Since 2000, the well-known Bohannon brothers of Marion carried on a tradition of ringing in the new year by shooting hoops right at midnight. The 25th year of that tradition saw the family be extended to youths in the area.
The final area girls’ basketball unbeaten? That will be determined next Tuesday. This Tuesday marks the first night of January action for some teams. Here’s a look at area conference races as we resume.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is likely to announce its girls’ basketball regional pairings in mid- to late January. Here is The Gazette’s first version of mock pairings ... all five classes, all 346 teams.
It’s been almost two years since Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys’ basketball team has won two games in a row. The Hawks accomplished that Friday night with an 81-58 victory over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Girls’ basketball Super Ten: The final one before the holidays has the same top five as last week -- Clear Creek Amana, North Linn, Mount Vernon, Solon and Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Girls’ basketball: Grace Fincham scores 33 points, helps Iowa City West push past Iowa City High late, 63-57.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its first official boys’ basketball rankings of the 2023-24 season Friday. No. 1 teams include Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Decorah and North Linn.
Prep basketball area rankings, news and more from Linder and Johnson on this week’s Iowa Prep Sports podcast.
The MVC-CIML Crossover Shootout event is January 6 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids. It features seven games, most of them pitting a school from the Central Iowa Metro League against one from either the Mississippi Valley Conference or Mississippi Athletic Conference
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Girls’ basketball notes: Increased delegation, uncanny depth are driving Cedar Rapids Prairie upward.
Cedar Rapids Washington’s boys’ basketball program graduated virtually all of its top players from last season, with this season’s team filled with very inexperienced varsity players. But those guys have formed a 5-2 record so far, including a 56-51 overtime win Tuesday night at Cedar Rapids Xavier.
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana doesn’t commit a first-half turnover, and an early defensive switch sends the Clippers to a 67-42 win over Benton Community.
The Clear Creek-Amana Clippers defeated the Benton Bobcats at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
Linn-Mar’s boys’ basketball team was 4-0 to start this season, those wins coming by four points, three points (twice) and two points. That made a 76-63 win Friday night over previously unbeaten Iowa City West a veritable blow out.
Girls’ basketball: Bench accounts for 32 points in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 75-36 romp over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
And then, fittingly, there were two still standing in 2A: Alburnett’s top-seeded Eaghan Fleshman and Solon’s second-seeded Lucas Feuerbach — until Fleshman stuck a takedown in overtime to mine gold, 4-1, Saturday night at the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling meet at the Casey’s Center.
Photos from the Class 1A, 2A and 3A championship matches during the 2026 IHSAA boys’ state wrestling tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
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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