Here are boys’ basketball standings for Gazette-area schools and conferences. These are through Thursday, Feb. 27.
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Here are boys’ basketball standings for Gazette-area schools and conferences. These are through Thursday, Feb. 27.
The Decorah boys’ basketball team is 13-1 and ranked second in Class 3A. The Vikings, who made it to the state tournament semifinals last season, are led by what Coach Jonathan Carlson calls their Batman and Robin: senior guard Zach Driscoll and junior center Cael LaFrentz, who average 50 points per game between them.
Girls’ basketball notes: With the aunt-niece duo of Coach Stephanie Dacey and senior Carly Rich leading the way, Williamsburg is on the brink of the Wamac Conference West Division championship.
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Despite Tuesday loss, Cedar Rapids Prairie stays at No. 1. Iowa City High, Cedar Rapids Xavier climb a spot to 4th and 5th.
The Cedar Rapids Prairie boys’ basketball team seemed to announced their impending arrival to everyone in Class 4A earlier this season when it upset Cedar Rapids Kennedy. A 71-70, double-overtime win Tuesday night over top-ranked Cedar Falls might just show that the Hawks have indeed arrived.
Prairie Hawks win a double overtime thriller 71-70. Take down #1 Cedar Falls Tigers
Clear Lake took over the top spot in Class 3A in the latest Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings, released Monday. The other No. 1s remain the same: Cedar Falls in 4A, Western Christian in 2A and Bellevue Marquette in 1A.
This Hillcrest Academy boys’ basketball team has a 15-1 record after a big 48-45 win Friday night over WACO at Wayland, avenging the Ravens’ only loss this season. That was head coach Dwight Gingerich’s 753rd career victory in 43 years, which places him fourth all time in the state of Iowa.
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Photos from the CR Washington vs. Xavier girls’ and boys’ basketball games at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday Jan. 24, 2025.
Girls’ basketball: Tom Lilly Appreciation Night is another winning night for Cedar Rapids Xavier. Saints get a stern test from Cedar Rapids Washington before prevailing, 73-62.
This is the first of a two-year sharing agreement between HLV High School and Tri-County High Schols for their athletics programs. There are 24 kids out for boys’ basketball, with the varsity team owning a 7-6 record, more than the schools had combined on their own last season. In this case, sharing has meant winning.
Girls’ basketball notes: At 15-0, Maquoketa Valley is the area’s last area unbeaten. Wildcats are allowing only 32.2 points per game.
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.
Wolves rally from 16 points down to 19-point margin to win 65-46 over Mustangs
Girls basketball: Rowan Jacobi posts 44 points, 16 rebounds in her home-court finale, a 63-37 Class 1A regional-semifinal win over Lone Tree.
These wounds matter. These nicks, cuts and abrasions are fully earned. And all Mount Vernon’s top-ranked and unbeaten 157-pound senior needed to do to reveal their deeper meaning was calmly raise his forefinger to indicate there’s merely one more match to win to finally join two of his older brothers as a state champion.
Seventh-ranked Linn-Mar fell to No. 1 Waukee Northwest , 3-2, in the Class 3A girls’ state soccer championship at the Cyclone Sports Complex in Ames, Iowa Saturday, June 7, 2025.
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