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Written by Andy Osborne
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 (Moville, IA) – The weekend of April 23, 24, and 25th is a special weekend in Iowa. The state, and many times, the nation’s best track and field competitors make the annual pilgrimage to the fabled blue oval at Drake Stadium. The historic event known as the Drake Relays has once again come to pass. Aside from the Penn Relays, the Drake event may just be the top outdoor track and field event in the nation. Imagine the likes of Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens, Lolo Jones, Bob Hayes, Bruce Jenner, Wilma Rudolph, Steve Prefontaine, in essence the best track and field stars our nation and the world has ever seen and they all have at one time competed at the Drake Relays. The beauty of this event is that current track and field stars like Lolo Jones and Jeremy Wariner return to Drake even as professionals and run in the same lanes as the top high school runners in our fine state. Sioux City East track star Ellen Dougherty has distinguished herself as one of the best in the state, and if her plan holds true she may one day be a Drake Relay legend.
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as strong representation at the nation’s biggest high school wrestling tournament. For Sioux City East the trip for eight of their finest was just icing on tremendous season.
(Sioux City, IA) – Britt Anderson is a gifted athlete. One look at the high school senior and you will see that he has supplemented his natural abilities with an immense amount of hard work.
Why not? That was the response Melissa Mounts had when she decided to join the Sioux City East softball team this past spring. She thought it would be fun despite the fact that she hadn’t played in three years. Unfortunately she never made it on the field for the Black Raiders softball squad. Her summer was spent rehabbing.
