Alburnett’s boys’ basketball team went to 2-0 against River Valley Conference opponents this season with an impressive 64-37 win over Cascade at Saturday’s Wells Fargo Advisors Shootout at Coe College. The Pirates are ranked seventh in Class 2A.
Class 1A second-ranked Alburnett posted identical Tri-Rivers Conference dual wins, beating both No. 3 Lisbon and North Linn, 50-24, Thursday night at Lisbon.
Lisbon hosted an Iowa high school wrestling triangular with Alburnett and North Linn on Thursday.
Alburnett’s boys’ basketball team goes into Friday with a 10-1 record and a No. 7 ranking. That’s in a new class, as the Pirates have bumped up from 1A to 2A this season.
Waukee Northwest, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Central Lyon and Grand View Christian were your No. 1 boys’ basketball teams in the first-ever Iowa High School Athletic Association rankings, released just prior to the holidays. Monday’s second rankings see those teams stay at the top in their respective classes.
Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was extended into Monday with UNI and Iowa State’s action at the Collegiate duals in New Orleans and important news from the IGHSAU and IWCOA.
Cedar Rapids Prairie sophomore Mackenzie Childers has always possessed a love for wrestling. She has parlayed that passion into success, opening the season 20-0 with 16 pins.
United World Wrestling World Cup was another entertaining event. We peruse a few results from the weekend in college and high school wrestling.
Girls’ basketball notes: Alburnett races away in the 4th quarter, earns first win over Maquoketa Valley in nearly 16 years.
Alburnett Coach Clayton Rush has liked what he’s seen in the first week of the boys’ wrestling season. In a challenging week of competition that included two Class 3A teams in an opening triangular and a 31-team, two-day tournament, the Pirates have shown why this season was met with high expectations.
Photos from the 2022 Cliff Keen Independence Invitational.
In the Iowa high school girls’ basketball notebook: Cascade rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to shock West Liberty, 60-56. Plus, Mount Vernon went 3-0 against MVC teams.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Logan Redig posted pins in two matches, securing the Hawks’ sweep of Clear Creek Amana and host Alburnett Tuesday night.
Plenty of wrestling action surrounded Turkey Day. Iowa and UNI competed at Iowa State’s Harold Nichols Open. Upper Iowa dominated in its first dual. Waverly-Shell Rock claimed the team title at Linn-Mar. Here is a look at the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Here are seven Gazette-area teams to keep an eye on during the 2022-23 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.
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