It was an exciting weekend of football for a couple of Tri-states area schools. The weekend kicked off Friday night with Ethan Allen’s Clark County Indians travelling to Macon High School in the 2nd round of the Class 2 district 6 playoffs. The Indians knocked off the Tigers in the 3rd week of the season but the Macon came in on a hot streak of their own. Clark County would […]
While the Keokuk high School football team struggled through an 0 and 9 campaign, it can take some solace in the fact that it clearly played a very difficult district schedule. State football playoff brackets for Iowa Class 3A were announced Saturday and District 5 was one of just a couple of a districts in the state that placed 3 schools in the playoff. The undefeated Solon Spartans took a […]
5 weeks into the 2017 Iowa High School football season the Keokuk Chiefs are one of just 4 teams without a win in class 3A. The Chiefs fought back after a poor start at West Burlington Notre Dame Friday night but fell short 28-14 against the Falcons. 5 minutes into the game West Burlington Notre Dame found themselves up 14 to 0 after a pair of touchdown runs. The Chiefs […]
If anyone needs a reminder of what sports season is around the corner all they need to do is drive by Keokuk high school around 4PM in the afternoon. The sight of teenage young men in full pads and helmets flying around the practice field with clouds of dust in their trails means one thing, football season is near. Beginning Monday afternoon head coach Matt McGhghy has had his squad […]
Just over one week into practice, the Iowa Hawkeyes are learning more about themselves every day. Not only are 2016 stalwarts CJ Beathard, Desmond Kind, and Jaleel Johnson moved on to the NFL, but the Hawkeyes have a new coaching staff arrangement on the offensive side of the ball. Brian Ferentz has now taken over as offensive coordinator while Tim Polasek oversees the offensive line and Kelton Copeland is working […]
If Iowa Hawkeyes head football coach Kirk Ferentz knows who will have the first run at the starting quarterback position, he surely isn’t letting anyone know. At the Big Ten Media Days that took place Monday and Tuesday, Ferentz, who is entering his 19th year at the helm for Iowa, answered a number of questions pertaining to the quarterback position. CJ Beathard, who started for the Hawkeyes in each of […]
Tuesday night the Keokuk Chiefs baseball team held their annual postseason banquet at the high school. Letter winners from both the JV and Varsity baseball teams were announced and individual awards were handed out by head coach Scott Rose. Much of the discussion regarding the program pertained to the way the season ended on a strong note. Senior Andrew Patterson felt that the team gelled toward the end of the […]
Keokuk Chiefs Head softball coach Merle Jones is looking to double down on coaching duties. It was announced over the weekend that Jones had accepted the head softball coaching job at John Wood community college in Quincy, Illinois. Keokuk activities director Zach Summers explained Monday that Jones is planning to continue to coach the Chiefs as John Wood plays their softball season during the spring. In 2017 John Wood’s season […]
The 2017 All-Southeast conference baseball team has been announced and several Keokuk Chiefs were selected. Despite the fact that the 1st team was dominated by players from conference leaders Mount Pleasant and Fairfield, Senior Gavin Thompson was selected as a 1st team outfield while Junior Jake Jones was selected as a designated hitter. Senior Andrew Patterson was selected as a 2nd team pitcher while Junior Bryce Miller was selected to […]
