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.
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.
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.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier tops Sioux City Heelan in 4A 1-vs.-2 showdown, 62-54; Tom Lilly earns career win No. 600.
Girls’ basketball: Newell-Fonda pulls away late, defeats West Liberty at Rivalry Saturday, 79-57. Kelsey Joens scores 33 in her debut with the Comets.
Girls’ basketball: Slow start, 25-percent shooting cost Iowa City Liberty in a 46-35 loss to No. 3 Ankeny Centennial.
Photos from Mount Vernon’s girls’ basketball win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Rivalry Saturday 2022.
Clear Creek Amana beat Williamsburg, 59-26, in a Rivalry Saturday girls’ basketball game at Kirkwood Community College.
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s Ava Locklear flirts with a triple double (16 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) in a 59-26 romp over Williamsburg.
Girls’ basketball Delaney Scherf drives the baseline repeatedly in a 20-point effort; veteran Elkader Central tops Maquoketa Valley at Rivalry Saturday, 48-40.
Girls’ basketball: Trailing midway through the third quarter, Mount Vernon dominates late and pounds Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 56-30, at Rivalry Saturday.
Tyler Hilton has improved so much since a year ago. The 6-foot-8 Linn-Mar senior boys’ basketball player is averaging 25 points in his team’s first three games this season and had a mammoth 26-point, 23-rebound game Friday night as his Lions beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 67-59, at Linn-Mar.
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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.