Sports
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Women’s track and field look to improve on 2013
The women’s track team is hoping to start off the season a little better than it ended it last year. Last year the team ended...
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Athlete of the week: Zach Shippy
Senior Zach Shippy is a returning varsity letterwinner. During the indoor track season he has already recorded wins in the open 200, 400 and 4×400...
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New NBA commissioner wisely considering increasing required age to 20, ending ‘one and done’
The National Basketball Association is challenging the NFL in global popularity and is undergoing some significant change. Longtime commissioner David Stern has retired after 30...
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After Sochi, global spotlight focused on Brazil
The FIFA World Cup will be the biggest sporting event in the world this year. The final tournament, whose qualifying rounds began in June of...
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Athlete of the Week: Drew Marchesani
Junior Drew Marchesani is the Tigers’ leading three-point shooter and is preparing to start the playoffs against Metro rival Waterloo West, who they have split...
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Women’s basketball team readies for playoffs
The CFHS women’s basketball team is just two games away from being able to go to the state basketball tournament. This Saturday, they will be...
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#SochiProblems? More like #USProblems
It seems that the 2014 Winter Olympics will be about as famous for its failures as its successes. But not just in sports. The news...
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Athlete of the week: Ben Fienup
JV Basketball Junior Ben Fienup helped turn the JV Tigers from a winless team to an undefeated 6-0. How did you make such a...
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Iowa’s current baseball seasons create unequal playing field for prospects
Dear Editors: I am writing as a member of Mr. Winkel’s 5th period class, American Literature 1940s to Today. An issue that I believe needs...
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Gay prospect’s NFL potential far from a ‘distraction’
Our View 2014 NFL draft hopeful Michael Sam is a 6-foot-2, 260-pound, 2013 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, African American football player who happens...
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Holmes science club readies for Iowa Science Olympiad
The Holmes science club has included students from all grade levels at Holmes since 2001, bringing together a diverse group of students with a shared interest in science. The...
