SPORTS
Running at Ron Maxson Relays
Rain threatened to cancel the Ron Maxson relays, but the Comets and their fans wouldn’t be denied a fun night of high school track and field. It was a tough night on the track for the Comets, placing sixth in the six-school event. Lisbon dominated the field with a 188 team point performance — more than doubling Durant’s second place total of 86.
Comet boys ranked third in 1A
The West Liberty boys’ soccer team grabbed a pair of victories last week, shutting out Prince of Peace Prep at home 4-0 before traveling to Beckman Catholic to knock off the ninth-ranked Blazers away from home. The Comets sit at 6-2 on the season and perfect atop the River...
Comets take to the courses
If one Golden Hawk Invitational in track wasn’t enough, how about another in golf?. On Friday, the day after the track and field meet, West Liberty’s girls’ golf team took to Kalona Golf Course for a seven-team tournament. There, they placed sixth with a team score of 428.
From hoops to hashtags: Caitlin Clark fan edits light up TikTok
As Caitlin Clark’s last season with Iowa ends and her career with the Indiana Fever begins, the basketball star continues to inspire countless teenagers across the internet. Many fans’ TikTok pages have been flooded with short fan videos, or “edits,” of Clark and her fellow teammates, particularly Kate Martin. These edits feature game highlights of Clark or Martin and other clips of the players off the court, many of which come from Kylie Feuerbach’s vlogs on her YouTube channel. The short clips are stitched together with popular songs and quotes from the athletes.
Bacon brings home game-winning run as Nebraska defeats Iowa 1-0 in extra innings
LINCOLN, Neb. (KCAU) – Bella Bacon knocked in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to put the Huskers over Iowa in Game 1 of its doubleheader, 1-0. The Huskers improve to 9-6 in conference play and 26-19 overall while Iowa fell to 4-12 in Big Ten play and 16-22 overall.
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