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
The fifth-ranked Cougars put the clamps and pulled away from Davenport North in the second quarter, rolling to a 62-34 victory for the Class 4A Substate 6 championship Tuesday night at Kennedy. It is the Cougars fourth straight state berth.
Cougars focus on hitting spares to win Class 3A crown in Waterloo
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its final rankings Monday afternoon for Class 3A and 4A. Cedar Falls and Clear Lake are the final No. 1s.
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.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released boys’ basketball rankings Monday. 38 of the 40 teams in last week’s poll remain this week, with some changing of positions.
Sigourney-Keota’s Reanah Utterback left an indelible mark on wrestling in Iowa. She dominated her way to another title, pinning through another state tournament bracket at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state wrestling tournament.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Ella Brown has seen her title hopes end in the semifinal round in the past. This time the Cougars’ senior 235-pounder left no doubt to become the school’s first state finalist.
Cedar Rapids Prairie senior Mackenzie Childers was a state champion in 2023. A concussion forced her to default from last year’s event. She’s back and in the 130-pounds semifinals with a shot at another title.
Mason Matson hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:01 left, as his Linn-Mar boys’ basketball team beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 67-65, Tuesday night at Kennedy. The Lions came in ranked fourth in Class 4A, and Kennedy third.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association’s latest boys’ basketball rankings were released Monday. Four of the eight schools in the Metro are in the top 10 of their respective classes, including three in Class 4A.
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