The Mississippi Athletic Conference is limiting the number of spectators allowed at each baseball and softball game as sports get underway once again in Iowa. 

For the first time since mid-March, athletes were back at it.

Fulton’s Connor Barnett has been taking on big roles since he was an underclassman. He’s quickly becoming a multi-sport standout for the Steamers as he progresses through his prep career. That’s earned Barnett a spot as a finalist for the Clinton Herald Athletic Performers of the Year (CHAPY…

After the decision to lift restrictions on high school sports last week, the Mississippi Athletic Conference voted on Tuesday to conduct only varsity contests this summer.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) and Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) released the guidelines for the return of sports on Tuesday afternoon, giving schools direction as the return of baseball and softball looms.

The Clinton Herald Athletic Performers of the Year (CHAPY) Awards loom closer, and the male Athlete of the Year finalists kick off this week with four-sport athlete Tucker Kinney.

The 2020 Clinton High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class was announced last week, ready for an induction ceremony later this fall.

Northeast senior Claire Abbott brings a sense of energy to her sports, every last one of them.

CLINTON – For the second year, the Clinton strength program handed out an award to two athletes that best represented what it means to be a Clinton High School Athlete.

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Camanche’s Tarah Wehde is good at what she does, making impacts in every sport she participates in.

After months of waiting and keeping hope alive, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said the words athletes across the state were hoping to hear in her daily press conference on Wednesday morning.

Senior year didn’t exactly go the way Clinton athlete Jasper Luckritz had planned, and it wasn’t just because of the coronavirus.

There is a lot of uncertainty and animosity surrounding Minor League Baseball right now.

The Camanche athletic department is changing hands, but it’s going into familiar hands.

As the Clinton Herald Athletic Performers of the Year Awards draw near, the finalists for the 2019-2020 Team of the Year Award are ready to be announced.

The first Clinton Herald Athletic Performers of the Year (CHAPY) winners are nearly ready to be announced, but this time around it will be a virtual event.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released their 2020 inductees to the IGHSAU Track and Field Hall of Fame, and a former Rebel was included.

Softball isn’t over for Fulton seniors Emily Banker and Kylee Sweenie, it just won’t be in the Steamer red and black anymore.

Even though the Illinois High School Athletic Association (IHSA) nixed spring sports, including Morrison boys’ track and field season, it didn’t change head coach Tim Duncan’s plans.

Nothing has been decided, and that’s how Clinton GM Ted Tornow and his staff are proceeding.

Fulton graduate Jordan Price is ready to finish out her collegiate athletic career. This time at a new institution and with a new plan.

Baseball fans, managers and staff were all shaken Tuesday morning by reports on their fate.

With the trends of schools around the nation, the decision to officially cancel spring sports in Illinois seemed inevitable.

Across the state of Illinois, athletes heard the news on Friday that the remainder of the school year was cancelled and moved online. That left them waiting until next Tuesday’s Illinois High School Athletic Association Board of Directors meeting for the final judgment on the spring sports seasons.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that schools would remain closed throughout the rest of the school year on Friday morning. With that, spring athletes’ hope for shortened seasons were dashed.

CLINTON – The crisp spring night Thursday was supposed to be a bustling evening at NelsonCorp Field.

Plenty of elite high school athletes throughout the area have announced their commitment to various institutions to continue a collegiate athletic career next season, and many have chosen the junior college path this year.

With scoreboards off and athletes stuck at home, many high school student athletes are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) and the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) announced the adjusted start dated for baseball and softball considering a May 1 return to school.

Clinton’s longtime head boys golf coach Paul Niedermeyer wasn’t sure he was going to find a coaching position when he started out his career search.

The athletic associations on both sides of the river have set tentative plans to return high school athletes to their respective sports as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues.

Over thirty years of gymnasiums, whistles, starting guns and stripes have paid off for Clinton’s Ray Wilden in more ways than one.

While Iowa golf courses around the area remain open, welcoming the spring weather and golfers, bowling alleys did not get so lucky.

Both Iowa and Illinois school closures were expanding, causing new approaches to be taken by the respective athletic associations.

It was a year of firsts in a lot of ways.

Tuesday afternoon wasn’t supposed to be so quiet.

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It was an emotional day in Des Moines two weeks ago when Camanche’s Jordan Lawrence took the court for the last basketball game of the season.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the 2020 high school football schedules on Thursday after their board meeting, a relief from the currently suspended sports seasons.

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The Illinois High School Athletic Association (IHSA) is considering the possibility of extending spring sports when school is able to resume in the state.

It’s been a theme the last few springs at Northeast High School in Goose Lake – seniors committing to continue their football career.

Spring is supposed to be the most exciting time for a high school athlete. Spring sports should be underway with more pleasant weather showing and outdoor practices becoming the highlight of the day. Graduation is approaching, with some looking forward to collegiate sports.

There may be no pep rallies or student sections right now thanks to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), but schools are doing their best to keep the school spirit up.

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