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The Linn-Mar boys’ basketball team knocked off Class 4A third-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy earlier this week by two points. The No. 4 Lions got another top-10 win Friday night at home, downing No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 69-57.
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.
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Here are The Gazette’s sixth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
#10 Prairie routes City High 89-64 in MVC game at Prairie
City High Little Hawks clipped by Prairie Hawks 75-59, reclaims sole possession of MVC Valley Division lead
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Cedar Rapids Prairie stays at No. 1; the shuffle among the Iowa City teams continues.
Girls’ basketball: Two toughies in two nights, and Cedar Rapids Prairie wins the first one 75-59 over Iowa City High behind 28 points from Emily Larsen.
Williamsburg is looking for fifth State Duals berth when it hosts West Liberty and Anamosa in a Class 2A regional dual Tuesday night. The Raiders are ranked third with a 27-1 record.
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.
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.
Elizabeth and Marie Burns are off to state after Friday’s regional at Jefferson as Hawks get 8 to next week’s state tournament at Xtream Arena
The state’s NCAA Division I programs struggled at home and on the road. Wartburg won the Battle of the Burgs. Alburnett won its inaugural Rivere Valley Conference tournament and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Cedar Falls remained the No. 1 team in Class 4A and Algona Garrigan the No. 1 team in 1A as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its weekly boys basketball rankings Monday. The other two top-ranked teams are new: Storm Lake in Class 3A and Carroll Kuemper in 2A.
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