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Tuesday's high school basketball roundup: Cedar Rapids Washington knocks off No. 8 Linn-Mar
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Metro recaps, Gazette area scores and live coverage from high school basketball games Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
Metro boys
Cedar Rapids Washington 57, 4A No. 8 Linn-Mar 55
Cedar Rapids Washington upset No. 8 Linn-Mar, 57-55, as the Lions suffered their second loss in as many nights.
Collin Westmoreland led the Warriors (3-4) with 17 points.
The score was tied 48-48 with three minutes to play.
Trey Hutcheson led the Lions (4-3) with 25 points, 10 rebounds.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 61, Iowa City High 50
The J-Hawks raced out to a 19-4 lead after one quarter in Iowa City.
Willie Guy had six 3-pointers and finished with 24 points for Jefferson (2-5).
Keshawn Christian had 14 points to lead City High (2-4).
Marion 61, Vinton-Shellsburg 45
Marion kept Vinton-Shellsburg winless in Vinton.
Chase Zielke had 16 points to lead Marion (4-3).
Springville 84, Cedar Valley Christian 33
Zach March scored 18 points, Kyle Koppes had 17 points on five 3-pointers for the Orioles in Springville. Springville (4-5) led 43-20 at halftime. Zach Slama led Cedar Valley Christian (1-8) with 14 points.
4A No. 1 Iowa City West 70, Cedar Rapids Prairie 57
Patrick McCaffery had 30 points for the Trojans in Iowa City. No. 1 West improved to 6-0. Kris Murray had 27 points for Prairie (3-3).
Fort Madison 68, Iowa City Liberty 45
Up 21-16 at half, Fort Madison exploded in the second half in North Liberty. Kaleb Cresswell had 25 points for Fort Madison (4-3). Andre Brandon had 14 points to lead Liberty (3-5).
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 68, 3A No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier 56
No one expects to have two starters quit your team one game into the season. But that's what happened at Cedar Rapids Kennedy, and the Cougars have seemed to work through it just fine.
Further proof was Tuesday night's 68-56 win over Class 3A second-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier. Some have stepped up to fill the void, others have made the most of opportunities they might not have gotten otherwise, and Kennedy goes into the holiday break feeling pretty good about itself.
A big road rivalry W for December 20, 2017
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— Iowa Prep Sports (@iowaprepsports)
Read Jeff Johnson's full story.
2A No. 3 Cascade 69, 2A No. 10 Iowa City Regina 50
Cascade senior John Supple scored 24 points as the Cougars outscored Regina by 18 points in the second half of a 69-50 victory in a River Valley Conference game.
Cascade (8-0, 7-0 RVC) led by one at halftime, 31-30, and started the third quarter with a 13-1 explosion.
Read Douglas Miles' full story.
Metro girls
5A No. 3 Iowa City West 75, 5A No. 13 Cedar Rapids Prairie 71
No. 3 Iowa City West outscored No. 13 Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-1 in the final minute to avoid the upset at Prairie High School. Cailyn Morgan had 21 points.
Sarah Schmitt led Prairie (5-4) with 22 points. Sidney McCrea added 19 points.
5A No. 1 Iowa City High 89, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 44
Ashley Joens scored 25 points to lead four in double figures as the top-ranked Little Hawks won at Jefferson. Rose Nkumu added 19 points for City High (8-0).
Erica Oler had 11 points and seven rebounds for Jefferson (3-7).
4A No. 1 Marion 72, Vinton-Shellsburg 2
Things went about as bad as possible in a game between undefeated and top-ranked Marion and winless Vinton-Shellsburg.
Eleven players scored for Marion (8-0), led by Kayba Laube with 14 points.
Cedar Rapids Washington 61, Linn-Mar 54
The Warriors forced the Lions into 26 turnovers at Linn-Mar.
Caitlin Riley had 19 points and six steals for Washington (6-3).
Macey Miller and Ally Johnson each scored 11 points for Linn-Mar (2-8).
1A No. 1 Springville 59, Cedar Valley Christian 19
Rylee Menster and Mikayla Nachazel each scored 18 points to lead Springville (8-2).
2A No. 8 Cascade 51, 2A No. 6 Iowa City Regina 39
Cascade rallied from a 26-13 second-quarter deficit with a 17-0 burst that bled into the third quarter.
Cascade senior post Abbie Ruggeberg led all scorers with 17 points, while sophomore guard Nicole McDermott added 14 in a 51-39 RVC victory.
Read Douglas Miles' full story.
5A No. 15 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 60, 4A No. 11 Cedar Rapids Xavier 46
When you're playing against a good point guard, you're hesitant to put on a press defense. It's that whole getting-burned-for-layups thing.
But in the second quarter Tuesday night, Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls' basketball coach Tony Vis kind of figured his team had to give it a try anyway. It worked.
The Cougars turned a one-point deficit into a 13-point halftime lead and went on to knock off Cedar Rapids Xavier, 60-46, at Xavier's Ron Thillen Gymnasium.
.@jfk_bball heads to break with four wins in its last five gameshttps://t.co/LVYxyIU42d #iahsbkb pic.twitter.com/JERaLlr5OX
— Iowa Prep Sports (@iowaprepsports)
Read Jeff Johnson's full story.
Area boys
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Cedar Falls 73, Dubuque Wahlert 67
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 61, Iowa City High 50
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 68, 3A No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier 56
4A No. 1 Iowa City West 70, Cedar Rapids Prairie 57
Dubuque Hempstead 69, Waterloo East 59
4A No. 5 Dubuque Senior 59, Waterloo West 56
Cedar Rapids Washington 57, 4A No. 8 Linn-Mar 55
WAMAC
Anamosa 43, DeWitt Central 39
Maquoketa 56, Mount Vernon 45
Marion 61, Vinton-Shellsburg 45
South Tama 50, Independence 47
Solon 65, West Delaware 58
Clear Creek Amana 80, Williamsburg 66
RIVER VALLEY
2A No. 3 Cascade 69, 2A No. 10 Iowa City Regina 50
West Branch 68, Mid-Prairie 59
Tipton 66, West Liberty 45
Durant 76, Wilton 31
NORTHEAST IOWA
Charles City 56, New Hampton 48
SOUTH IOWA CEDAR
BGM 67, Tri-County 41
Colfax-Mingo 71, Iowa Valley 40
HLV 63, English Valleys 31
Montezuma 74, Keota 44
Belle Plaine 65, North Mahaska 31
UPPER IOWA
Turkey Valley 59, MFL MarMac 49
South Winneshiek 72, Postville 56
TRI-RIVERS
Bellevue Marquette 63, East Buchanan 26
Easton Valley 71, Maquoketa Valley 60
1A No. 2 North Linn 105, Midland 8
OTHERS
Fort Madison 68, Iowa City Liberty 45
Lone Tree 56, Highland 55 (OT)
Iowa Mennonite 74, Louisa-Muscatine 51
Union Community 61, Sumner-Fredericksburg 54
Area girls
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
5A No. 2 Cedar Falls 66, Dubuque Wahlert 34
5A No. 15 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 60, 4A No. 11 Cedar Rapids Xavier 46
Cedar Rapids Washington 61, Linn-Mar 54
Dubuque Hempstead 60, Waterloo East 41
5A No. 1 Iowa City High 89, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 44
5A No. 3 Iowa City West 75, 5A No. 13 Cedar Rapids Prairie 71
Waterloo West 59, Dubuque Senior 52
WAMAC
Anamosa 53, DeWitt Central 39
4A No. 3 Center Point-Urbana 64, Benton Community 28
Clear Creek Amana 49, Williamsburg 29
4A No. 1 Marion 72, Vinton-Shellsburg 2
Mount Vernon 66, Maquoketa 40
Solon 49, West Delaware 40
South Tama 60, Independence 16
4A No. 7 Western Dubuque 54, Dyersville Beckman 35
RIVER VALLEY
2A No. 8 Cascade 51, 2A No. 6 Iowa City Regina 39
Iowa City Liberty 44, Northeast 33
Tipton 79, West Liberty 48
West Branch 54, Mid-Prairie 50
Wilton 46, Durant 33
TRI-RIVERS
Alburnett 52, Lisbon 37
Central City 47, Calamus-Wheatland 28
East Buchanan 51, Bellevue Marquette 45
Edgewood-Colesburg 55, Clinton Prince of Peace 15
2A No. 11 Maquoketa Valley 67, Easton Valley 41
2A No. 1 North Linn 90, Midland 12
1A No. 1 Springville 59, Cedar Valley Christian 19
NORTHEAST IOWA
Decorah 41, Spring Grove (Minn.) 39
SOUTH IOWA CEDAR
BGM 60, Tri-County 33
Iowa Valley 36, Colfax-Mingo 28
1A No. 9 Montezuma 55, Keota 19
1A No. 3 North Mahaska 81, Belle Plaine 31
Sigourney 55, Lynnville-Sully 45
UPPER IOWA
Elkader Central 39, Clayton Ridge 32
MFL MarMac 48, Turkey Valley 40
OTHERS
Highland 44, Lone Tree 25
Iowa City Liberty 44, Northeast 33
Louisa-Muscatine 54, Iowa Mennonite 46
Sumner-Fredericksburg 56, Union Community 20
Cedar Rapids Washington head boys' basektball coach Justin Decker. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
