning ways
    BELOIT, Wis. — The Clinton LumberKings broke a brief two-game losing skid with a 4-2 win over the Beloit Snappers to split their four-game series Thursday night.
  • L-Kings drop 11-3 decision
    BELOIT, Wis — The Clinton LumberKings have lost consecutive games for just the second time this season after an 11-3 setback to the Beloit Snappers in Game 3 of their series Wednesday night.
  • L-Kings fall to Snappers
    BELOIT, Wis. — The Clinton LumberKings dropped a 7-5 decision to Beloit on Tuesday after giving up two runs to the Snappers on eighth inning balks after leading 5-4.
  • Fulton baseball team wins thriller
    PORT BYRON, Ill. — The Fulton Steamers rallied from five runs down in the top of the seventh to forced extra innings in a 11-10 win over Riverdale in Illinois baseball action on Tuesday.
  • Killer G's guide L-Kings past Beloit
    BELOIT, Wis. — They may not yet be the household names like Bagwell, Berkman and Biggio of the old Houston Astros’ “Killer B’s,” but Ian Gac, Kennil Gomez and Jonathan Greene — the “Killer G’s” — each played starring roles in helping the Clinton LumberKings to a 6-5 win over the Beloit Snappers on Monday night.
  • Central DeWitt, Maquoketa athletes earn state track bids
    CLINTON — Central DeWitt and Maquoketa combined to qualify several athletes for the Iowa State Track and Field meet in Des Moines.
  • Central DeWitt girls claim district golf championship
    INDEPENDENCE — Central DeWitt took the team district title by four strokes over Vinton-Shellsburg at Three Elms Golf Course in Independence to advance to regional play.
  • Area athletes advance to state track meet
    GOOSE LAKE – Several area athletes advanced to the Iowa Class 1A State Track and Field meet in Des Moines with their performances at the district/regional meet at Goose Lake on Saturday.
  • Queens send eight entries to state meet
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens found out on Saturday that Sarah Wenzel would not be their lone participant at the Iowa State Track and Field meet in Des Moines this weekend.
  • Camanche girls earn state bids
    TIPTON — The Camanche Indians girls track and field team will send five events to the Iowa State Track and Field meet in Des Moines on Thursday through Saturday.
  • L-Kings slug past Peoria
    CLINTON — Wearing pink hats, socks and wrist bands to honor Mother’s Day and breast cancer research the Clinton LumberKings pounded out 13 hits and five home runs to crush the Peoria Chiefs 12-4.
  • 13 River Kings qualify for state track meet
    PLEASANT VALLEY — The Clinton River Kings qualified 13 athletes for the Iowa State Track Meet in Des Moines next week with their district meet performances at Pleasant Valley on Friday.
  • Prince of Peace edges out Camanche by five strokes
    PRESTON — Ben Lehmkuhl and James Nelson each fired rounds of 39 to lead the Prince of Peace boys golf team to the team win over Camanche and East Central at Preston’s Plum River Golf Course.
  • Indians win own relays
    CAMANCHE — For the second time in less than a week the Camanche Indians edged out Northeast to take a team title.
  • River Kings take second in MAC
    PLEASANT VALLEY — Clinton’s Jan Wecker claimed the Mississippi Athletic Conference title in the No. 2 singles bracket in leading the River Kings tennis team to second place finish.
  • L-Kings fall to last place South Bend
    SOUTH BEND, Ind. — South Bend proved why games are decided on the field and not on paper Monday as the Midwest League leading Clinton LumberKings dropped a 7-1 decision to the last place Silver Hawks as South Bend pitching limited Clinton to three hits.
  •  River Queens take second in MAC
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens took second to Bettendorf at the Mississippi Athletic Conference girls tennis tournament.
  • L-Kings score four in 10th inning to win
    GENEVA, Ill. — The Clinton LumberKings erupted for four runs in the 10th inning to take a 6-2 win over the Kane County Cougars in the first game of their three-game series Friday night.
  • River Kings take fourth place in MAC
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings hosted the boys Mississippi Athletic Conference boys track and field championship on Friday with Pleasant Valley running away with the conference title at Bill Holsclaw Track.
  • Irish soccer team bests Marquette
    CLINTON — The Prince of Peace soccer team evened its overall record to 5-5-2 with a 6-2 win over Bellevue Marquette.
  • Indian boys, Trojan girls claim Big East track titles
    GOOSE LAKE – Camanche boys track and field coach Mark Metzger was mobbed by his team members as it was announced that the Indians had taken the 2008 Big East Conference Championship and Metzger was named the conference coach of the year.
  • Irish boys win Big East golf title
    CALAMUS — The Prince of Peace boys golf team claimed the Big East Conference title with a narrow three stroke win over Camanche at Calamus’s Wapsi Oaks Golf Course.
  • Queens advance eight entries to conference finals
    ELDRIDGE — The Clinton River Queens advanced to the finals in eight of nine brackets in first day action of the Mississippi Athletic Conference girls tennis tournament.
  • River Kings send six to MAC championship round
    PLEASANT VALLEY — The Clinton River Kings advanced six to the finals at the first day of the Mississippi Athletic Conference Boys Tennis Tournament at Pleasant Valley.
  • L-Kings earn another victory
    CLINTON — The Clinton LumberKings came into Wednesday evening’s game against the Great Lakes Loons looking for the sweep, and they got it with a 6-4 win.
  • River Queens take second place at meet
    MAQUOKETA — The Clinton River Queens ran to a second place finish at the Cardinal Relays in Maquoketa.
  • Irish soccer team gets win
    WALKER — The Prince of Peace Irish boys soccer team earned a 3-2 win on the road over Cono Christian.
  • Beavan impresses in L-King debut
    CLINTON — Rookie Blake Beavan is off and running as a professinal baseball player with Tuesday’s 4-2 win over the Great Lakes Loons.
  • River Queen tennis team gets shutout win
    DAVENPORT — The Clinton River Queens scored a 9-0 win over Davenport Central in Mississippi Athletic Conference tennis play on Tuesday.
  • River Kings win three events on the way to third-place finish
    MUSCATINE — Clinton’s Ethan Holmes earned another win and the River Kings won the 4x400 and 1,600 sprint medley relays on the way to a third-place team finish at the eight-team Dave Matthews Relays Tuesday.
  • LumberKings rout Loons
    CLINTON — With it feeling more like football weather the Clinton LumberKings took care of the Great Lakes Loons on Monday 10-3.
  • Krogmann leads Northeast boys track team to meet title
    BELLEVUE — Northeast’s Ryan Krogmann broke two meet records in leading the Rebels to the team title at the Comet Relays in Bellevue on Monday.
  • Clinton's Holmes wins 400 hurdles at Drake
    DES MOINES — Clinton’s Ethan Holmes raced to Drake Relays gold on Saturday, winning the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 53.56.
  • Camanche girls cruise to title at own invitational
    CAMANCHE — The Camanche Indians ran away with the team title as they hosted the Camanche Invitational girls tennis tournament on Saturday.
  • River Kings win pair of championships, take second place at own invitational
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings crowned a pair of champions on Saturday as they hosted the Clinton High School Boys Tennis Invitational.
  • LumberKings split games over weekend
    CLINTON — It appeared that the Lansing Lugnuts’ lone run in the third inning was all they needed to win the rubber game against the Clinton LumberKings Sunday afternoon.
  • Area athletes fare well at Drake
    DES MOINES — The 99th Annual Drake Relays continued on Friday with several area athletes competing in Des Moines.
  • LumberKings put the screws to Lugnuts
    CLINTON — After an hour delay the Clinton LumberKings started off their six-game homestand by pounding out 13 runs and 15 hits in 13-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts.
  • Gymnasts have good year
    CLINTON – “The Mississippi Valley Athletic Training Center, 1201 S. 17th St., (home of the Mississippi Valley Gymnastics Academy (MVGA)) is a full-service gymnastics, cheerleading, fitness and movement education program,” said owner-coach Lisa Miskowiec of DeWitt.
  • Northeast's Casey finishes 14th in 3,000 at Drake Relays
    DES MOINES — The 99th Annual Drake Relays kicked off on Thursday with the high school division competing in field events and the 3,000- and 3,200-meter runs.
  • First-rounder Beavan joins LumberKings
    CLINTON — The Clinton LumberKings, in conjunction with the Texas Rangers have announced the promotion of right-hander Blake Beavan from extended Spring Training to the Clinton roster.
  • L-Kings shutout Fort Wayne 5-0
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Ryan Tatusko and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout in the Clinton LumberKings’ 5-0 win over the Fort Wayne Wizards Wednesday.
  • River King tennis team cruises
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings cruised to an 8-1 win over Davenport North in Mississippi Athletic Conference tennis action on Wednesday.
  • Queens race to third place
    DUBUQUE — The Clinton River Queens scored 104 points on their way to a third place finish in the 34th Annual Mustang Relays in Dubuque.
  • River Kings take third place
    DUBUQUE — The Clinton River Kings raced to a third place finish at the 34th Annual Mustang Relays in Dubuque Tuesday.
  • Prince of Peace soccer team wins
    DUBUQUE — The Prince of Peace Irish soccer team earned another win Monday evening as they worked past Marquette Catholic for a 5-2 victory.
  • L-Kings break Wizards' spell
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A night after being stifled to a season-low one run in a 6-1 loss to Fort Wayne, the Clinton LumberKings snapped out of the Wizards curse, scoring five runs in the first two innings and cruised to an 8-3 win Tuesday night.
  • Northeast boys claim team title at Rebel Relays
    GOOSE LAKE — Preston-East Central’s Jordan Cornilsen won four individual gold medals, but meet host Northeast scored 114 points to take the team title at the Rebel Relays in Goose Lake on Monday.
  • Central DeWitt girls take title at their own meet
    DEWITT — The Central DeWitt Sabers took the team title as they hosted the Pam Duncan Relays in DeWitt on Monday.
  • LumberKings fall 6-1 at Fort Wayne
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Right-hander Neftali Feliz had five strikeouts before he allowed a hit, but the Wizards’ bats woke up in the fourth as Fort Wayne ended Clinton’s four-game winning streak in a 6-1 win Monday night.
  • Northeast girls win own relays
    GOOSE LAKE — The Northeast Rebels took the team title as they hosted the Rebel Relays on Saturday.
  • Camanche boys win Pleasant Valley meet
    PLEASANT VALLEY — The Camanche Indians took team honors and had four first place finishes on Saturday as they competed in the Pleasant Valley Invitational Tournament.
  • Camanche girls take second place, Clinton third at Clinton Invitational
    CLINTON — The Camanche Indians won three singles titles and one doubles title on the way to a solid second-place showing at the 11-team Clinton Invitational girls tennis meet Saturday.
  • L-Kings complete sweep
    DAYTON, Ohio — The Clinton LumberKings completed the sweep of the Dayton Dragons with wins on Saturday and Sunday.
  • River Kings' track team takes third place at Bettendorf meet
    BETTENDORF — The Clinton River Kings ran to a third place finish at the Bettendorf ABC Meet on Friday.
  • Santana leads L-Kings to road victory
    DAYTON, Ohio — Cristian Santana homered and drove in three runs and the Clinton LumberKings overcame an early 2-0 deficit in a 7-2 win over the Dayton Dragons Friday night.
  • Russell to continue tennis career at Truman State
    CLINTON — Clinton High School tennis standout Ellen Russell has signed a national letter of intent to continue her playing career at Truman State University.
  • River Queen tennis team cruises to win
    MUSCATINE — The Clinton River Queens tennis team cruised to a 9-0 Mississippi Athletic Conference win over the Muscatine Muskies Thursday night.
  • River Kings eke out 5-4 tennis win
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings maintained their perfect record with a 5-4 win over Muscatine in Mississippi Athletic Conference tennis action.
  • River Queen track team takes fourth place at Bettendorf Invite
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens ran to a fourth place finish with 163.5 points at the Bettendorf Girls ABC Invitational.
  • Feliz helps L-Kings earn win over QC
    CLINTON — Clinton LumberKings pitcher Neftali Feliz recovered well from his previous start.
  • River Kings win in shootout
    DAVENPORT — The Clinton River Kings soccer team won a thriller at Davenport Assumption Wednesday night, winning on penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 tie through regulation and two overtimes.
  • River Kings run away with Gateway Classic team title
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings cruised to the Class A team title as they hosted the 88th Annual Gateway Classic at Bill Holsclaw Track on Tuesday.
  • Northeast takes second place in Class B competition
    CLINTON — Davenport Assumption scored 134 points to take the team title of Class B as Clinton High School’s Bill Holsclaw Track hosted the 88th Annual Gateway Classic on Tuesday.
  • Errors doom LumberKings
    CLINTON — The Clinton LumberKings' error-filled night cost the team seven unearned runs and the game in a 10-5 loss to the Quad-Cities River Bandits Tuesday night.
  • Saber boys win own track meet
    CLINTON — The Central DeWitt boys track and field team took team honors at their own meet on Monday with a 132.5 points. The Sabers won five events on their way to the title.
  • L-Kings streak ends at 7
    CLINTON — Fresh off a sweep of the West Michigan Whitecaps the Clinton LumberKings looked to restart their rivalry with the Quad City River Bandits.
  • Camanche girls tennis team rolls
    CAMANCHE — The Camanche Indians improved their record to 4-0 in dominating fashion with a 9-0 win over North Scott in girls tennis action on Monday.
  • Clinton's Johnson earns win
    ELDRIDGE — The Clinton River Kings traveled to Eldridge to compete in the Lancer Invitational on Monday, taking home eighth place on the eve of hosting the 88th Annual Gateway Classic.
  • LumberKings run win streak to seven
    CLINTON — After four straight postponements the Clinton LumberKings won three times over the weekend to run their winning streak to seven.
  • DeAngelis leads River Kings
    DAVENPORT — The Clinton River Kings took a 10th-place finish on Friday at the Jesse Day Relays at Davenport’s Brady Street Stadium.
  • River Queens compete at Jesse Day Relays
    DAVENPORT — The Clinton River Queens fought adverse weather conditions to take 12th at the Jesse Day Relays on Friday at Davenport’s Brady Street Stadium.
  • Camanche girls claim another Clinton Relays title
    CLINTON — The Camanche girls track team made it six in a row as they won the Class B division at the 30th Annual Clinton Girls Relays on Wednesday.
  • River Queens finish a solid second at own meet
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens scored 98.5 points on their way to finishing second in the Class A division as they hosted the 30th Annual Clinton Girls Relays on Wednesday.
  • River Queen tennis team romps to pair of wins
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens dominated action at Max Lynn Courts on Wednesday, taking wins over Davenport North and Davenport West.
  • West Carroll's Anderson named boys Player of Year
    CLINTON — Chris Anderson has set the bar high at West Carroll.
    The senior cager helped the boys basketball team compile a 73-20 record over the three years since the communities of Mount Carroll, Savanna and Thomson consolidated to form the West Carroll School District.
  • Prophetstown's McLain tabbed girls Player of the Year
    CLINTON — Don Robinson knew early on that the Herald’s girls basketball player of the year, Emily McLain, could be special.
  • L-Kings earn another win
    APPLETON, Wis. — If 30-degree weather and gusting winds didn’t spoil the home opener for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, right-hander Jorge Quintero and the Clinton LumberKings surely did.
  • Prince of Peace's Sikkema named athlete of meet
    DAVENPORT — Prince of Peace’s Drew Sikkema was named athlete of the meet on Saturday at the Davenport Assumption Invitational after winning the 1600- and 3200-meter runs and taking third in the 800.
  • Prince of Peace boys cruise to title at Preston Invite
    PRESTON — Camanche’s Dan McGarry took medalist honors with a round of 78 recently at the Preston Boys Golf Invitational.
  • L-Kings win three times over weekend
    CLINTON — It took 12 innings but the Clinton LumberKings finally scored the winning run with a Tim Smith sac fly to right scoring Engel Beltre, giving Clinton a 7-6 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Sunday.
  • Holmes leads the way for River Kings
    DAVENPORT — Ethan Holmes left Brady Street Stadium with three gold medals and a silver on Friday in leading the River Kings to a third-place finish at the Ira Dunsworth Invitational hosted by Davenport Central.
  • Camanche girls tennis team wins Assumption Invitational
    DAVENPORT — The Camanche girls tennis team took seven titles on their way to a team championship at the Davenport Assumption Invitational on Saturday.
  • LumberKings drop opener
    CLINTON — After a rain out on opening night Thursday the Cedar Rapids Kernels and the new-look Clinton LumberKings got the 2008 season under way Friday night with the visitors taking a 10-6 victory.
  • 2008 CLINTON HERALD ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
    2008 CLINTON HERALD ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
  • McLain, Ryan repeat as all-area girls basketball first-teamers
    CLINTON — A pair of repeat first-teamers headlines the Clinton Herald’s all-area girl’s basketball team in 2008.
  • LumberKings' opener rained out
    CLINTON — Thursday night’s Clinton LumberKings’ season and home opener with the Cedar Rapids Kernels was postponed by rain.
  • River Kings earn 2-0 soccer victory
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings took a 2-0 decision over Davenport North in Mississippi Athletic Conference soccer action on Thursday.
  • 2008 CLINTON HERALD ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
    2008 CLINTON HERALD ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
  • New faces dominate Herald all-area boys basketball team
    CLINTON — There are plenty of new faces on the 2008 Herald All-Area Boys Basketball Team.
  • Camanche girls take second at own meet
    CAMANCHE — A one-two finish by Western Dubuque in the 1500-meter run gave the Bobcats the push they needed to edge out Camanche at the 34th Annual Girls Indian Relays on Wednesday.
  • Irish soccer team drops 1-0 decision
    DAVENPORT — The Prince of Peace soccer team dropped a hard fought 1-0 decision to Davenport North at the Davenport Soccer Complex.
  • LumberKings set to open season Thursday
    CLINTON — The Clinton LumberKings are just one day away from opening the 2008 campaign.
  • Central DeWitt boys win team title at North Scott
    ELDRIDGE — The Central DeWitt Sabers took the team title at the Lancer Invitational on Tuesday, edging out Pleasant Valley 83-80.
  • River Kings, Irish play to tie in tourney final
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings and Prince of Peace Irish played to a 0-0 tie in the title game of the Clinton Soccer Tournament on Saturday at Clinton High’s Coan Field.
  • River Queens fare well at track meet
    MUSCATINE — The Clinton River Queens took a seventh place finish at the Dick Washburn Invitational at Muscatine recently.
  • Holmes leads the way for River Kings
    PLEASANT VALLEY — Ethan Holmes claimed a pair of individual gold medals in leading the River Kings to a fifth place team finish at Pleasant Valley’s Spartan Invitational on Friday.
  • Northeast boys, PEC girls win Big East titles
    MOUNT VERNON — The Northeast boys and Preston-East Central girls took Big East Conference Indoor Championships at Cornell College in Mount Vernon.
  • Ashford softball team sweeps twin bill
    MOUNT PLEASANT — The Ashford University softball team won its second and third straight games on Wednesday after sweeping a doubleheader from Iowa Wesleyan in Midwest Collegiate Conference play.
  • Ashford baseball team falls to St. Ambrose
    CLINTON — The Saint Ambrose University Fighting Bees with a 12-5 record proved why they are ranked 13th in the nation as they took a 12-0 decision from the Ashford Saints Wednesday afternoon at Alliant Energy Field.
  • EIHC/Big East Senior Shootout set for Sunday
    TIPTON — Fans of both the Eastern Iowa Hawkeye Conference (EIHC) and the Big East Conference in Eastern Iowa have one last chance to see their favorite hoops stars on the court before the spring sports season gets underway.
  • Ashford softball team splits
    CLINTON — The Ashford University softball team split a doubleheader with Clarke College in Midwest Collegiate Conference action at the Ericksen Center softball complex on Wednesday.
  • Saints baseball team suffers pair of losses
    CAMANCHE — The Ashford University Saints opened their Midwest Collegiate Conference Tuesday at the Camanche High School field as they dropped both games of a doubleheader to the Viterbo University V-Hawks 13-3 and 18-6.
  • River Queens run away with win
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens took the team title as they hosted a quadrangular track and field meet.
  • River Queens finish eighth at indoor meet
    STERLING, Ill. — The Clinton River Queens took an eighth place finish at the Sterling Indoor Invitational on Saturday in track and field action.
  • LumberKings announce 2008 promotions
    CLINTON — The Clinton LumberKings have officially announced their 2008 promotional schedule with highlights including three fireworks nights, three post-game concerts, an appearance by traveling mascot BirdZerk and a bobblehead giveaway of former L-King Grady Sizemore.
  • Northeast girls take second place at Tri-State track meet
    PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Camanche, Northeast and Preston’s girls and boys track and field teams traveled to Platteville, Wis. to compete in the Tri-State Invitational on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently.
  • Camanche's Casey Johnson picks Ashford
    CLINTON — Casey Johnson, a 5-foot-6 guard from Camanche, has announced her intentions to attend Ashford University in the fall and participate in intercollegiate women’s basketball for AU head coach Chris Powers.
  • Clinton's Thornton signs with Ashford
    CLINTON — Lindsey Thornton, a 5-foot-7 catcher from Clinton High School, announced her intentions to attend Ashford University in the fall and play intercollegiate softball for second year Ashford University Coach Kyle Yore.
  • Wilden leads way for Queens' track squad
    PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Larissa Wilden scored 23 of her teams 38 points as she led the Clinton River Queens to a sixth place finish at the Tri-State Invitational at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville on Saturday.
  • River Kings take second at Tri-State track meet
    PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville hosted the Tri-State Invitational indoor track and field meet on Saturday.
    The Clinton River Kings took home a second place team finish, while the Queens placed sixth.
  • Harris named new CCC coach
    CLINTON — Clinton Community College (CCC) has announced the appointment of Marcus Harris as their new men’s basketball coach.
  • CCC signs volleyball players
    CLINTON — Clinton Community College women’s volleyball coach Joe Shovlain has announced the signing of Ashley O’Neill, a Calamus-Wheatland senior, and Stephany Harris of North Scott.
  • West Carroll boys earn league honors
    CLINTON — The Northwest Upstate Illini Conference has named its all-conference teams for boys basketball and four West Carroll teammates were honored.
  • Thunder girls receive conference recognition
    CLINTON — West Carroll’s Nia Calbreath was a unanimous first team selection as the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference recently announced its all-conference team.
  • Sabers, Cardinals earn league recognition
    CLINTON — The WaMac Conference East Division has announced its boys basketball all-conference teams for the 2007-08 season and several area cagers have been honored.
  • Saber freshmen named first team all-conference
    CLINTON — Central DeWitt teammates Lindsay Smith and Michelle Green were selected to the WaMac Conference’s East Division girls basketball first team as they led the Sabers to a 16-5 season mark.
  • Davis resigns as CCC basketball coach
    CLINTON — After two years of coaching the Clinton Community College (CCC) men’s basketball team, Josh Davis has resigned.
  • Three area boys earn Iowa all-state basketball recognition
    CLINTON — Three area players were honored as the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) announced its boys basketball all-state teams.
  • Five River Kings earn MAC honors
    CLINTON — Five Clinton River Kings were honored as the Mississippi Athletic Conference announced its all-conference selections for the 2007-08 season.
  • Ashford drops pair of games
    CANTON, Mo. — The Ashford University baseball team dropped a pair of games to Culver-Stockton Sunday.
  • Area wrestlers earn Three Rivers honors
    CLINTON — Five area wrestlers have earned spots on the All-Three Rivers Conference first team.
  • Clinton's Petersen living out his dream
    CLINTON — For Clinton native Bryan Petersen playing at college basketball’s highest level has always been a dream.
  • Morrison's Smith named Three Rivers MVP
    CLINTON — Morrison swept Three Rivers Conference honors as junior Jason Smith was tabbed as player of the year and Dale Trott was named coach of the year.
  • Ashford's Crist, Mahmens receive honorable mention
    CLINTON — Sophomore Bethany Mahmens and freshman Kayla Crist were among 21 student athletes on the recently released Midwest Collegiate Conference released its All-Conference teams.
  • West Carroll falls short of state
    DEKALB, Ill. — The West Carroll Thunder fell one game short of a berth in the Illinois Class 2A state tournament with a 76-48 loss to Peoria Manual on Tuesday in a super-sectional match-up.
  • Central DeWitt's Smith receives all-state mention
    CLINTON — Central DeWitt freshman Lindsay Smith has been selected to the Iowa Newspaper Association’s (INA) Class 3A third team for her play this season.
  • Ashford to restart cross country
    CLINTON — Athletics Director Meg Schebler announced that Ashford University will sponsor Men’s and Women’s Cross Country programs in the fall of 2008.
  • Four River Queens earn all-conference recognition
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens had four players honored as the Mississippi Athletic Conference announced its all-conference girls basketball selections.
  • Northeast boys win track meet
    STERLING, Ill. — The Northeast Rebels took two individual titles and a relay win on their to a first place finish at the Sterling Indoor track meet at the Westwood Indoor Track and Field Facility in Sterling.
  • Irish girls claim conference crown; boys earn share of title
    CLINTON — The Prince of Peace basketball teams took a pair of wins from Big East Conference rival, the Midland Eagles as the girls won a thriller 55-51 while the boys had little trouble as they made it a sweep with a 72-50 decision.
  • Ashford’s Barnes, Tenboer heading to indoor nationals
    CLINTON — Franklin Barnes described it as, “an awesome feeling.”
    Kelly Tenboer called it, “a huge accomplishment.”
  • Saints’ Bimm, Jackson receive honorable mention
    CLINTON— Ashford University senior men’s basketball players Cash Bimm and Justin Jackson received Midwest Collegiate Conference honorable mention.
  • West Carroll boys advance
    BYRON, Ill. — The West Carroll Thunder rolled to a 70-51 win over Aurora Christian to advance to a sectional championship match-up with Winnebago on Saturday.
  • Ashford women see season end
    DAVENPORT —The Ashford women’s basketball team saw their season come to a close on Thursday as St. Ambrose took a 91-45 decision over the Saints in Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament action.
  • Ashford men fall in tournament
    DES MOINES — The Ashford University men’s basketball team saw their season come to a close on Wednesday as they dropped an 82-75 decision to Grand View College in Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament action.
  • Ashford women advance in conference tournament
    CLINTON — The Ashford University ladies basketball team took a 72-59 decision from the Clarke College Crusaders as they played a first-round game between the two teams that were in the eighth and ninth seeds in the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament.
  • Preston falls short of state
    CLINTON — The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
    The hallway outside the locker rooms below Clinton’s W.J. Yourd Gymnasium portrayed both on Saturday night as Burlington Notre Dame players and coaches celebrated a victory, while Preston’s lamented a 55-37 loss in Iowa Class 1A Substate Championship action.
  • Ashford men win, women fall against Waldorf Saturday
    CLINTON — The Ashford University basketball teams closed out their regular season schedule with Waldorf College as the Lady Saints lost 84-54, while the men played a very strong game and took a 75-48 decision in conference doubleheader action Saturday at Kehl Arena.
  • CCC loses to NIACC
    CLINTON — The Clinton Community College (CCC) Cougars took a 36-30 halftime lead, but North Iowa Community College (NIACC) rallied to take 81-70 win in Iowa Community College Athletic Conference action on Saturday.
  • River Kings' season ends in heartbreaking fashion
    DUBUQUE — The Clinton River Kings saw their season come to an end in wild fashion Friday night as Dubuque Senior’s Calvin Hawthorne hit a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left to give the Rams a 60-57 win in Iowa Class 4A substate semifinal action at Senior’s James J. Nora Gymnasium.
  • West Carroll edges Morrison in double overtime
    FULTON, Ill. — The West Carroll Thunder overcame a 29-21 halftime deficit, eking out a 62-59 double-overtime win over the Morrison Mustangs in an Illinois Class 2A regional boys basketball championship at Fulton High School Friday night.
  • DeVries' buzzer-beater sends Preston past Irish
    CAMANCHE — Mark DeVries banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the seventh-ranked Preston Trojans to a dramatic 51-48 victory over the eighth-ranked Prince of Peace Irish in a classic Iowa Class 1A district championship boys basketball matchup at a packed Camanche High School gymnasium Thursday night.
  • Central DeWitt falls to Wahlert
    DUBUQUE — Second ranked Dubuque Wahlert put an end to the Central DeWitt Sabers season on Thursday with a 71-46 decision in an Iowa Class 3A district championship at Dubuque Senior High School.
  • River Kings roll in tourney opener
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings passed their first postseason test in impressive fashion Wednesday, rolling to a 62-46 win over the Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks in an Iowa Class 4A boys basketball first round substate matchup at Yourd Gymnasium.
  • Ashford men and women fall at Grand View
    DES MOINES — Pat Hoberg poured in 32 points to lead Grand View College to a 69-66 win over Ashford University in Midwest Collegiate Conference action on Wednesday.
  • Marshalltown tops Cougars 84-67
    CLINTON — The Clinton Community College Cougars (5-19, 0-11 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference) are still looking for their first conference win of the season as the Marshalltown Community College took an 84-67 decision Wednesday in conference action at W. J. Yourd Gymnasium.
  • Prince of Peace boys move on
    CLINTON — The Prince of Peace Irish came one step closer to a trip to Des Moines with a 47-39 win over Bellevue Marquette in Iowa Class 1A district semifinal action on Tuesday.
  • Morrison boys run past Fulton
    FULTON, Ill. — The Morrison Mustangs galloped past the Fulton Steamers 74-34 in an Illinois Class 2A regional boys basketball semifinal at Fulton High School Tuesday.
  • Preston boys roll past Cal-Wheat
    PRESTON — The Preston Trojans rolled to a 99-62 win over Calamus-Wheatland on Tuesday in Iowa Class 1A District Semifinal action.
  • Preston's Cornilsen signs with UNI for track
    PRESTON — Preston senior Jordan Cornilsen will be taking his considerable talents to Cedar Falls in the fall to continue his track and field career at the University of Northern Iowa.
  • Fulton boys open tourney with big win
    FULTON, Ill. — The Fulton Steamers opened Illinois High School Association regional first round action on a winning note as they took an 83-65 decision from Sterling Newman Central Catholic Comets Monday.
  • Central DeWitt boys advance
    DEWITT — The Central DeWitt Sabers took a 63-58 decision over rival Maquoketa to advance in Iowa Class 3A district semifinal action on Monday.
  • Tate 'The Great' wins state
    DES MOINES — Byron Tate capped a senior season the way he has wanted to all season long, as a state champion.
  • River Queens' season comes to an end
    CEDAR RAPIDS — The Clinton River Queens season came to an end on Saturday as Cedar Rapids Prairie took a 44-27 win in an Iowa Class 4A girls basketball regional semifinal.
  • Clinton's Tate moves into state championship match
    DES MOINES — Byron Tate was working for the weekend during the first three sessions of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament.
    After all the work during the week, Tate sets up the biggest match of his high school career.
  • River Kings fall to No. 4 Blue Devils
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings dropped a 68-54 decision to No. 4 ranked Davenport Central in the Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) and regular season finale for the River Kings (8-12, 7-8 MAC).
  • Irish girls' season comes to an end
    CLINTON — The Prince of Peace girls basketball team’s amazing season came to an end Friday night.
  • Shining moments and heart break for area wrestlers at state
    DES MOINES —With every heartbreak there are shining moments, and with every shining moment there is heartbreak.
    There were plenty of shining moments for seven area wrestlers on Thursday.
  • River Kings fall to Pleasant Valley
    PLEASANT VALLEY — The Clinton River Kings fell to Pleasant Valley 60-45 in Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) action on Thursday.
  • Irish boys win tourney opener
    CLINTON — The Prince of Peace boys basketball team improved their record to 17-2 as they took a 72-42 decision from the East Central Raiders in second round action Thursday night at Central Catholic Auditorium.
  • Camanche's Saxon wins in final seconds at state meet
    DES MOINES — At the Iowa High School Wrestling Tournament it’s a mixture of crafty State Tournament vets and new kids on the block, all gunning for a shot at wrestling for gold on Saturday night.
  • River Queens open tourney with lopsided win
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queens rebounded from what head coach Jason McEwen called “our worst game of the season” with a 47-29 triumph over Davenport North in an Iowa Class 4A regional quarterfinal at Clinton’s Yourd gymnasium.
  • Ashford men win, women lose in league twin bill
    CLINTON — The Ashford University ladies basketball team lost a real thriller to Viterbo University in Midwest Collegiate Conference action by a score of 64-59, while the Ashford men’s team fought back in the second half to win a real thriller 59-45 in doubleheader action Thursday at Kehl Arena.
  • Irish girls survive big test
    CLINTON — Down by eight with just over five minutes remaining, the Prince of Peace Irish girls basketball team got hot at just the right time.
  • River Kings run past Grayhounds
    BURLINGTON — The Clinton River Kings won for the fifth time in six games on Tuesday as the downed Burlington 48-32 in Mississippi Athletic Conference boys basketball action.
  • Northeast boys pass first tournament test
    WEST BRANCH — The Northeast Rebels rallied to score 22 points in the fourth quarter in downing West Liberty 47-38 in district quarterfinal action on Tuesday.
  • Three Illinois area wrestlers advance to state
    BYRON, Ill. — Three area wrestlers advanced to the Illinois State Wrestling meet on Saturday in Byron.
  • All-Big East basketball teams announced
    CLINTON — The Big East Conference has announced it’s all-conference picks for the 2007-08 season and several area players and coaches have been honored.
  • Four River Kings advance to state wrestling meet
    BETTENDORF— The Clinton River Kings will be sending four wrestlers to the Iowa State Wrestling Meet in Des Moines on Feb. 13-16.
  • Irish girls pull away from Preston
    CLINTON — The 14th-ranked Prince of Peace Irish girls basketball team took its second step in the postseason Saturday night.
  • River Kings slip past North
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Kings earned their fourth win in five games Saturday afternoon, but it wasn’t easy.
  • River Queens fall at Pleasant Valley
    PLEASANT VALLEY — The Clinton River Queens dropped a 56-34 decision to Pleasant Valley in their regular season finale.
  • River Kings fall just short
    ELDRIDGE — The Clinton River Kings’ three-game winning streak came to an end as they dropped a hard-fought 46-43 decision to the North Scott Lancers in Mississippi Athletic Conference action Friday night.
  • Queens earn Senior Night win
    CLINTON — The Clinton River Queen seniors celebrated Senior Night in style, arriving at W.J. Yourd Gymnasium in a limousine then downing North Scott, 47-39, in Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) basketball action on Friday.
  • Northeast boys top Camanche
    GOOSE LAKE — The Northeast Rebels built a 32-15 halftime advantage on the way to a 59-44 win over the Camanche Indians in boys basketball action Friday night.
  • Irish girls win tourney opener
    CLINTON — The Prince of Peace Irish used an 18-0 first quarter run en route to a 63-38 win over East Central in Iowa Class 1A girls first round district action on Thursday.
  • Ashford teams split with Viterbo
    CLINTON — The Ashford University ladies basketball team lost a real thriller to the Viterbo University in Midwest Collegiate Conference action by a score of 64-59, while the Ashford men’s team fought back in the second half to win a real thriller 59-45 in doubleheader action Thursday at Kehl Arena.
  • Hilgendorf leads Camanche boys past Marquette
    CAMANCHE — The Camanche Indians downed Bellevue Marquette 64-57 in boys basketball action on Thursday.
  • Preston boys earn share of Big East title
    PRESTON — While most local gyms fell silent on Tuesday night as the area braced for a winter storm, Preston and Andrew squared off in a girl/boy Big East Conference matchup.