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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Starmont’s Keaton Moeller dominated. Jesup’s Cooper Hinz came through in the clutch. Both won Class 1A state wrestling titles Saturday night at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
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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