CLINTON — The last time the Northeast girls track team competed at the Clinton Relays in 2019, it missed out on the Class B team title by just 13 points.

Kept largely in check during its first week of games, the Central DeWitt girls soccer team’s offense broke out in a big way last week.

MAQUOKETA — Coming off a setback three days earlier, the Central DeWitt boys soccer team regrouped and responded in a big way during its non-conference trip to Maquoketa, Thursday.

PARK VIEW — The hosts might have reigned on their home courses, but the Central DeWitt girls golf team made its own impact during a pair of Mississippi Athletic Conference meets.

GOOSE LAKE — The Northeast girls soccer team was the star attraction at its home opener Friday afternoon.

The victories, both big and small, made for a memorable opening week for the Central DeWitt boys tennis team.

CALAMUS — They might not have produced the top individual score in their respective meets, but the Calamus-Wheatland boys and girls golf teams both brought home the overall victories in their home debut Friday afternoon.

CLINTON — A lot of the faces have changed, but it did not take long for the Central DeWitt girls golf team to find some familiar success on the links this spring.

DAVENPORT — Already playing a full slate in its first week of game action, the Central DeWitt boys soccer team even had to put in a little overtime to secure its first victory of the season.

PRESTON — An experienced Monticello lineup spoiled the Northeast girls golf team’s season debut Monday at Plum River Golf Course.

CAMANCHE — A second straight victory might not have been in the cards, but the Central DeWitt girls tennis team showed its coach growth that extended past the score during a non-conference visit to Camanche Tuesday afternoon.

BELLEVUE — You can excuse the members of the Central DeWitt girls soccer team if they had the Willie Nelson classic “On the Road Again” going through their head during a busy first week of games.

MARION — No matter whether it was an individual race, a relay or a field event, the Calamus-Wheatland boys track team had a title-winning performance at the ready at Thursday’s Marion Early Bird.

CLINTON — Sparked by it performances in the field events, the Central DeWitt girls track team opened its outdoor season with a fifth-place finish at Tuesday’s Clinton Early Bird Invitational.

BETTENDORF — The Central DeWitt boys track team has gotten off to a fast start in the outdoor season, competing in a pair of meets in the span of three days.

Kyle Holmes, a senior at Central DeWitt High School, was one of five United States Bowling Congress (USBC) youth members selected to receive an Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship.

March is one of those months that kind of hangs in no-man’s land for high school athletics.

The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) gave Luther College grappler Ira Kuehn and other seniors like him the opportunity to finish their careers vying for a national championship.

Marquette Catholic High School in Bellevue has signed onto a cooperative agreement to play football this fall with Northeast.

When it came to scoring points, experience proved to be key for boys basketball teams in the Tri-Rivers East this winter.

With teams in both the 2A and 3A state tournaments, you would be hard-pressed to find a tougher boys basketball division in the state than the seven-squad River Valley North.

Playing its first season in the Mississippi Athletic Conference, it already promised to be a unique season for the Central DeWitt boys basketball team.

CEDAR FALLS — Nearly two years removed from a third-place state finish in the 800-meter run, Calamus-Wheatland senior Chase Knoche is eager to produce a worthy follow-up.

DES MOINES — Through three quarters, 14 lead changes and four ties, the Central DeWitt and North Scott girls basketball teams still had the same goal within their grasp: a state quarterfinal victory.

No two teammates in Class 4A made as big an offensive impact as Central DeWitt juniors Allie Meadows and Taylor Veach.

Despite graduating a trio of senior starters, the Calamus-Wheatland girls basketball team kept on winning this winter.

Versatility proved to be the name of the game for the Northeast girls basketball team this winter.

WATERLOO — No longer the new kids on the block, the Central DeWitt girls bowling team entered last Monday’s 1A state girls bowling meet looking to further prove what last year’s runner-up finish first posited: that the Sabers are one of Iowa’s best bowling squads.

Every girls basketball team in the state starts the winter climbing the same hill.

MONTICELLO — No boys basketball team in Class 3A surrenders fewer points per game than second-ranked Monticello.

Central DeWitt senior Keaton Zeimet has put together a historic career on the wrestling mat for the Sabers.

DES MOINES — Matt Ohnemus has run out of superlatives.

DES MOINES — The list was already plenty long.

CAMANCHE — The Central DeWitt girls bowling team did its part to earn a second straight trip to the 1A state bowling meet.

It did not take long for Central DeWitt junior Taylor Veach to secure a career milestone.

Central DeWitt junior Gibson McEwen did not record an interception on the gridiron this past fall.

CAMANCHE — One big finish has given Central DeWitt bowler Andrew Hall a chance for an even bigger one.

WINFIELD — The points came in spurts, but an extended zone defense never let the Calamus-Wheatland girls basketball team get comfortable during Tuesday’s 1A Region 5 quarterfinal with ninth-ranked Winfield-Mount Union.

SOLON — Larger goals still await, but that did not make a little revenge any less sweet for Central DeWitt senior Keaton Zeimet.

GOOSE LAKE — If there was ever a time for the Northeast girls basketball team to have its most dominant performance of the season, this was it.

WHEATLAND — Its break-neck scoring pace did not hold up, but the Calamus-Wheatland boys basketball team’s monster first quarter gave the Warriors all the separation it would need during Monday’s 1A District 7 quarterfinal with Morning Star Academy.

WHEATLAND — One great start led to another for the Calamus-Wheatland girls basketball team.

If the first 3,000-pin performance was not proof enough, the second, two days later, certainly was.

ELDRIDGE — Three conference rematches yielded three different outcomes for the Central DeWitt boys basketball team.

CLINTON — Three big runs helped the Central DeWitt girls basketball team end its regular season on a winning note.

The finish is all that matters, but it was the start that propelled the Central DeWitt wrestling team to its first sectional title since 2007.

WHEATLAND — The lead was in hand — thanks to a 10-0 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters — but the Calamus-Wheatland boys basketball team still had something to accomplish in the final quarter of Monday’s non-conference tilt with North Cedar.

GOOSE LAKE — It was going to be difficult to top last year’s overtime buzzer-beater, but with just over three minutes remaining in Saturday’s meeting of Observer-area boys basketball squads Central DeWitt and Northeast seemed to be well on their way to another dramatic finish.

LISBON — The wait was long, but the final result proved to be worth it for Northeast junior Nate Lorenzen.

In their first two meetings, it took until the fourth quarter for the Central DeWitt girls basketball team to seize control against Davenport Assumption.