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The Lions won two straight MVC Super Meets before being unseated by Cedar Rapids Prairie last season. Linn-Mar is coming off a team title at Clinton’s Bob Lueders Invitational and is one of the favorites at the MVC tournament.
Clear Lake took over the top spot in Class 3A in the latest Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings, released Monday. The other No. 1s remain the same: Cedar Falls in 4A, Western Christian in 2A and Bellevue Marquette in 1A.
Girls’ basketball: Tom Lilly Appreciation Night is another winning night for Cedar Rapids Xavier. Saints get a stern test from Cedar Rapids Washington before prevailing, 73-62.
Girls’ basketball notes: At 15-0, Maquoketa Valley is the area’s last area unbeaten. Wildcats are allowing only 32.2 points per game.
Here are The Gazette’s fourth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
Despite being defending state champion, advancing to a state championship game seven years in a row and having one of the top players in the state in his class (Mason Bechen), North Linn was left out of the first couple of the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Class 1A poll after a 20-point loss to Dunkerton a couple of weeks ago. The Lynx are back in this week for the first time this season at No. 10. All of the No. 1s remain the same in Cedar Falls, Huxley Ballard, Western Christian and Bellevue Marquette.
Girls and Boys wrestlers compete in the high school wrestling duals between Kennedy Cougars and Xavier Saints.
Cedar Rapids Xavier broke open the boys’ wrestling dual with seven straight wins and topped Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 52-14, Thursday night at Ron Thillen Gymnasium. Kennedy won the girls’ dual, 72-6.
Here are The Gazette’s third 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Olympic silver medalist announced Monday that he will wrestle Japan World champion Masanosuke Ono in Flowrestling Feb. 26 at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Iowa men dominate, UNI men and Iowa women win NWCA National Duals and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Cedar Falls remained atop Class 4A in the second Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings of the season. Huxley Ballard (3A), Western Christian (2A) and Bellevue Marquette (1A) stay at No. 1 in their respective classes, as well.
Here are The Gazette’s second 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
Here is The Gazette’s first 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
The Hawkeyes trailed by as many as 18 points against Illinois, but failed to complete the comeback for a second-straight game.
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.
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