Soccer: Substate Playoff Double Header
Jack Bacon, reporter
May 24, 2018
Filed under SHOWCASE, Soccer, SPORTS, SPORTS
Both City High soccer teams will compete at the University of Iowa Soccer Complex on Saturday in the substate playoffs. The girls team kicks off at 10:00 am in a rematch against West High. The girls will be looking for a repeat of their dominating 4-0 victory over the Trojans in the regular season. The...
Girls Tennis Holds its Final Conference
May 17, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
The varsity girls tennis team finished their last conference match Tuesday afternoon, defeating Prairie High School 7-2. The girls placed second in their conference and will be competing in Team Regionals the following week. “It was really windy so playing was hard, but my opponent and I were evenl...
18 City High Girls Off to State Meet
Esti Brady, Reporter
May 13, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
The City High girls track and field team has come a long way since the 2017 state meet, in which Emily Bywater ‘17 was the only athlete to score for the team. One of the first events and the meet’s longest girls event, the 3000m run, went particularly well for Amelia Morrow ‘18. She cu...
The Triple Threat
Addy Smith, Sports Editor
May 12, 2018
Filed under City High, SHOWCASE, SPORTS
It would be a mistake to stereotype these three as ordinary freshman girls. Instead of ordinary trivialities, the trio of Carey Koenig, Ayana Lindsey, and Ella Cook have the future of an entire softball program at the forefront their mind. This past summer, the threesome led the City High Softball team ...
Tomek Looks to Bring Home a Win
Cooper Kirschling, Reporter
May 8, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
This Tuesday the boys junior varsity soccer team will face Dubuque Wahlert. Going into this match this team has only lost one of their matches and they feel pretty confident about how this game will go. "It’s gonna be an easy [win],” said Elliot Tomek ‘20. Tomek is a sophomore goalkeeper ...
Freshmen in Girls Track End First Year Strong
Emme Perencevich, Reporter
May 7, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
Even though the season got off to a cold start, the freshmen on the girls track team are keeping things hot. They practiced through the bitterly cold winter and are welcoming the warmer spring weather. “Right now the practices are pretty chill, they’re getting a bit easier, cause the season is ...
LH Sports Podcast ft. Beth Fettweis
Cooper Kirschling, Reporter
May 7, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
https://soundcloud.com/thelittlehawk/lh-sports-podcast-beth-fettweis
LH Sports Podcast Jason Witten Retirement
Cooper Kirschling, Reporter
May 4, 2018
Filed under SPORTS
https://soundcloud.com/thelittlehawk/lhspjasonwitten-1
Getting Back Up Again
May 2, 2018
The crowd collectively gasped as Oisin Leopold ‘20 tumbled to the ground. When he became the last-place finisher in the shuttle hurdle and did not hit his goal of 15 flat, the expectations of qualifying the relay for Drake were dashed, as were Leopold’s knees and shoulders. “Immediately after...
City Soccer Sweeps West for First Time Since 2003
Addy Smith, Sports Editor
April 21, 2018
Filed under City High, SHOWCASE, SPORTS
The last time both City High soccer teams strung together two wins against West was in 2003. The last time the girl's team won was in 2007. For eleven years, the girl’s team has fought to put more in the back of the net than their Trojan counterparts. This year they did. By four. “It rea...