Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Paul James earns district AD award

Wed - 02 Nov Written by Metro Sports Report

Washington Athletic Director Paul James is one of five recipients of the IHSADA 2012 Iowa High School District Athletic Directors of the Year. Iowa City High Athletic Director D'Anne Kroemer also was chosen.

The State Athletic Director of the Year will be announced in December.

IHSADA ANNOUNCES 2011-2012 DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS OF THE YEAR

The Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association has announced the recipients of the IHSADA 2012 High School District Athletic Directors of the Year and the IHSADA 2012 Middle School District Athletic Directors of the Year.

The 2012 District High School Athletic Directors of the Year are:

Steve Watson, Dallas Center-Grimes High School, Central District
Paul James, Cedar Rapids Washington High School, NE District
Roger Johnson, Spencer High School, NW District
D’Anne Kroemer, Iowa City, City High School, SE District
David Huff, Nodaway Valley High School, SW District

The 2012 District Middle School Athletic Directors of the Year are:

David McCaulley, Nevada Middle School, Central District
Kal Goodchild, Benton Middle School, NE District
Jeff Meyn, Boyden-Hull Middle School, NW District
Brent Buttjer, Fort Madison Middle School, SE District
Lewie Curtis, Underwood Middle School, SW District

The selection of the IHSADA “State Athletic Director of the Year” and the 2012 “State Middle School Athletic Director of the Year” will be announced in December.
Award honorees will be recognized at the annual IHSADA State Convention March 25-27, 2012 at the Marriott Hotel in Coralville.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 November 2011 00:49

Warriors stun No. 2 Lions with 9 seconds left

Tue - 01 Nov Written by Jim Ecker

Cedar Rapids Washington tailback Will Griffin calls Coach Tony Lombardi a mad genius.

Maybe he is.

Lombardi pushed all the right buttons when it counted Monday and the Warriors stunned No. 2 Linn-Mar, 28-26, on a touchdown pass from Braedon Tovey to Flynn Heald with nine seconds left in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs.

The Lions crushed the Warriors, 56-7, during the regular season just a few weeks ago, but Washington scored two touchdowns in the final 4:46 Monday to rally from a 26-14 deficit at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Washington (8-3) will host No. 6 Cedar Falls (10-1) in the quarterfinals Friday night at Kingston Stadium.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:12

Tony & Kari Lombardi lead happy, hectic lives

Sun - 30 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Life is routinely hectic in the Lombardi family during most parts of the year, but it's even more hectic this week.

Tony Lombardi is the football coach at Cedar Rapids Washington, and the Warriors have a Class 4A playoff game against second-ranked Linn-Mar Monday night.

Kari Lombardi is the volleyball coach at Washington, and they have a date in the Class 4A regional finals Wednesday night against top-ranked Iowa City West.

Both Lombardis teach physical education at Washington, so their professional lives are busy enough, but they also have five active children of their own in the 7th grade (Rocky), 5th grade (Beau), 3rd grade (Payton), 1st grade (Olivia) and kindergarten (Gabriella).

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Warriors 4th at state X-C meet

Sat - 29 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

FORT DODGE - Josh Evans ran the fastest race of his life Saturday and one of the fastest in state history.

Unfortunately for Evans, somebody else ran faster.

Ben Anderson of West Des Moines Valley broke the state meet record and captured the Class 4A cross country title in 15 minutes, 2 seconds at the Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

Evans finished in second place in 15:10, the fifth-fastest time in state meet history.

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Wash super soph to join top Metro runners at state

Thu - 27 Oct Written by Sher Jasperse

Shannon Gorman is nervous. Mention Saturday’s state cross country meet, where she will be the lone representative from the Washington girls team, and she grimaces with tension.

“I feel sorry for people who have to deal with me the day before a meet,” she says. “I just don’t talk to anyone.”

Her coach, Lisa Nicol, is unconcerned.

“Outwardly, she doesn’t seem confident,” says Nicol, flashing a knowing smile as she describes the sophomore leader on her young team. “But as soon as the gun goes off, it all goes away and the competitor comes out. You can see the look on her face. She knows where to be on the course and what to do, and that’s something that’s difficult to coach.”

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Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2011 18:48