Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Snitker carries Wash past Linn-Mar

Fri - 20 Sep Written by Mike Condon

It has been a long time between wins for Paul James as a head coach.

James returned to the Cedar Rapids Washington sideline this season after a seven-year hiatus. In the first three games this season, his Warriors had ample opportunity to get a victory. They weren’t about to let that chance slip away in Friday night’s showdown with Linn-Mar at Kingston Stadium.

Washington scored a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter to break a 14-14 deadlock, then held off a final drive from the Lions to come away with a hard-fought 26-21 win.

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Begley named Linn-Mar softball coach

Thu - 19 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

John Begley has been named the new softball coach at Linn-Mar High School.

Begley, 66, led Solon High School to a state title in 2003 and has compiled a 572-309 record as a head coach. He most recently was the head coach at Jesup and led the team to two state tournaments.

Begley succeeds Mike Shipley as head coach and will be Linn-Mar's third head softball coach in three years.

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Jenn Jenks breaks 4 swim records

Tue - 17 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

It's a good thing Jennifer Jenks is not afraid of heights, because the Linn-Mar freshman had to make a steep climb at the Jefferson High School pool Tuesday night.

Jenks broke long-standing pool records in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle as Linn-Mar dunked the J-Hawks, 133-50, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet.

She also broke the Linn-Mar school records in both events.

As soon as the meet was over, Jefferson officials leaned a metal ladder against the wall and invited Jenks to climb up and physically remove the slabs that displayed the old pool marks from the record board.

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