Watch or listen to the January 5, 2023, Prep Basketball Podcast as Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder discuss the latest talking points in Iowa high school basketball.
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Watch or listen to the January 5, 2023, Prep Basketball Podcast as Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder discuss the latest talking points in Iowa high school basketball.
A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6-foot-9 Iowa City High freshman Samuel Mbingazo already is getting interest from college programs.
Girls’ basketball: Giant-slaying Linn-Mar takes down its biggest titan yet. Lions hit 14 3-pointers (eight by Zoe Kennedy) in a double-overtime conquest of No. 1 Waterloo West on Tuesday.
With a couple of freshmen and a sophomore in the starting lineup, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s girls’ basketball team has dealt with a lot of ups and a lot of downs so far this season. Tuesday night was an ‘up,’ specifically a 58-46 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys’ basketball team went into the holiday break with a 1-5 record, though it easily could have been 4-2, considering losses of one, two and three points. The Hawks found the perfect way not to lose a close game Tuesday night. It didn’t play one, blowing out Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 69-31.
3A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Iowa City Liberty 59-50 in an Iowa high school boys’ basketball game.
4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat 5A No. 12 Iowa City Liberty 67-43 in an Iowa high school girls’ basketball game.
Girls’ basketball: Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier is remarkably crisp (only five turnovers) in a 67-43 back-from-break victory over Iowa City Liberty.
Girls’ basketball season reset: North Linn looks like the area’s heaviest league-title favorite, and the race of highest intrigue, again, is the Wamac West.
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On a two-way contract, AJ Green divides his time between the Milwaukee Bucks and their NBA G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd. Thus far, he has made 12 appearances for the Bucks and is averaging 3.2 points per game. He has played eight games in the G League, with six starts, and is averaging 20.3 points.
Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s 2023 mock regional brackets.
Monticello’s boys’ basketball team has been to the state tournament three years in a row, making it to the Class 2A semifinals last season. The Panthers uncharacteristically lost two games before the holiday break, but hope a big win this week over ninth-ranked Camanche can springboard it in the new year.
Girls’ basketball notes: Chasing its first Upper Iowa Conference title since 1976, Elkader Central is 7-0 (with three postponements).
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Dec. 21): North Linn takes over the top spot; Benton Community makes a big jump.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ basketball team ran its record to 7-0 with a 55-43 win Tuesday night at Cedar Rapids Washington. The Saints will take a No. 1 ranking into the holiday break, that in Class 3A.
Paustian’s effort has paid dividends in his first two weeks of high school competition. Paustian remained unbeaten, pinning Marion’s Lucas Stearns for the 150-pound title Saturday at the Mount Vernon Invitational.
Independence crowned three champions, receiving titles from Braylen Bieber and Carter Eddy to along with Carey’s 126-pound championship and the Mustangs finished third in the team race with 307 points Saturday at home.
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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