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K.J. Pilcher
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Hawkeye WrestlingAug. 16, 2024 11:36 pm4d ago
The Hawkeye Wrestling Club is encouraging fans to join them in welcoming silver medalist Spencer Lee back from the Olympics in Paris, France. He is expected to arrive at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids on Saturday night around 10:56 p.m.
Iowa High School SportsAug. 15, 2024 8:03 pm5d ago
The final results were filled with tiebreakers and cardbacks. In the end, Iowa City High’s Jack Rogers earns individual medalist honors and Dubuque Wahlert edged the Little Hawks for the team title at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet Thursday at Gardner Golf Course.
Iowa High School SportsAug. 14, 2024 6:36 pm6d ago
Jack Rogers’ father and grandfather were accomplished golfers who played at the NCAA Division I level. They passed their love of the game to the Iowa City High junior and it stuck at a young age.
Iowa High School SportsAug. 14, 2024 6:37 pm6d ago
Gazette-area golfers and teams to keep an eye on during the 2024 Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ golf season this fall.
Prep Baseball and Prep SoftballAug. 9, 2024 6:21 pm11d ago
The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association all-state teams are out. Five players from Class 4A state champion Cedar Rapids Kennedy were honored.
Hawkeye WrestlingAug. 9, 2024 4:44 pm11d ago
Former University of Iowa three-time NCAA champion and Hawkeye Wrestling Club member Spencer Lee became the first Hawkeye to reach the Olympic finals since Tom Brands in 1996. He earned silver after a 4-2 loss to Japan’s Rei Higuchi in the 125.5-pound final.
Iowa High School SportsAug. 8, 2024 7:39 pm12d ago
Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp and Christian Cloyd both captured open division titles at the 2024 Rotary Pribyl Junior Golf Classic at Elmcrest Country Club. Rupp claimed her third straight girls’ open title and Cloyd won his first boys’ open title in his first appearance in the event since winning a novice title a few years ago.
Hawkeye WrestlingAug. 7, 2024 3:42 pm13d ago
Spencer Lee’s mother, Cathy, is a native of France. His Olympic debut will be in the country many of his maternal relatives still live. He will get to wrestle in front of his maternal grandmother for the first time when he opens against China’s Wanhao Zou Thursday in Paris.
Hawkeye WrestlingAug. 6, 2024 6:53 pm14d ago
After his final college season and a brief showing at the 2023 U.S. Open, Lee took a break from wrestling and traveled to Japan. He visited Tokyo and other places in the country, attempting to get the sport off his mind. He came back determined to compete and will contend for an Olympic gold, starting Thursday.
Hawkeye WrestlingAug. 6, 2024 9:22 am14d ago
Wrestling began Monday but Spencer Lee will compete Thursday at 125.5 pounds (57 kilograms) in men’s freestyle at the Olympic Games in Paris. Lee is the 20th Hawkeye wrestler to wrestle in the Olympics.
Prep Baseball and Prep SoftballAug. 3, 2024 7:45 am17d ago
Gehrig Turner among 2024 seniors participating in Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Series event this weekend at Pella.
Prep Baseball and Prep SoftballJul. 29, 2024 6:10 pm22d ago
The Iowa high school baseball season has ended. Here are the second annual Gazette-area baseball awards.
Prep Baseball and Prep SoftballJul. 29, 2024 9:13 am22d ago
Cedar Rapids hosted the summer state baseball tournament for the first time in 50 years. How was the experience? What are the chances for a return?
Prep Baseball and Prep SoftballJul. 27, 2024 8:29 am24d ago
Cedar Rapids Kennedy waited for this moment since its 2023 season ended. The Cougars capped a special season with their second state baseball title and first since 2010, beating West Des Moines Dowling, 7-3, in the Class 4A final Friday night.
Prep Baseball and Prep SoftballJul. 26, 2024 8:00 am25d ago
Ty Donels’ two-out, 332-foot blast in the bottom of the seventh bounced in the picnic area beyond the left-field wall, capping top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s wild 8-7 victory over No. 4 Johnston in a Class 4A state baseball semifinal.