Cedar Rapids Prairie two-time state runner-up Blake Gioimo enters his senior campaign ranked third and is trying to cap his career with a state title.
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Cedar Rapids Prairie two-time state runner-up Blake Gioimo enters his senior campaign ranked third and is trying to cap his career with a state title.
Here is a quick look at each of the conferences involving Gazette-area boys’ basketball teams. And our predicted winner for each.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team qualified for last year’s state tournament, upending Waukee Northwest in the first round before falling to champion Ames in the semifinals. With the dynamic guard court of Kenzie Reed and Colby Dolphin back, the Cougars have high expectations for 2022-23.
13 area all-state selections return from last season
Girls’ basketball: 3A top-10 teams Center Point-Urbana and Benton Community play the lowest-scoring game in Rivalry Saturday history. Stormin’ Pointers win it, 27-22.
Girls’ basketball: 16-point lead melts to 2 in the final minutes, but North Linn holds off Vinton-Shellsburg, 63-56, at Rivalry Saturday.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier tops Sioux City Heelan in 4A 1-vs.-2 showdown, 62-54; Tom Lilly earns career win No. 600.
Girls’ basketball: Newell-Fonda pulls away late, defeats West Liberty at Rivalry Saturday, 79-57. Kelsey Joens scores 33 in her debut with the Comets.
Girls’ basketball: Slow start, 25-percent shooting cost Iowa City Liberty in a 46-35 loss to No. 3 Ankeny Centennial.
Photos from Mount Vernon’s girls’ basketball win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Rivalry Saturday 2022.
Clear Creek Amana beat Williamsburg, 59-26, in a Rivalry Saturday girls’ basketball game at Kirkwood Community College.
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s Ava Locklear flirts with a triple double (16 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) in a 59-26 romp over Williamsburg.
Girls’ basketball Delaney Scherf drives the baseline repeatedly in a 20-point effort; veteran Elkader Central tops Maquoketa Valley at Rivalry Saturday, 48-40.
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