(Battle Creek, IA) Jessie Pauley emerged on the Iowa Girls Basketball scene last season where as a freshman she averaged 14.2 points per game and grabbed nearly 8 rebounds a game. She hit on 50% of her field goal attempts and helped guide her team to an 18-4 record. This past winter Pauley led the newly consolidated OA-BCIG Falcons to the state tournament and the semifinals before eventually falling to Manson-Northwest Webster 40-31. For her efforts Pauley was named 1st Team All-State and led the Falcons with an average of 18.1 points per game and 8.3 rebounds a game. Entering her junior year, Pauley is poised to be one of the most highly decorated female basketball players Siouxland has ever seen.

(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.