Archive - Sep 20, 2019

IOWA CITY– Liberty High ran the table for a 6-0 championship at Iowa City West High’s Caroline Found Volleyball Extravaganza Saturday, Sept. 14, at West High. The annual tournament is in memory of Found, who was killed in a moped accident in August 2011, and was the setter for West High’s 2010 state championship volleyball team. Found’s, and the Women of Troys’ story was told in a book, The Miracle Season, by former West High Coach Kathy Bresnahan, and later made into a movie starring Helen Hunt as Bresnahan.

FAIRFIELD– Despite heat, humidity and threat of strong to severe storms, Thursday, Sept. 12, was a perfect night for the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) High School varsity boys cross country team as they competed in Fairfield’s meet. The Clippers swept the meet posting the top five finishes to win the team championship decisively.
Brandon Barker won the varsity boys’ race in 16:53.08, with Gavin Zillyette the runner up in 17:24.39. Jack Sexton, Caleb Alcorn, and Nick O’Connor rounded out the third-, fourth-, and fifth-place finishes for the Creek Boys.

NORTH LIBERTY– The long-awaited dog park in North Liberty has an official name. The park, scheduled to open next summer on 11.5 acres of land along North Liberty Road, has been known simply as, “the Dog Park.” The North Liberty City Council, on a 3-0 vote, approved “Red Fern Dog Park” as the park’s name.