The Clear Creek-Amana Clippers defeated the Benton Bobcats at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
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The Clear Creek-Amana Clippers defeated the Benton Bobcats at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
Scenes from the Liberty girls’ wrestling tournament at Liberty High School in North Liberty, Iowa on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.
Spencer Lee is back to being Spencer Lee with another freestyle title. Upper Iowa with a strong showing at the Midwest Classic. Linn-Mar leads a good local performance at the Battle of Waterloo. Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ and West Branch boys’ win team titles. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Jack Foster was so unsatisfied with how his first season of varsity went that he devoted more time to clubs and competing in the offseason. He’s reaping the rewards now. Foster won the 126-pound title Saturday at the North Linn Lynx Invitational.
Linn-Mar’s boys’ basketball team was 4-0 to start this season, those wins coming by four points, three points (twice) and two points. That made a 76-63 win Friday night over previously unbeaten Iowa City West a veritable blow out.
Girls’ basketball: Bench accounts for 32 points in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 75-36 romp over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
A small group of Warriors are learning life lessons as well as skills on the mat, something to build on now and in the future.
Kurtz has produced a successful wrestling career, earning state medals in each of his first three seasons. He is ranked fourth and delivered a major decision in Class 3A No. 18 City High’s 52-24 victory over host Western Dubuque Thursday night in Mississippi Valley Conference dual.
West Delaware took on Mount Vernon in a boys’ wrestling match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.
Calling it both ways, Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder talk area high school basketball and current rankings for girls and boys basketball.
Decorah’s boys’ basketball team has high aspirations for this season. That’s seems warranted, as the Vikings return senior all-stater Ben Bockman, some other key senior pieces, the return of point guard Trey McCain, who didn’t play last season because of a torn ACL and the additions of transfer guard Zach Driscoll and 6-foot-11 sophomore Cael LaFrentz.
The Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ bowling team was state runner-up last season and hopes to take that final step in 2024.
Girls’ basketball notes: After an uncharacteristic 6-16 season last year, Iowa City High appears to be on the rebound.
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