After years of growth on and off the mound during his high school career, Bishop Heelan's Jaron Bleeker saw his work pay off in the Crusaders historic season, which has helped prepare him for the ace's next chapter.
SCJ's Large School All-Area Baseball Team is led by five first team sections from Bishop Heelan's Class 3A runner up squad along with several other MRAC members.
Now that the the recruiting process can be put to bed, Bailey Boeve is ready to lead the 2A runner-up Hinton volleyball team into the 2024, but there may be some surprises in the War Eagle Conference.
The 2024 SCJ Small School All-Area Team is led by Player of the Year Mya Bunkers, who carried a 40-game hit streak into her final game as a Hawk. Bunkers, who is committed to NIACC, was a four-time all-stater in softball.
The 2024 Small School All-Area Softball Team is led in selections by the area's two state qualifying teams, Remsen St. Mary's and West Monona, and features standouts from across Siouxland.
Fall sports practice started this week, and Nebraska high schools are taking steps to deal with the inevitable heat.
Check out the photos from Lincoln East's football practice Wednesday.
Take a look at photos from one of the first practices for the 2024 football season at Millard North High School.
Charli Grosenheider didn't exactly come out of nowhere this softball season, but Journal's Large School Player of the Year did make a massive leap in making her presence known on the diamond.
Meet the Journal's 2024 Large School All-Area Softball Team, led by a pair of battery mates from Le Mars and four first-teams from MRAC-winning Sergeant Bluff-Luton.
Here's how Nebraskans and other local standouts performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
22 Siouxland athletes earned Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State honors, with six being first team selections. The picks come from Remsen St. Mary's, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City East, Woodbury Central, Akron-Westfield, West Lyon, and more.
Paul Eaton stood on the field that bears his name in Wakefield and was proud of his Legion Post 81 team as it battled back from a second round loss to finish as the Class C state runner-up to Malcolm.
More than a half-dozen Journal area softball were named first team all-state by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association last week, leading a group that included many more of the area's most talented bats, arms and gloves over this past season.
The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its all-district teams, which featured several Siouxland athletes in Class 3A and 4A. The Journal has a complete list which includes: Sioux City East, Bishop Heelan, Le Mars, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, and more.
Members of Class 1A state qualifiers Akron-Westfield and Remsen St. Mary's dominated the War Eagle all-conference baseball first team selections, with the runner-up Hawks and the Westerners making up a third of the first team selections.
The trio of Mya Bunkers, Halle Galles and Marina Cronin all made the all-War Eagle first team for softball. Akron-Westfield had two first team nods as well, and Hinton's Kovarna sisters represented the Blackhawks on the top squad.
Saturday in Wakefield will bring the start of another Class C Nebraska Legion baseball state tournament for head coach Paul Eaton.
Sioux City East junior Jax Theeler joins Bishop Heelan Catholic senior Jaron Bleeker as Missouri Activities Conference Co-Player's of the Year, with the Crusaders head coach Andy Osborne earning Coach of the Year.
Area prep softball players lined the all-district teams that were announced by the Iowa Girls Coaches' Association for the 2024 season. The area's two state qualifiers had three all-district selections each.
The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its all-district teams, which featured several Siouxland athletes in Class 1A and 2A. Here is a complete list of the small school Siouxland area athletes selected to first team Northwest all-district.
Siouxland Conference softball season champion West Lyon was rewarded with three unanimous first-team selections to the all-conference team to lead the Wildcats' picks among the league's best.
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The Missouri River Activities Conference champion Sergeant Bluff-Luton had four players named first team all-conference picks plus head coach Jared Ocker was awarded Coach of the Year while Le Mars' Charli Grosenheider was named the MRAC's top player for the 2024 season.
Two of the area's premier multi-sport athletes secured their futures with college commitments while several more top preps from around Siouxland lined up their next steps as well.
The West Monona High School softball team was awarded for winning its efforts in Western Valley Conference by getting six players named to the conference's first team and two more to the second team.
Keegan Driever, 15, suffered critical injuries in an ATV crash. The Elkhorn North baseball player can thank his twin brother, Carson, for making heroic efforts to get him help.
Four unanimous selections headline the Siouxland baseball all-conference first team, which includes multiple players from MOC-Floyd Valley, West Lyon, Unity Christian and Central Lyon.
Woodbury Central senior Eric McGill, Kingsley-Pierson senior Jackson Nissen and OABCIG freshman Jaxx DeJean were named unanimous first team selections on the Western Valley baseball all-conference first team, the conference announced.
The Bishop Heelan High School baseball team fell in Class 3A baseball state championship game 5-4 on a walk off hit by North Polk.
The Remsen St. Mary's baseball team played in its third straight Class 1A state title game on Monday and came away with its second runner-up trophy over that span as RSM fell to Lynnville-Sully.