Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Dec. 7): Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Xavier, North Linn remain 1-2-3; Decorah jumps into the top 5; Solon and Cascade make their first appearance of the season.
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Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Dec. 7): Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Xavier, North Linn remain 1-2-3; Decorah jumps into the top 5; Solon and Cascade make their first appearance of the season.
Girls’ basketball: Linn-Mar clicks in all areas in a 63-42 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Lions rule the glass and distribute 19 assists.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team is defending Class 1A state champions and has played in a state title game an unprecedented five years in a row. The Lynx lost three starters to graduation, including all-state point guard Austin Hilmer. Yet, as a 65-51 win over Dyersville Beckman proved Monday night, this Lynx team remains really, really good.
Girls’ basketball: Aaliyah Beier’s early shooting barrage stakes 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier to an 18-point lead, then a late (and correct) shot-clock call clinches the Saints’ 56-50 win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 56-50 in an Iowa high school girls’ basketball game.
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.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Nov. 30): Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Xavier, North Linn remain 1-2-3; Center Point-Urbana, Clear Creek Amana leap into the top 5.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team returned a pair of all-state guards this season. But an 82-37 win Tuesday night over Marion proved these Cougars have a lot more players to go with Kenzie Reed and Colby Dolphin.
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.
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Noah Johnson transferred from Linn-Mar and scored a game-high 19 points in Washington’s 58-33 season-opening win Monday night over Mount Pleasant. The Warriors’ four other starters have played together for multiple years.
Here is a quick look at each of the conferences involving Gazette-area boys’ basketball teams. And our predicted winner for each.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team qualified for last year’s state tournament, upending Waukee Northwest in the first round before falling to champion Ames in the semifinals. With the dynamic guard court of Kenzie Reed and Colby Dolphin back, the Cougars have high expectations for 2022-23.
Girls’ basketball: 3A top-10 teams Center Point-Urbana and Benton Community play the lowest-scoring game in Rivalry Saturday history. Stormin’ Pointers win it, 27-22.
Girls’ basketball: 16-point lead melts to 2 in the final minutes, but North Linn holds off Vinton-Shellsburg, 63-56, at Rivalry Saturday.
See photos as the Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors hosted the Clinton River Kings for an Iowa high school football game at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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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