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Here are nine golfers and four teams to watch for the upcoming Class 4A season. Competition begins Thursday with the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet at South Hills Golf Course in Waterloo.

Linn-Mar senior Christian Cloyd has made steady improvement each season. The two-time state qualifier will attempt to make his final season his best.

Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp shot even-par 72 in the second round for a 141 total, winning third title at the Class 4A state golf meet Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City.

Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp fired 1-under 71 to claim medalist honors at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet on Monday at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls. Host Cedar Falls won a tiebreaker over Cedar Rapids Washington and Cedar Rapids Xavier for the team title.

Western Dubuque’s Brock Wilson fired a 1-under 71 for medalist honors at the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi divisional boys’ golf meet Monday at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion. Linn-Mar led from start to finish for the team crown.

Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp hasn’t rested on her pasted accomplishments since winning last year’s Class 4A state golf title. She has focused on areas of improvement, so she turned to weight training to help gain distance on the course.

Sophomore Samantha Becker registered 23 points, 12 rebounds and four steals, and her series of fourth-quarter free throws sent the Warriors past Class 4A No. 15 Western Dubuque, 58-48, in a matchup of two teams vastly improved from a year ago.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Reid Hall said he hasn’t had the best season, but the junior earned his second straight MVC Valley Division Player of the Year honor with a medalist performance, while Linn-Mar captured its first divisional crown under head coach Chris James. Cedar Falls swept the Mississippi Division.

Class 4A and 3A teams begin Iowa high school girls’ golf postseason play as final-round regional meets for all classes are set for Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Addie Berg claimed medalist honors at the CRANDIC girls’ golf meet, firing a 2-under 61 on her home course of Airport National. She tied the course’s best round by a female golfer set by Patricia Martinson in 1996.

Last year’s girls’ basketball regional-final loss fuels Hannah Stuelke and Cedar Rapids Washington.

Regional results: Tatum Depuydt earns medalist honors at Brown Deer

The Linn-Mar senior broke par for the first time, shooting 2-under 61 for medalist honors Monday in the final round of Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi divisional play. Western Dubuque won the team title, while LIberty’s Bella Pettersen earns Player of the Year honor