Girls’ basketball: Balance and depth (again) are cornerstones in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 10th straight win, 72-25 over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
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Girls’ basketball: Balance and depth (again) are cornerstones in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 10th straight win, 72-25 over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
Sophomore Kiersten Swart and junior Libby Dix wrestle on opposite sides of the lineup for the Mount Vernon Mustangs. This season, the dynamic duo is quite similar. Their records are nearly identical — Swart’s is 29-3, while Dix 29-1.
West Delaware received a pin from Brent Yonkovic and major decision from Jeryn Funke in the final two matches to edge rival Independence, 29-28, in a boys’ wrestling dual. The Mustangs won the girls’ dual, 42-33, securing the victory with Izzy Strickert’s pin.
The West Delaware Hawks defeated the Independence Mustangs 29-28 in a boys’ wrestling dual at Independence High School on Thursday.
The Call It Both Ways podcast is back with weekly high school basketball topics, including the Mount Vernon girls' rise from a one-win season to a No. 1 ranking, schedule changes, participation numbers, Eric Dettbarn's 500-win career and more.
Jason Dumont said he was retiring from football when he announced he was stepping down as head coach at Iowa City Regina in early November. The retirement didn’t last long, as he has been named head football coach at West Liberty, the school said Thursday.
Girls’ basketball notes: Three years after a 1-20 campaign, Mount Vernon has climbed to a No. 1 ranking in Class 3A, thanks to a come-from-behind win over archrival Solon on Tuesday.
Eric Dettbarn remembers eating supper one night in his small Monona home with his wife and legendary college basketball coach Roy Williams. It’s just one memory in a 38-year boys’ basketball coaching career at MFL MarMac that included picking up his 500th-career victory Tuesday night when his team beat Postville.
Weather wiped out much of the wrestling schedule in Iowa last week, but there still are plenty of topics to discuss on this week’s episode of the Pinning Combination, including Iowa’s impressive win over Nebraska and Ben Kueter’s debut.
Miranda Nolte, a senior and 2023 state qualifier, hopes future generations of Saints can share the same enjoyment in the Cedar Rapids Xavier bowling program she’s had. With the scores Nolte and the Saints are putting up this season, there’s reason to believe her legacy will live on.
West Delaware’s Jeff Voss became just the eighth coach in Iowa high school wrestling history to reach 500 career dual wins.
Kadyn Proctor, the former five-star offensive line recruit from Southeast Polk High School and ex-Iowa commit, has entered the transfer portal after one year at Alabama.
Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Snow, wind and cold limit the schedule. Cedar Rapids Prairie climbs to No. 4.
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