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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Parents play big role in T-ball League

CARLOS SOSA June 22, 2012

The major-league game pits the Red Sox versus the Tigers. The venue, however, is not iconic Fenway Park or even Comerica Park. It's Court Hill Park in Iowa City. Court Hill is one field on which the Iowa...

Game Time: Kirschbaum, Keitel go double-double

TOM CLOS June 21, 2012

Northern Iowa freshman forward Jen Keitel posted a 19 points and grabbed 10 assists in Vinton Merchants/McCurry's 86-55 victory over Pelling/Culver's in the Game Time League season-opener at the North...

Game Time: Doolittle misses first game

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD June 21, 2012

The Iowa women's basketball team held a scrimmage Wednesday morning. Bethany Doolittle was late. The rest of the team noticed her absence, but then heard the news that she'd been in an accident. Doolittle...

IC water walking class relieves physical and mental pain

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD June 21, 2012

"Knee high march." Arthritis Foundation Aquatics Program instructor Glenn Kloosen shouted out commands for a group of about 20 elderly men and women. They bobbed through the water of the Mercer...

Iowa soccer player a Team Canada hopeful

TOM CLOS June 21, 2012

Iowa women's soccer freshman Cloe Lacasse showed the nation what she could do on the field when she recorded 30 points on 12 goals and helped the Hawkeyes to a 13-4-3 record last season. Now, she wants...

McCabe, incoming Hawks shine in PTL opener

TOM CLOS June 20, 2012

Iowa basketball forward Zach McCabe got hot early from beyond the arc in his first Prime Time League appearance of the year. McCabe scored a game-high 29 points in Vinton Merchants/Mike Gatens, 93-87...

Newbies impress Hawkeye nation

BEN SCHUFF June 20, 2012

The first game of the 2012 Prime Time League featured two of the most anticipated players to join the Iowa basketball team this coming season. Point guard Mike Gesell and center Adam Woodbury headlined...

Nine-year-old grapplers take to Hawkeye mats

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD June 20, 2012

Diego Sotelo and Peyton Timmons only came up to the height of the other wrestlers' hips. Hawkeye Wrestling Camp coaches explained a drill to the large horde of boys in the takedowns and escapes group....

Tae kwon do camp teaches respect

CARLOS SOSA June 20, 2012

Courtesy. Integrity. Perseverance. Self-control and indomitable spirit. These are the five tenets of tae kwon do. "It's is based on respect," instructor Nick Messersmith said. "In tae...

Kelpin wins pro golf tournament

DI STAFF June 19, 2012

Iowa graduate Barrett Kelpin won his first professional tournament — the Michigan Open — just 13 days after the NCAA golf championships. Kelpin, a Kalamazoo, Mich., native didn't just win the tournament,...

Ex-Hawk divers head to Olympic trials finals

DI STAFF June 19, 2012

Two former Hawkeyes, Veronica Rydze and Deidre Freeman, traveled to Weyerhaeuser Fins County Aquatic Center in Federal, Wash., to compete for a spot on the USA Olympic diving team, but they came up short...

Floor hockey adds variety to IC camps

TAYLOR AXELSON June 19, 2012

It's not basketball, football or soccer. It's not a usual summer-camp sport. Seven boys between the ages of 6 and 12 are participating in a camp this week that is based on a game that most people only...