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Coe College quarterback Brad Boyle has been named the Iowa Conference's most valuable football player for the 2009 season. The sophomore from North Mahaska had 31 touchdowns passing and running this season and just one interception, that coming in the final regular-season game against Cornell. Coe's Steve Staker was named IIAC Coach of the Year. The Kohawks play at St. John's (Minn.) in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoff Saturday at noon. Coe had other first-team all-IIAC picks in ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS — The Coe Kohawks prep for their upcoming season each late summer/early fall by finding a nearby school they are not scheduled to play and scrimmaging. This year’s opponent was Grand View. “After we scrimmaged Grand View, I thought we’d be lucky to win four games,” said Coe linebacker Tate Harrison. “It didn’t go very well.” Harrison was off in his prediction. Way, way off. Coe went 9-1 instead, finishing second to Central in the Iowa Conference and securing an at-large ...

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IOWA CITY — Matt Tvedte couldn’t wait. Another practice was complete and it was time to strap on the old feed bag. This wasn’t just another meal for the Iowa City High senior. This was Wednesday night supper, an event. “Don’t know what we’re having, yet,” Tvedte said. “I’m hoping cheesy bread, cheesy potatoes and either lasagna or baked chicken.” Every Wednesday during the football season, City High’s starting offensive linemen congregate at A.J. Derby’s home in Coralville to hang out, pig out ...

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There's a 2 p.m. press conference in Dubuque today to officially announce what's been reported for awhile now - the city is getting back into the United States Hockey League. Dubuque is building a 3,200-seat ice arena on Chaplain Schmitt Island called the Mystique Ice Center. The franchise, which will begin play next season, will be owned by several local investors. Here's a story from the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald on the new/old team. Back in the USHL Dubuque will officially return to the league today with ...

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OK, that's jumping the gun. Maybe by a lot. But there is a president's meeting next week of the 14 schools that comprise the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and on the agenda is the possible creation of a new NCAA Division III athletics conference. The 14 schools in the ACM include Iowa Conference members Cornell, Coe and Luther, as well as Grinnell. Others are Beloit, Carleton, Colorado College, Knox, Lake Forest, Lawrence, Macalester, Monmouth (Ill.), Ripon and St. Olaf. To explain further, the ACM, according to ...

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Matt Dillon, who resigned as head football coach at Cornell College on Tuesday, said Wednesday he is upset with the school that he will stop drawing salary at the end of January. Sources have said Dillon, a former all-American quarterback at the school, was given the option to resign or be fired after four years as head man at his alma mater. Cornell went 6-34 under him, 1-31 in the Iowa Conference but appeared to be an improved team in 2009, ...

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Don't know if this has posted before, but our good friend LionFan, e-mailed this to us. The new football stadium at Linn-Mar looks very, very nice. At least the drawing does. What do you think?

Forward Chad Hudson has left the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders to rejoin the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League. Hudson played in eight games for the Riders, recording a goal and an assist. The 19-year-old from Coppell, Texas, played 43 games last season for Wichita Falls and eight for the NAHL's St. Louis Bandits. "We wish him the best of luck there," said Riders Coach/General Manager Mark Carlson. "I think it's a real good place for him to go. It's ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                          Nov. 17, 2009   Contact: Kerry Kahl, Sports Information Director Phone: (319) 895-4483                    www.cornellcollege.edu/athletics                     Fax: (319) 895-5682   MOUNT VERNON – Matt Dillon has resigned as Cornell College’s head football coach, Rams Director of Athletics John Cochrane announced Tuesday. Dillon completed his fourth season at the helm with Saturday’s 56-7 loss at Coe. The Rams finished 2-8 overall, 1-7 in the Iowa Conference. “I have tremendous respect for Matt Dillon and a deep appreciation for everything that he has meant to Cornell College,” Cochrane ...

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A pair of victories, including a shutout, earned Troy Grosenick of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders the United States Hockey League's Goaltender of the Week award. Grosenick stopped 31 shots in a 4-0 shutout of the Tri-City Storm last Saturday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The previous night he had 30 saves and stopped four of seven shooters to pick up a shootout win at Sioux Falls. Grosenick, 20, is a second-year RoughRider from Brookfield, Wis.

Iowa Conference schools Coe College and Central College have made the 32-team field for the NCAA Division III football playoffs. The brackets were announced Sunday afternoon. IIAC champ Central (10-0) clinched an automatic berth last week and will host Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-1) of Texas in a first-round game at Pella Saturday at noon. Coe (9-1) is in the playoffs for the first time since 2005, receiving an at-large berth and playing at St. John's (Minn.) in the first round. That's also a noon game Saturday. St. ...

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And the Big Ten Conference. And the Iowa Hawkeyes. Sort of. The columnist wrote a piece about Saturday's Ohio State-Iowa football game that is titled "Everybody a loser in Ohio State's 'disgusting' victory." Basically, Doyel takes OSU Coach Jim Tressel to task for his conservative play calling late in the game. He also ripped Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz, with somewhat of a caveat. Then he ripped the Big Ten Conference for its lack of quality. What do you think of what Doyel wrote? Here's ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS — The band is back together and sounding good. A full complement of players — and coaches — resulted in a two-win weekend for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, including 4-0 over Tri-City last night at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The Riders had their struggles, going 1-3 the two weeks head coach Mark Carlson and players Jeff Costello, Derek DeBlois, Mike Parks and Mac Bennett were gone winning gold medals for the United States at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS — Matt Dillon will never forget it. It was 1978, and his Cornell Rams destroyed the Coe Kohawks, 67-13, in Mount Vernon. It was such a blowout of a football game, Cornell Coach Jerry Clark allowed one of his players to try the lost art of drop kicking after touchdowns. “Mike Looney, my very best friend in the world,” Dillon said. “He tried three of them. He missed the first one and made the last two. I didn’t know what ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS — It sure wasn’t a gold-medal start for Mark Carlson and the four Cedar Rapids RoughRiders players who were part of a United States team that won the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge international hockey tournament in Prince Edward Island, Canada, last week. Carlson, the RoughRiders head coach and general manager, led the U.S. to first place at the 2008 Challenge and figured the best way to do things this time around was to arrive at the tournament site (Summerside, ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Xavier football coach Duane Schulte knows that some members of the local media poke fun at his team’s seemingly well-rehearsed and cliched interview answers, and he’s OK with that ribbing. “We just want to keep doing our jobs,” is a favorite quote. “The line blocked great and the scout team gave us great looks all week in practice,” is another. Absolutely no bulletin board material will be provided by these guys. Braggadocio is not allowed. Kirk Ferentz and the ...

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At least that's what it looks like. The former Chicago Cubs slugger appeared publically recently, with his skin tone noticably lighter. A backlash from years of steroid abuse perhaps? "He's not trying to be Michael Jackson," former Cubs employee Rebecca Polihronis, one of Sosa's friends, told the Chicago Tribune. Polihronis said Sosa is in the process of a skin rejuvenation treatment that has a side effect of temporarily brighter skin tone. She said Sosa is going through the skin rejuvenation because of years ...

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If you haven't heard or seen this by now, here is video of University of New Mexico women's soccer player Elizabeth Lambert, who has been suspended for indefinitely for extremely rough play in a recent match against Brigham Young. Lambert, whose hometown has been taken off the UNM's Web site, was caught punching a BYU player, kicking another one and pulling a third down to the ground by her hair. It's kind of women's soccer meets MMA. Anyway, here's the video.

As provided by the United States Hockey League. USHL UPDATE – WEEK SIX   USHL Standings    USHL Scoring Leaders   USHL Goaltending Leaders   Around the League   Eight Straight for Lancers…After winning three games in three nights over the weekend, the Omaha Lancers extended their winning streak to a League best eight games.  While being the USHL’s top offensive team (4.42 goals per game), the Lancers are also the League’s top defensive team allowing just 2.08 goals per game.  After not being in the top-10 in scoring ...

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The American Football Coaches Association have released its weekly NCAA Division III rankings, and the Coe Kohawks have entered at No. 22. Iowa Conference champion Central (10-0) remains fifth. Mount Union is No. 1. Here are the rankings: American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll November 9, 2009 Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next Game 1. Mount Union (Ohio) (39) 9-0 997 1 D. No. 21 Otterbein (Ohio), 58-7 Nov. 14 vs. Marietta (Ohio) 2. Wis.-Whitewater (1) 9-0 961 2 D. Wis.-Oshkosh, 40-7 Nov. 14 at Wis.-La Crosse 3. Wesley (Del.) 9-0 910 3 D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 28-13 Nov. 14 vs. ...

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Coe sophomore quarterback Brad Boyle set an NCAA Division III record for most season passes without an interception in Saturday's 31-20 win at Buena Vista. Boyle, a former North Mahaska prep, has thrown 291 passes this season without a pick. The record was 288. Boyle has completed 63.6 percent of his throws for 2,269 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also has rushed for 298 yards and 11 TDs. Coe (8-1) concludes its regular season Saturday at home against rival Cornell (2-7).

A United States hockey team consisting of primarily United States Hockey League players (including four Cedar Rapids RoughRiders) and coached by RoughRiders head coach/general manager Mark Carlson defeated Canada West, 2-1, Sunday to win the World Junior 'A' Challenge in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Matt Leitner of the Fargo Force scored 50 seconds in the third period for the winning goal. Eamonn McDermott of Fargo, who assisted on Leitner's goal, scored on the power play late in the second period to ...

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Finally.  Breaks came their way. The defense held tight when it needed to. Someone stepped up and made a late play. Finally.  The Cornell Rams won Saturday, as Joe Barlow’s interception in the end zone with a little over a minute left secured a 23-16 victory over Loras at Ash Park. After 34 consecutive losses, Cornell could whoop and holler and ring a nearby victory bell after an Iowa Conference game.  Finally. Seniors Don Bladt, Brian King, Alex Macey, Zach Zasada and Andy Siar left ...

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All-American prep basketball senior Harrison Barnes of Ames will hold a press conference at Ames High School on Nov. 13 to announce his plans for college. The 6-foot-6 forward has narrowed his choices to Iowa State, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA and Oklahoma. He has been considered the top recruit in his class by some. Here's a story on him from www.sportsillustrated.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/kevin_armstrong/06/26/harrison.barnes/index.html Where do you think Barnes will go?  

Eric Mihalik of the Des Moines Buccaneers made all 18 saves as the United States blanked Sweden, 3-0, in the quarterfinals of the World Junior 'A' Challenge hockey tournament Thursday at Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The Americans, coached by Mark Carlson of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, play Russia in a tourney semifinal Friday. Also on the team are RoughRiders' Jeff Costello, Mac Bennett, Derek DeBlois and Mike Parks. Bennett had an assist on USA's first goal Thursday from Nick Jensen of the ...

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