I.C. West’s Hayden Hakes leads in three events, Linn-Mar’s Parker Macho in two and teammate Hudson Huberg leads in one
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I.C. West’s Hayden Hakes leads in three events, Linn-Mar’s Parker Macho in two and teammate Hudson Huberg leads in one
Prairie Hawks’ staunch second half defense key to 48-39 win over City High Little Hawks. Prairie held City High to only 12 second half points.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Brent Bercerra missed last season due to injury. He is focused to utilize every moment of this season. Becerra posted a comeback win in the Cougars’ 44-27 dual win over Newton.
Girls’ basketball: No. 5 Prairie gets it done at the end, tops No. 9 City High, 48-39. Hawks hold their hosts to 12 second-half points.
Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s first draft of mock brackets for all five classes, all 341 teams.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released its first official boys’ basketball rankings of the 2024-25 season. Your No. 1 teams are Cedar Falls, Huxley Ballard, Western Christian and Bellevue Marquette.
University of Northern Iowa posted a signature win over Nebraska Sunday at the McLeod Center. Iowa City High claimed Zimmerman Invitational title. Clear Creek Amana boys’, Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ earn runner-up finishes in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team lost Friday night at home to Cedar Rapids Prairie and had a very tough opponent Saturday night in the ServPro Crossover Challenge at Alliant Energy PowerHouse. But Trey McKowen scored 31 points, including the first five of overtime, as the Cougars picked up a good 64-61 win over Johnston.
Kennedy Cougars win in overtime against the Johnston Dragons in boy’s basketball Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
Girls’ basketball: 3A-vs.-2A top-five showdown is all Mount Vernon, 80-34 over Iowa City Regina. Mustangs shoot 64.2 percent from the floor, and hold the Regals to less than half of their typical scoring output.
Iowa City West rolled to a win at Saturday’s ServPro Crossover Challenge, while Iowa City Liberty and Dubuque Senior lost.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys’ basketball team upset Cedar Rapids Kennedy on Friday night but a mere 14 hours later fell to Ames, 60-38, Saturday at ServPro Crossover Challenge
Linn-Mar’s boys’ basketball team definitely belongs somewhere in Class 4A’s top 10. But the Lions dropped one at the ServPro Crossover Challenge to Ankeny on Saturday, 61-55, in part due to the absence of point guard Trey Wright (flu) and not getting the ball inside enough to star Davis Kern.
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