Twins Kris and Keegan Murray, about to reunite in the NBA this week, were surrounded by plenty of fine athletes in high school at Cedar Rapids Prairie.
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Twins Kris and Keegan Murray, about to reunite in the NBA this week, were surrounded by plenty of fine athletes in high school at Cedar Rapids Prairie.
A record-setting rookie season in the NBA hasn’t changed AJ Green. The Cedar Falls native and former two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year at Northern Iowa remains as tirelessly committed to his craft and as plain spoken as he was when he was living in his hometown and playing for the Panthers.
Iowa City Regina announced Monday that it has hired Paul Rundquist to be its new boys’ head basketball coach. Rundquist spent the past five seasons as co-head coach at Iowa City West and won a state championship with Mount Pleasant in 2012.
Prep basketball: Rule change makes the bonus quarterly and eliminates the one-and-one.
Cedar Rapids Prairie announced Tuesday that it has hired Todd Kuntz to lead its varsity boys’ basketball program. Kuntz comes to Prairie from Dunkerton, where he had a state tournament team this past season.
Ashley Joens has only been in Texas for a few weeks, but the second-round pick of the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA Draft already is making a strong impression on her new teammates.
Even Brauns is returning to Iowa City, as a scholarship player for the Iowa men’s basketball team. A power forward, he started 30 games last season for Belmont.
Inside Carolina reported Wednesday that Linn-Mar High graduate Marcus Paige is expected to become the North Carolina men’s basketball program’s director of team and player development for head coach Hubert Davis.
Keegan Murray of Cedar Rapids Prairie and the University of Iowa was fifth in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting, announced Tuesday.
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Sixteen boys’ basketball teams, most of them from the Mississippi Valley Conference and Central Iowa Metro League, will participate in the inaugural MVC-CIML Showdown. It’s a two-date event in January, with teams playing at an undetermined site in the Des Moines area and a full day of games at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.
Mount Vernon graduate Keaton Kutcher contemplated joining the Illinois men’s basketball program as a walk-on after his all-state prep career. He ended up at South Dakota for two years, but will transfer to play for the Illini.
Girls’ basketball: Two games have been announced for Rivalry Saturday, and both are dandies: Dike-New Hartford vs. Solon, North Linn vs. Clear Creek Amana.
Heather Heddens’ high school heroics came on the court in the 1970s when girls played six-on-six basketball. The game changed to 5-on-5, full-court basketball in 1994, but the enthusiasm the sport stirs among Iowans remains the same.
Cedar Rapids’ Keegan Murray has an NBA rookie record 188 3-pointers for a Sacramento Kings team headed for the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
A fabulous 15. Here is The Gazette’s area boys’ basketball team for 2023. Colby Dolphin of Cedar Rapids Kennedy is our player of the year. Kennedy’s Jon McKowen the coach of the year.
Cael Kongshaug is in his first season as a varsity starting quarterback and is beginning to realize the potential many believed he’s had since he was younger. The Cedar Rapids Prairie junior has led the Hawks to a 2-0 record and No. 5 ranking in Class 5A.
Nelson Brands is an accomplished wrestler, winning three state titles and All-American honors in high school and college. He also trained under Hall of Fame coaches. Brands will bring those experiences to his new role as Iowa City Regina boys’ head wrestling coach.
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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