Articles Tagged: Center Point-Urbana High School

Lots of talented individuals and teams aim to get back to state tournament

The Gazette is proud to announce the third annual Excellence in the Arts event recognizing outstanding student achievement in grades 9-12 throughout Eastern Iowa.

Girls’ basketball: Benton Community has one big upset under its belt; now No. 1 Mount Vernon awaits in a Class 3A regional final.

Stormin' Pointers top Tipton 56-38 in Regional Semifinals

Girls’ basketball: Center Point-Urbana forces Tipton into 30 turnovers in a Class 3A regional-semifinal win, 56-38. Stormin’ Pointers will face No. 2 Dubuque Wahlert on Saturday with a state trip on the line.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Wednesday in Class 5A and 4A regional quarterfinals and Class 3A regional semifinals.

Center Point-Urbana’s boys’ basketball team lost its first 10 games last season, but a return of several key players and offseason work turned the Stormin’ Pointers into a team this season that has virtually doubled its win total and won the Wamac Conference East Division championship.

Girls’ basketball notes: With the aunt-niece duo of Coach Stephanie Dacey and senior Carly Rich leading the way, Williamsburg is on the brink of the Wamac Conference West Division championship.

Girls’ basketball: The Wamac East is ‘one of the most competitive leagues in the state, and the records prove it.’ All six teams are above .500 overall.

Center Point-Urbana Stormin’ Pointers visit Mount Vernon Mustangs for boy’s basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

Girl’s Basketball Center Point-Urbana Stormin’ Pointers take on the Mount Vernon Mustangs at Mount Vernon High School on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

Girls’ basketball: All five starters hit double figures, and 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon tops Center Point-Urbana, 68-41.

Girls’ basketball: A downhill slope remains slippery in terms of participation in Iowa. Six schools, including Central City, aren’t playing a varsity schedule, and last year’s statewide number of 6,179 is a 38-percent decrease from 2007-08.

The Gazette’s 2024 all-area volleyball team: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester repeats as player of the year; Mustangs Coach Maggie Willems is coach of the year.

At this time last year, Center Point-Urbana junior Tara Crowley was a newbie to the sport of wrestling. Fast forward to now. Crowley kicked off her 2024-2025 campaign with back-to-back falls in Tuesday night’s triangular.