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Isaac Burlage (Dyersville Beckman football) — The senior ran 23 times for 148 yards (6.4 per attempt) and three touchdowns as the Trailblazers opened the season with a 57-14 victory on Friday at Waterloo Columbus. Beckman finished with 399 yards rushing.

(Quentin Nauman, Western Dubuque) — The junior ran to a first-place — and new school record — time of 15:15 to win the boys 5K at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational on Saturday morning. Nauman was 10 seconds clear of Pella’s Canaan Dunham in a star-studded field. Dunham opened the season ranked No. 1 in…

Nolan Wolf (Lancaster football) — Wolf threw touchdown passes of 14 and 27 yards to Brennen Gildersleeve and connected with Samaj Venson on a game-sealing 51-yard score late in the fourth quarter, and the Flying Arrows beat Mineral Point, 21-6, in their season opener on Friday night.

Henry Thier (Dubuque Wahlert golf) — The freshman fired a 5-under-par 67 to earn meet medalist honors as the Golden Eagles finished second overall with 291 total strokes in the 16-team Lancer Invitational on Wednesday at Glynn’s Creek Golf Course in Long Grove, Iowa. The Golden Eagles finished just one stroke behind team champion Pleasant…

Aidan Colin (Southwestern/East Dubuque) — Colin threw for 184 yards, including touchdown passes of 61 and a game-winning 53-yarder to Brody Culbertson with 10 seconds remaning in the game, as the Warcats upended 2023 Division 7 state runner-up Black Hawk/Warren, 28-20, in the season opener Friday in South Wayne, Wis. Colin also ran for 136…

Melanie Runde (Western Dubuque) — The sophomore tripled and drove in two runs to help the Bobcats rallied to defeat Clear Creek-Amana, 4-3, in an Iowa Class 4A regional championship game. Western Dubuque reached the state tournament for the second straight season. Runde leads the Bobcats with a .431 averag and has nine doubles, four…

Julia Roth (Dubuque Wahlert) — The sophomore right-hander lead the Golden Eagles back to the Iowa Class 3A state tournament with a 19-3 record, 1.94 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 133 1/3 innings. She has allowed just five earned runs and struck out 20 batters in 15 innings across three tournament victories. Roth is hitting…

Drew Francois (Dubuque Senior) — The junior first baseman went 3-for-7 with five RBIs during the Iowa Class 4A substate tournament for the Rams. He was 2-for-4 with two key RBIs in a 5-4 upset of Dubuque Hempstead in the first round, then drove in three runs in an 8-7 loss in the semifinals. Francois…

Aaron Kraft (Western Dubuque) – The junior right-hander tossed a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Bobcats to a 10-0 victory over Charles City in an Iowa Class 3A Substate 3 opener on Friday. He needed only 55 pitches and allowed just two base runners, on a hit batsman and an error, to improve to 6-1…

The sophomore catcher went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, including a tie-breaking bases-clearing double to cap a five-run seventh inning in the Cougars’ 9-6 upset of No. 5 Dyersville Beckman in the Iowa Class 2A District 7 championship game Saturday. The No. 9 hitter in Cascade’s lineup went 2-for-3 with a key RBI as the Cougars…