Sophomore Jack McCaffery is the youngest of Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery’s children. His Iowa City West team is running its offense through him, despite his young age, and he responded Friday night with a game-high 21 points in a 62-43 win over Linn-Mar.
The Linn-Mar girls’ basketball team knocked off Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier last Friday night. The Lions gave Class 5A No. 6 Iowa City West its first loss of the season Friday night, 49-39.
Linn-Mar two-time state champion and three-time state finalist Tate Naaktgeboren reached the 100-win career win plateau, recording a pin to open the third-ranked Lions’ 58-20 dual win over Iowa City West on Thursday night at Linn-Mar
Girls’ basketball notes: Clear Creek Amana shares the ball, and shoots the ball, remarkably well on its way to a 5-1 start.
United World Wrestling World Cup was another entertaining event. We peruse a few results from the weekend in college and high school wrestling.
Girls’ basketball: Meena Tate leads pivotal fourth-quarter surge in Iowa City West’s 42-40 win over Iowa City Liberty.
Alburnett Coach Clayton Rush has liked what he’s seen in the first week of the boys’ wrestling season. In a challenging week of competition that included two Class 3A teams in an opening triangular and a 31-team, two-day tournament, the Pirates have shown why this season was met with high expectations.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy claimed eight weights and downed Iowa City West, 44-31, in its first boys’ wrestling competition of the season.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Iowa City West in a season-opening boys’ wrestling dual, 44-31.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Nov. 30): Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Xavier, North Linn remain 1-2-3; Center Point-Urbana, Clear Creek Amana leap into the top 5.
Lucy Wolf’s early outburst kept Iowa City West close, then Meena Tate took over at the end of the Iowa City West girls’ basketball team’s 61-47 win over Clear Creek Amana.
Here are 16 Gazette-area wrestlers to keep an eye on during the 2022-23 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.
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