J-Hawk sophomore placed fifth in state meet singles last year and wants to move up and take on bigger role in 2025
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J-Hawk sophomore placed fifth in state meet singles last year and wants to move up and take on bigger role in 2025
Cedar Rapids Xavier senior Jean Ngoma was the state runner-up at 215 pounds in Class 3A, earning his second state medal and posting a 38-1 record. he was voted All-Metro Athlete of the Year for boys’ wrestling.
The Cedar Rapids-Marion All-Metro boys’ basketball team has been revealed
Here is a class-by-class breakdown of the 2025 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association dropped its weekly boys’ basketball rankings Monday, as well as all postseason brackets for Class 3A and 4A. Top substate seeds belong to Decorah in 3A and Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Kennedy in 4A. Linn-Mar moved up to No. 2 in this week’s 4A poll.
Iowa City High’s Kendall Kurtz has had a successful month. He defeated Dubuque Hempstead’s MItchell Pins for the 120-pound Class 3A district wrestling title Saturday at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Kurtz enters next week’s state tournament with a 19-match win streak.
Linn-Mar’s Malik DeBow has made a habit of wrestling his best late in the season. He rolled to his third Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet title and helped the Lions claim their third MVC tournament team title in the last four seasons.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s boys’ basketball team found itself down 21 points to Cedar Rapids Washington in the second half and 16 after three quarters. But a mammoth comeback in the fourth gave the J-Hawks a stunning 65-61 win Friday night at Wash.
Top-ranked Shayden Washburn was one of four Alburnett champions Saturday at the J-Hawk Invitational hosted by Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The Pirates won the team title by 81 points over Waukee Northwest.
J-Hawk is gaining confident on the mat and will miss her school and wrestling when the season is over
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel registers 20 points and 15 rebounds, and does a more-than-adequate job defending the post in the Saints’ 50-33 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson head boys’ basketball coach Wes Burns has a deteriorating back issue. He’s supposed to take it easy, but he didn’t on the sideline Friday night. Jeff lost a home game to Davenport North, 68-50.
Gazette-area teams and bowlers to watch for the 2024-25 Iowa high school bowling season.
Pantini's talents have spread to other areas over the years. He can be heard announcing Coe football, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey and Cedar Rapids Kernels baseball, but his No. 1 priority has always been announcing for Linn-Mar.
February 4 is National Girls and Sports Day across the country. Club, youth, high school and even collegiate sports programs will be marking the day in various ways.
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