Special Teams cost Briar Cliff

How often do we ignore special teams?  Maybe ignore is not the right word.  Maybe its forget instead.  On Saturday, Briar Cliff forgot how to play special teams and it cost the Chargers a victory.  Grand View beat BCU 27-21 at Memorial Field in the opening game of the season.
The Cliff was trailing 20-7 in [...]

A Big Win for East

The Bob Goodvin era started off with a bang on Friday night as the East Black Raiders did what they do best — throw the football.  New QB Ben Moes threw for 293 yards and East topped Des Moines Roosevelt 46-21.
East got off to a slow start but Moes finally hit his stride late in [...]

Heelan looks good

The Heelan Crusaders lost a lot from last year’s state championship game.  But Head Coach Roger Jansen simply reloaded his barrels and Bishop Heelan rolled past Lawton-Bronson 42-15 on Thursday night.
Heelan took advantage of 2 Eagle fumbles on their first 2 offensive possessions and converted them into a 14-0 lead.  The defense controlled the line [...]

High School Football Preview

Can you believe that high school football starts this week?  Summer is winding down and football has arrived.  Unfortunately, we cannot broadcast any games the first week of the season because the Explorers season is not over yet but we begin with a bang next week with Heelan @ Harlan.
Here’s a look at the Sioux [...]

Ex X’s Doing Well

It has been a long season for the Sioux City Explorers.  Certainly the shuttle bus in and out of Sioux City has been long as Manager Les Lancaster has struggled to keep the roster consistent this season.  The X’s have had more than 50 players on their roster this season.  That’s way too many.
So, that [...]

Farve looks weird in purple

Imagine Ted Williams playing for the New York Yankees.  Imagine Dick Butkus playing for the Green Bay Packers.  Imagine Jackie Robinson playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants (that last one almost happened).
Brett Farve is now playing for the Minnesota Vikings.  For 16 years, Viking fans were used to hating this man.  #4 was the [...]

Random Thoughts

Who the heck is Y.E. Yang?
I was watching the PGA Championship most of this past weekend asking that question.  He won the Honda Classic earlier this year — as if anybody noticed.  Entering the final round of the PGA on Sunday, Yang was paired with Tiger Woods.  Everybody expected Yang to wilt and wang and [...]

2008-09 was a banner year

This past Saturday, the North Stars celebrated a baseball title and it completed an unbelievable season for Sioux City athletics in the 2008-09 sports season.  Think about it.  Can you name a sports season that featured so many achievements, so many outstanding athletes and outstanding teams that was better than this past one?
I have been [...]

North wins 4A Baseball Title

Dean McArdle almost did it in style.
The North Stars cruised to the 4A Baseball State Championship on Saturday night, shutting out Iowa City West 4-0 to claim their first ever baseball state crown.  McArdle was the hero on the mound, pitching a complete game 1 hitter and was 1 out away from a no-hitter that [...]