Girls Basketball: PLAYOFF JUBILATION
Grene County scoots by SEV for rare regional win By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editorsports@beeherald.comSome small inkling of success had been building for quite awhile. The laws of physics had to be kind...
View ArticleTHE EARLY LEAD: The Chicago NBA All Star festivities were a sight to behold
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com CHICAGO - The most underrated aspect of NBA All-Star weekend is the insane amount of celebrities that dot the landscape. And for a first time...
View ArticleBoys' Basketball: FACE-TO-FACE WITH A POWERHOUSE
Glenwood’s chemistry boots Greene County from postseasonBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editorsports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurley An explosive and superior opponent was a bit too much for the Greene County...
View ArticleTHE EARLY LEAD: Unusual poise from a uber-talented freshman
Robbins impresses off the matBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyThe Greene County coaching staff eventually chalked up McKinley Robbins championship defeat to nerves and...
View ArticleState Wrestling: Gallagher advances to Day 2 before bowing out of state tourney
Ram sophomore has bright future"(Brenner's) tougher than nails and that’s hard to instill in a kid and he’s already got that.” - Greene County head coach Zach BeekmanBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor...
View ArticleState Wrestling: Robbins snags runner-up honors at state wrestling tournament
Freshman finishes year at 37-2By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyA silver medal didn’t quite satisfy McKinley Robbins. Despite a marvelous run to the state championship,...
View ArticleBoys' Basketball: Morton snares first team, All-HOIC honors
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyGreene County’s Carter Morton established himself quite well this winter despite a season marred by a pair of six game losing streaks...
View ArticleBoys' Basketball: Fisher leads P-C with 2nd team, All-RVC distinction
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editorsports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyOne of the top three-point shooting teams in the Rolling Valley Conference was rewarded for its efforts at the conclusion of the winter...
View ArticleQUEEN OF THE VALLEY: One-thousand point scorer Hoyle leads P-C’s RVC honors...
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyIn a sport infatuated with long range shots and lightning quick offenses, an old school statistical dominance vaulted stat-keepers back...
View ArticleWRESTLING: YOUTH IS SERVED
Rumley wins AAU state title, Dennhardt places thirdBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyMichael Rumley’s quest for redemption wasn’t the easiest of climbs. Oh, quite the...
View ArticleTHE EARLY LEAD: A wrestling youth movement sets up Ram wrestling program
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyImagine this not-that-crazy scenario in the near future – a handful of Ram wrestlers, each gracing the state tournament podium, with...
View ArticleGirls' All State basketball: Hoyle’s dominance earns third team, all-state...
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.comIt’s rather difficult, at times, to fathom Paton-Churdan’s Danielle Hoyle still has a full year of eligibility remaining. The junior forward has been...
View ArticleIHSAA releases new football districts, slight scheduling tweak
Greene County stays in 2A, District 9 but gains new foesBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurley In with the new and out with the old – well, sort of. A slew of changes...
View ArticleTHE EARLY LEAD: How the new districts should have really played out
By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com Even as spring bears down upon us, football remains a hot button issue. Ok, giving credit where it’s due, the Iowa High School Athletic Association...
View ArticleA DIVE INTO THE ARCHIVES: MR. ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD
Jefferson track star Joe Rogers was town’s first elite sprinter 90 years agoBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyEDITOR’S NOTE: With the dire times facing us and no live...
View ArticleFuture state events still on as scheduled despite COVID-19 scare
IHSAA monitoring fluid schedule for spring, summer sports in the midst virus outbreakBy MARK SCHAFER AND BRANDON HURLEY Well, the spring season has been placed on hold before it really ever begun....
View ArticleRogers Files Part II: An intriguing second act
Rogers football success spawned a long, fruitful coaching career By BRANDON HURLEYSports Editor sports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurleyEDITOR’S NOTE: The following story is the second part of a two-part...
View ArticleTRACK AND FIELD: Drake Relays postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
Relays officials and Drake University plan to reschedule the 2020 event which was set for late AprilDrake University has postponed the 2020 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom along...
View ArticleThe Early Lead: A WORLD OF SILENCE
How to manage in a strange time without sports “We are living through history, we are living through an unprecedented time that we haven’t seen before in our lifetime. All you can tell (our athletes)...
View ArticleThe Year the Flu Won
How the Asian Flu of 1957 derailed Scranton’s hopes of three straight state football titles“We didn’t shelter-in-place. If you didn’t have symptoms, you still went to school or work. We even still...
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