Category Archives: Sports

Mar 03

Mandated March spring break a possibility

My Substack “sports grab bag” a month ago started with the re-emergence of the “Iowa High School Sports History” website and also mentioned a good bill in the Legislature (mandating acceptance of cash for event admissions) and a very bad … Continue reading

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Dec 29

The Cereal Bowl

If you buy three boxes of Chex (at once) by New Year’s Eve, you can get a Peanuts Holiday Tin! What can you do with all that Chex? Make Chex Mix for New Year’s Day! Or have many days’ worth … Continue reading

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Dec 08

How about those Hoosiers?

If I ever update my Iowa State-vs.-Oklahoma football page, the first graphic will need a fix after all. As for the rest of the weekend’s events, I might have more about that on my Substack later. Might.

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Dec 05

A map of 2025 8-man football forfeits

High school football season has been over for a couple of weeks, but the issues created by the multiple forfeits is going to come up again. I did enjoy making the map, though. More than half of the teams in … Continue reading

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Nov 26

Public vs. private, times six

All but one of the seven Iowa high school football championship games pitted a public school against a private school. The outlier was Class A, MMCRU vs. St. Ansgar. (Semi-ironic, no?) That is more public vs. private finals in football … Continue reading

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Nov 03

Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s third bond vote in four years

Here we go again. This time, unlike last year’s vote, Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s superintendent made clear that there is a “stopping point” on this bond. It’s down to doing nothing but replacing the classrooms currently in the oldest building, and the auditorium … Continue reading

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Aug 22

And away we go (but not me)

(because someone jumped on the last two weeks of August before I even had a chance to look) (I wanted to see the Belfast Titanic museum, sigh) God bless you and your straight-outta-2000 website with football games time-coded to God’s … Continue reading

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Jul 24

Dyersville, Shoeless Joe, and Pete Rose

(Well, it’s state tournament week, so that’s the hook. — Ed.) On May 14, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced a change that would allow Pete Rose and the Black Sox (but yeah, it’s all about Pete Rose) to enter the … Continue reading

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Jun 03

Cyclone Tailgate Tour recap

Cedar Rapids was one of the evening stops for the Cyclone Tailgate Tour, and that meant longer time for the event, and I just happened to be sitting at the table with the family that got a shoutout and won … Continue reading

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Mar 24

Jinx

Don’t do this again, ISU Alumni Association. Even if it means you have to wait to send the message until 10 PM Sunday. (Due to work, I observed the score at halftime and then did not observe again.) PS: How … Continue reading

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