After 21 years in Marshalltown, the two-day meet is moving to the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. The facility now will have the girls’ and boys’ state meets
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After 21 years in Marshalltown, the two-day meet is moving to the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. The facility now will have the girls’ and boys’ state meets
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’ basketball: The Gazette’s second draft of mock brackets for all five classes, all 341 teams.
Top-ranked Shayden Washburn was one of four Alburnett champions Saturday at the J-Hawk Invitational hosted by Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The Pirates won the team title by 81 points over Waukee Northwest.
The Iowa City West boys’ basketball team has lost three games, two by one point. But the Trojans are coming along, with evidence being Friday night’s 66-55 win over Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie tops Iowa City West, 65-57, is the last remaining unbeaten in MVC action.
Girls and Boys wrestlers compete in the high school wrestling duals between Kennedy Cougars and Xavier Saints.
The Bobcat senior is a leader and more confident - on and off the mat. She picked up 2 big wins in her final duals
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.
Linn-Mar’s boys’ basketball team avenged a 27-point loss from earlier this season in beating No. 1 Cedar Falls, 69-61, in a fine Thursday night game at Linn-Mar. The Lions are ranked No. 6 in Class 4A.
Cael Reichter is a 6-foot-8 senior forward for the North Fayette Valley basketball team. He has a dozen or so school records to his credit, including the marks for career scoring, rebounding and steals. And he has an ongoing streak of 32 consecutive games with a scoring-rebounding double-double.
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.
The Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs discusses Iowa’s win over Wisconsin and the upcoming dual with No. 9 Illinois. They also talk about UNI men and Iowa women winning NWCA titles, Iowa State’s lineup and high school results from last weekend and Saturday’s tournaments.
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