Articles Tagged: Ava Locklear

Meet The Gazette’s 2023-24 all-area high school girls’ basketball team. Clear Creek Amana’s P.J. Sweeney is the Coach of the Year. Solon’s Callie Levin is the Player of the Year.

Girls’ basketball: Callie Levin of Solon is Miss Iowa Basketball 2024, headlining a list of 13 area first-team all-staters selected by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association.

Clear Creek Amana held Waverly-Shell Rock to 14-percent shooting and rolled to the Class 4A girls’ state basketball championship, 43-25.

Top-ranked Clear Creek Amana came out a-blazing to start the second half, built an 11-point lead, then hung on for dear life at the end. The Clippers held off No. 5 North Polk, 50-48, in a 4A semifinal Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena.

Ava Locklear finished one assist short of a triple-double — 14 points, 17 rebounds, nine assists — and No. 1 Clear Creek Amana whipped Gilbert, 68-30, in a Class 4A girls’ state basketball quarterfinal at Wells Fargo Arena.

Clear Creek Amana takes a 23-0 record and a Class 4A No. 1 ranking to the state tournament, its third in the past five years. And they’re taking a different mindset than their 2020 and 2023 predecessors. Happy-to-be-there no longer flies.

Ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, Clear Creek Amana got some big moments from Lena Evans down the stretch, some big boards by both of it big girls, and held off No. 11 Marion, 66-58, in a Wamac Conference cross-division girls’ basketball game Friday night at Clear Creek Amana High School.

Girls’ basketball: Class 4A second-ranked Clear Creek Amana outscores 3A No. 1 Solon 30-3 in the final 10 1/2 minutes, earns a 58-37 Wamac cross-divisional win.

Clear Creek Amana controlled two crucial facets of the game, and a late run enabled the Class 4A second-ranked Clippers to pull away from Iowa City West, 57-45, in a non-conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday night at West High School.

Girls’ basketball 2023-24: A dozen of the top area players to watch, including returning first-team all-staters Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Kamryn Kurt of North Linn and Callie Levin of Solon.

Girls’ basketball: Benton Community’s duo of Jenna Twedt and Jeff Zittergruen headlines The Gazette’s 2022-23 all-area team.

Girls’ state basketball: North Polk’s ‘perfect storm’ sends Clear Creek Amana to a quick exit, 61-30.

Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s interior defense stymies Center Point-Urbana in a Wamac Conference West Division showdown, 55-34.

Girls’ basketball notes: Clear Creek Amana shares the ball, and shoots the ball, remarkably well on its way to a 5-1 start.

Lucy Wolf’s early outburst kept Iowa City West close, then Meena Tate took over at the end of the Iowa City West girls’ basketball team’s 61-47 win over Clear Creek Amana.