Former Linn-Mar prep Kiah Stokes has won titles in high school and college and wants another in her first season with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.
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Former Linn-Mar prep Kiah Stokes has won titles in high school and college and wants another in her first season with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.
The last player from Cedar Rapids to be taken in an NBA draft will be smiling as the next one gets announced Thursday night. Russ Millard, a second-round NBA draft pick in 1996, was a big part of some big Iowa wins.
Charting all of the major area coaching moves in a wild 2022 Iowa high school girls’ basketball offseason.
Lynsey Barnard has been hired as head girls’ basketball coach at Iowa City High. She served as an assistant to Bill McTaggart in recent seasons.
In terms of name recognition, Cedar Rapids Prairie couldn’t have gone bigger with hiring Kenyon Murray as its next girls’ basketball head coach.
After 15 years as girls’ basketball coach at Iowa City West, B.J. Mayer will step down to take the athletics director post. He will succeed Craig Huegel, who is heading to Benton Community.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced Tuesday it will be solely responsible for determining postseason brackets in boys’ basketball. Coaches previously determined those via seeding meetings.
Keegan Murray's parents made Cedar Rapids their home, and soon their city will claim an NBA first-round draftee.
Frank Howell, who coached Cedar Rapids Washington girls’ basketball through “a golden age,” died Friday at age 52.
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Former Iowa men’s basketball player Matt Gatens is returning to the Hawkeyes as an assistant coach after a coaching stint at Drake.
Girls’ basketball coach Josh Bentley is leaving Cedar Rapids Prairie, accepting the principal post at Anamosa High School.
Stephanie (Rich) Dacey will return to Iowa and coach girls’ basketball at Williamsburg. She was Miss Iowa Basketball 2001 at Washington (Iowa), where she won three state championships.
Bill McTaggart said “it just felt right” to resign as Iowa City High girls’ basketball coach after 24 years.
Former Iowa State guard Aubrey Joens has picked her next school and is heading to Oklahoma.
Matt Hoeppner has been hired as girls’ basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. As far as selecting a turn-the-program-around guy, Jefferson couldn’t have done much better.
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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