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Timauntay Jones has the Drake Relays on his mind.
He goes to sleep and thinks about Drake. He's sitting in class at Jefferson High School and thinks about Drake. He tries to do his homework and, well, you get the idea.
He thinks about Drake.
"It's on my mind all the time," Jones said Monday afternoon before practice at Kingston Stadium. "I mean, I can be sitting in class and paying attention and I start thinking about it."
BOSTON -- Jefferson high school teacher and coach Tami Loan ran her first Boston Marathon on Monday and finished with an official time of 3 hours, 49 minutes and 32 seconds.
Loan, who teaches Spanish and coaches girls cross country and track, finished 1,473 among all female runners and was 1,103 among females age 18-to-39.
The race was run in temperatures that reached the mid 80s.
Osceola Clarke High School Principal Kim Antisdel tried to give Chris Deam a night off last month, but she failed.
"We had a contest here a couple of weeks ago and I told him, 'You know, you have a lot of late nights, I'll take the contest on Saturday,'" Antisdel said Monday. "And I'll be darned if I was sitting in here and he shows up and I said, 'What are you doing here?'
"He is so very, very attentive to his job and to the kids and is a strong supporter of our activities, whether it's music or arts or sports or whatever it is. Chris is always here in the building."
Deam, 36, was announced Monday as the new Activities Director and Associate Principal at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School, succeeding Scott Kibby.
For the past three years, Jason Edwards said he has felt like a man without a home.
Edwards is a counselor at Jefferson and during the fall he has been an assistant football coach for the J-Hawks. But during the winter he has been an assistant girls basketball coach at Washington.
"I kind of felt like the Washington people hated me in the fall and the Jefferson people hated me in the winter," he said.
He won't have to leave the southwest side campus anymore. Edwards was named the J-Hawks head girls basketball coach Friday. He replaces Larry Niemeyer, who resigned last month after 34 years at the school.
Brian Webb once won the "Animal" award for being the toughest and hardest-working football player at Cedar Falls High School.
Now Webb will be returning to the Mississippi Valley Conference to tackle what could be a beastly job as the new head football coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Webb, 32, was announced as Jefferson's new coach Saturday night. He's been the head coach at Carroll Kuemper High School the past two years, where he compiled an 18-4 record and reached the quarterfinals of the Class 2A state tournament last fall and was named the District 2 Coach of the Year.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson Principal Chuck McDonnell is an extremely busy man these days.
In addition to running a high school that's going through a major remodeling project, he's also looking for a new athletic director, a new football coach and a new girls basketball coach.
And since Scott Kibby is leaving as Jefferson's athletic director at the end of the school year, he's no longer the point man in hiring new coaches. McDonnell is.
McDonnell said he's excited about the challenge and opportunity of bringing new people into the school. "Super psyched," he told the Metro Sports Report.
DES MOINES - Cedar Rapids Jefferson was awarded the sportsmanship trophy at the conclusion of the boys state basketball tournament Saturday night.
The J-Hawks will receive a $1,000 grant that will be used for Jefferson's student-government program.
The award was based on the conduct of Jefferson's players and fans at the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. The J-Hawks lost to Ankeny, 58-26, in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
DES MOINES -- Cedar Rapids Jefferson rallied from a sixth-place standing after the first round to claim second Friday at the Class 2A girls state bowling tournament at Plaza Lanes.
Ottumwa placed three bowlers in the top 10 and ran away with the title with 3101 points. Jefferson was second with 2784, followed by Muscatine (2756), Waterloo West (2745) and Waukee (2734). Kennedy finished sixth with 2641.
Jefferson was in sixth place after the first round, but was only 20 pins behind second-place Waukee. The J-Hawks rolled a 943 Baker round to claim second.
DES MOINES -- The Iowa Hall of Pride Challenge has concluded its community service initiative this basketball season with nearly 80 schools participating in projects all across the state. Community service award winners comprising the NW, NE, SW, SE, and Central geographic areas of the state have been determined. In addition, one middle school award was chosen. The winners are:
NW - South Central Calhoun - Alzheimer's Association Fundraiser
NE - Cedar Rapids, Jefferson - Adopt-A-Family
SE - North Mahaska, New Sharon - Coaches vs Cancer
SW - Bedford - Lady Bulldog Food Drive
Central - Ballard - Ally oop for Autism
Middle School - West Central Valley, Stuart - Madhatter Day/Holiday Caring & Service
Each of the service award winning schools will receive $500 for the school's student government program. The award winning schools will also be presented a plaque to recognize their efforts. Every school that participated in the Pride Challenge will also receive a certificate of recognition.
Scott Kibby plans to meet with Larry Niemeyer after the season and discuss whether Niemeyer will return as the girls basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson next season.
Kibby declined to reveal Thursday night whether a decision has already been reached.
"We'll talk about it after the season, but now is not the right time while his team is still going," said Kibby, the athletic director at Jefferson.
The J-Hawks (9-13) have a Class 4A regional playoff game at Ames Saturday night.
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