Senior has won 2 Wamac title and earned 2 trips to state, but she wants more in her final season
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Senior has won 2 Wamac title and earned 2 trips to state, but she wants more in her final season
The first half of the high school boys’ wrestling season is complete. Wrestlers have just five weeks before the postseason. Teams and individual performances have highlighted the opening weeks. Here are five notable performances before the holiday break.
Here are boys’ basketball standings from schools and conferences from The Gazette area.
The Battle of Waterloo didn’t disappoint and Alburnett left with a runner-up finish to Class 3A power southeast Polk. Iowa State competed at the Collegiate Duals. Cornell, Luther impressed at the Gator Boots Duals in Tennessee and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Maquoketa Valley makes the jump of the week after ending North Linn’s 32-game win streak Friday.
Xavier Saints visited Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors in a boy’s basketball game
The Saints defeated the Warriors in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ basketball team lost for the first time this season when Waterloo West beat it in overtime Tuesday night. There was no hangover from that loss Friday night, as the Saints beat up Cedar Rapids Washington.
Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ basketball coach Tom Lilly has worn a Grinch tie for games just prior to the Christmas break for the last decade or so. Grinch, make that Lilly, picked up his 630th career victory Friday night when his Class 4A ninth-ranked Saints beat up Cedar Rapids Washington, 61-36.
The former Solon prep has thrived in his final season with the Bison, earning Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors and being one of the top-three finalists for the Walter Payton Award as the top FCS player.
Girls’ wrestling: Sophomore loves role as leader for the Wolves and went 2-0 in duals at Manchester earlier this week
Strategy pays dividends for Lions, who win the last four weights for 41-35 come-from-behind dual victory over the Trojans. Linn-Mar’s Malik DeBow posts comeback win in battle of state tournament participants.
Pairings were set Thursday for the 14-team, 7-game crossover event, which will be held January 4th at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse. Matchups include Cedar Falls and West Des Moines Valley, Dubuque Senior and Waukee Northwest, and Cedar Rapids Kennedy versus Johnston.
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