Metro Sports Report

Hamilton's feat stirs old memories

On this Mother's Day weekend, let's touch a few bases while we wish Mom the best.

Josh Hamilton's four home runs Tuesday night showed that there's still a man around with Ruthian possibilities. Only six players in the history of the American League have had four-homer games, and two of the six had a history in Cedar Rapids.

One of them is Rocky Colavito, who hit four home runs in a Major League appearance for the Cleveland Indians on June 10, 1959. Rocky started to hone his skills as a member of the Cedar Rapids Indians, reporting here from Daytona Beach spring training and starting in left field.

Laube named Marion girls basketball coach

Corby Laube did not have to look far to find a new girls basketball coach for Marion High School.

He's taking the job himself.

Marion High School Principal Greg Semler announced Friday morning that Laube will coach the girls basketball team next season in addition to his duties as the school's activities director.

Josh Evans is polite champion for Lions

IOWA CITY - Win or lose, Josh Evans likes to stay on the track after a race and congratulate all the other runners.

He usually wins, but that's not why he does it.

"We're all out here trying our best. It's what they deserve," he said Thursday. "It's just the right thing to do."

Perry wins 2 gold medals for Linn-Mar

IOWA CITY - Rachel Perry is a distance runner with the speed of a 400 meter runner, or maybe she's a 400 meter runner with the endurance to run great distances.

Or maybe she's both.

"I don't know," she said with a smile Thursday. "I think I might do better at distances, but the 400 is my favorite."

Perry is only a sophomore at Linn-Mar High School, so she has time to figure it out.