
Reina Garcia
Sports Director at WOI-TV (Des Moines, IA)
Sports Director at @weareiowa5news | @cccredravens ‘16 | @kstatejmc ‘18 | Topeka native 🌻 | 📧 [email protected]
Articles
-
3 days ago |
weareiowa.com | Reina Garcia
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Buccaneers have found a new head coach. They announced on Monday that Derek Damon will be taking over as the 18th head coach in team history. "I feel like I can bring the ability to relate to these players," Damon said. "I like to think of myself as a coach that's very relatable to the players.
-
1 week ago |
weareiowa.com | Reina Garcia
BOONE, Iowa — The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) softball team is a JUCO powerhouse. The Bears have reached the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II World Series 11 times in the last 12 years. But they're also known for producing elite slappers. "Slappers are left-handed hitters who we move through the box as we hit, and we use it to our advantage to try to throw off defenses," DMACC sophomore outfielder Breanna Caffery said.
-
1 week ago |
weareiowa.com | Reina Garcia
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — University of Northern Iowa's Hunter Manock and Carter Morton are having the best year of their careers. During the indoor season, they helped lead UNI to the Missouri Valley Conference team title. Morton took home the MVC title in the triple jump, long jump and high jump. He was also named the Most Valuable Athlete and Most Outstanding Field Athlete of the meet. Manock won UNI's first indoor conference title in the men's 60-meter hurdles since 2022.
-
2 weeks ago |
weareiowa.com | Reina Garcia
DES MOINES, Iowa — Just a couple of years ago, Drake defensive line coach Joe Evans was terrorizing quarterbacks and wreaking havoc in the backfield at Iowa. Now, he's teaching the Bulldog defensive linemen to do the same in his first-ever coaching job. "I feel like I can relate to them because I really just got out of college a couple years ago, so being able to relate to them in that way is pretty is pretty special," Evans said. Evans' resume as a player speaks for itself.
-
2 weeks ago |
weareiowa.com | Reina Garcia
DES MOINES, Iowa — They say the best way to learn something is to go out and do it. That's what students in Drake's leadership, education and development (LEAD) minor program are doing this semester by coaching the St. Anthony track and field team.
Journalists covering the same region

Suzie Glassman
Politics, Education Reporter and Health Writer at Freelance
Suzie Glassman primarily covers news in Denver, Colorado, United States and surrounding areas including Aurora and Boulder.
Isabella Benson
Reporter at KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE)
Isabella Benson primarily covers news in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and surrounding areas.

Patrick Mueller
Digital Producer at KGTV-TV (San Diego, CA)
Patrick Mueller primarily covers news in Denver, Colorado, United States and surrounding areas.
Emily Rodz
Editor at 303 Magazine
Emily Rodz primarily covers news in Denver, Colorado, United States and surrounding areas.

Joanne Davidson
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Joanne Davidson primarily covers news in Denver, Colorado, United States and surrounding areas.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 1K
- Tweets
- 4K
- DMs Open
- Yes