Marquette welcomed the No. 5 team in 2A to the Marquette Education Center (MEC) last Thursday night. Lisbon set the tone early in set one with offensive firepower and a 2-5 lead. Errors and a solo block for Marquette's Megan Kremer brought the score back to 5-6. A serving error and an ace ga…

The Bellevue Comet Volleyball Team is now 17-5 after defeating Marquette 2-0 last Saturday at the annual Marquette Tournament. Last Thursday, the Lady Comets were also victorious against Maquoketa and the week prior defeated Anamosa 3-0 as well.

The Marquette squad had their first conference matchup at home, facing the River Hawks of Easton Valley High School. Easton Valley ran out to a big lead early, 0-8 fueled by strong serving and Marquette miscues. Marquette then settled in and used scrappy play to keep the score at an 8 point …

Bellevue’s defense kept North Cedar scoreless, while Comet quartberback Hunter Putman threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a fourth, as the Comet football team shut out North Cedar, 48-0 last Friday on the road.

Marquette welcomed the Irish of Prince of Peace to the MEC for a Hawaiian-theme senior night. Marquette honored 7 fall sport athletes and managers. The home team came out firing on cylinders but the Irish met their intensity leading to a 6-6 tie in set 1. Prince of Peace then ran off 3 strai…

Payton Griebel (17:01) ran to an overall first place finish as the Bellevue Cross Country team hosted the 2022 Comet Invitational meet last Monday.

The Marquette Cross Country teams traveled to the Midland Invite at Little Bear Country Club in Wyoming last Monday on an altered course due to wet spots to take on Easton Valley, Northeast, North Cedar, Midland, and West Liberty. The boys squad saw a nice finish for their first team score o…

THE team champions for Mens Thursday Night League at the Bellevue Golf Club for 2022 are pictured above. From left are Ron Besch, Bob Lucke, Peter Lucke and Marty Sheehy.  The team has won a record three league championships in the past 5 years.

Maquoketa Valley defeated Bellevue 22-20 in an extremely close football contest at Delhi last Friday night which included several two-point conversion attempts.

This past Thursday, Marquette made the trek to Cedar Rapids to face the Huskies of Cedar Valley Christian School.

The Bellevue Comets couldn’t quite seem to get into gear on the gridiron  at home last Friday, losing their second contest of the 2022 season to a high-scoring North Linn squad, 13-48.

In a Tri-Rivers cross divisional matchup, the Marquette varsity squad took on the Lynx of North Linn last Thursday. An experienced Lynx squad rushed out to an 11-1 lead on the young Marquette team.

The Bellevue boys cross country team, with a deep returning squad, took the Bellevue Twilight Run title easily, with Maquoketa finishing second in the team race. The Comets finished with four runners in the top five finishers.

Marquette played its home contest of the season against Tri-Rivers West opponent, the Starmont Stars. Backed by a raucous construction-themed crowd, the home team found themselves with a quick 4-0 lead behind a couple aces from Senior Elise Kilburg. Starmont tied the set 1 at 8 after a 4 point run.

The Bellevue Comet football team traveled to Arlington for the second game of the 2022 football season last Friday night, and rode home singing the victory song with a 33-30 victory in hand.

 The summer of 2022 has been quite busy at the Bellevue Golf Course; and there are some newsworthy achievements that officials passed along to the Herald-Leader.

Perfect weather, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Bellevue Comet Football program, brought joy to local high school football fans during last Friday’s season opener against Northeast-Goose Lake, even though the Comets were defeated 28-56.

A young Marquette Catholic volleyball team began their varsity season in Miles, IA at the Easton Valley Volleyball Tournament. Marquette opened the tournament against traditional power Wilton. The Beavers (currently ranked 8th in class 2A (Bound Power Index) took control early and never look…

The Bellevue Braves defeated Rickardsville 7-2  At Bernard over the weekend.

The Bellevue Comet volleyball team opened the 2022-23 season by hosting the Easton Valley River Hawks and scoring a victory.

Reed Stumpf led the Bellevue Braves past Balltown, 7-2, in the championship game of the Rickardsville Semi-pro Tournament this past weekend.

Marquette High School’s baseball and softball All-Conference and All-District selections have been released. The following student-athletes made the list.

The Marquette baseball team took down a fine East Buchanan team by a score of 11-9 to claim a victory in Tri Rivers Conference play on Monday, June 20 at Cole Park.

After several weeks and about 16 games, the Bellevue Comets notched their first win of the 2022 season with a 5-3 victory over West Branch.

Cam Templeton came to Cole Park and meant business on Monday, June 13, tallying four hits and leading Marquette to a 6-2 win over Central City.

Marquette’s Boys of Summer swept a double header Thursday, June 9 at Cal-Wheat.

The Bellevue Braves advanced to the Championship game of the Louis F. Jess Annual Baseball Tournament in Bellevue last Friday by getting past Rickardsville 7-5. Lead off hitter for the Braves, Isaac Sturm, went 2x2 with a sacrifice and a

Key West defeated the Bellevue Braves this past Sunday to take the Louis Jess Tournament Championship 9-1.

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Bellevue distance runner Payton Griebel shaved a full 10 seconds off his state-meet time from last year’s State Track Meet in the Class 1A 3200 meter event to place fourth Thursday with a time of 9:48.26. Griebel also placed second in the 1600 meter event in a time of 4:30.50. Both times wer…

24th- Casey Tath 200M dash-25.18

Marquette’s Allison Kettmann ran the best time of her high school career by more than a second in the 400m hurdles (1:06.98) to finish in 4th at the 2022 State Track meet last weekend at Drake University in Des Moines.

Bellevue-Marquette Catholic shut out  Maquoketa in post season soccer action last week at Felderman Park.

The Bellevue Comet baseball team dropped a pair of games to Cal-Wheatland last Tuesday, 12-1 and 10–3.

Two highly-skilled Bellevue archers shot at the National Archery in the School Program (NASP) National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky this past weekend.

Both of Bellevue’s high school track programs - Marquette Catholic and Bellevue High School, walked away from last week’s conference track meets with several school records and personal bests.

The Bellevue-Marquette Soccer teams had a busy week on the field last week, with a mix of wins and losses for the both girls and boys varsity teams. Following are the results.

Bellevue native Ann Schroeder, one of the first women in the Midwest to referee high school and college basketball games, was recently inducted into the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame.

Clayton Ridge barely defeated Bellevue Marquette, 2-1, in a spring soccer shootout last Friday at Felderman Park.

Bellevue native and University of Dubuque Head Coach Robbie Sieverding was recently named the 2021-22 American Rivers Conference All-Conference Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year as voted on by the league’s head coaches:

On March 5 and 6, Bellevue Archery participated in the annual National Archery in the Schools (NASP) State Tournament held in Des Moines at the State Fairgrounds.

The Bellevue Comets 5th Grade Basketball Team has been together during the past five years, since they were 7 years old.  

Colton Heim, a senior at Bellevue High School, was recently honored as the 2022

The River Valley Conference Basketball All-Conference selections from the 2022 conference teams, and specifically those from Bellevue are as follows Mariah Hueneke, Ka’Lynn DeShaw, Kalesia DeShaw, and Teegan Humphrey (Honorable Mention).