Jeff Linder

DES MOINES — Iowa City West’s championship reign ended in an avalanche of 3-pointers.Third-ranked Mason City set a state-tournament record …

Thursday’s games at the girls state basketball tournament: CLASS 2A SEMIFINAL No. 14 Maquoketa Valley (20-5) vs. No. 2 Lawton-Bronson (25-1) …

DES MOINES — The Ankeny Hawkettes take good shots, make good shots.Second-ranked Ankeny played from ahead virtually the whole way, …

DES MOINES — Sarah Dickes wasn’t being pushy. She was being a leader.A winner.So she called for the ball.”I’m confident …

DES MOINES — The same phrase passed Madison Weekly’s lips three times in a brief postgame interview.”We couldn’t get into …

Wednesday’s games at the girls state basketball tournament: CLASS 4A QUARTERFINAL No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier (14-9) vs. No. 7 …

DES MOINES — The Cascade Cougars are devoted to defense.”More than half of our practice is centered around defensive stuff, …

DES MOINES — The Maquoketa Valley Wildcats arrived at Wells Fargo Arena for the first time, and crafted a masterpiece.The 14th-rated Wildcats …

DES MOINES — Lawton-Bronson was on the verge of winning by knockout.It settled for victory by decision.Down 19 points in …

DES MOINES — The society of seniors survived a slow start.Tenth-ranked Aplington-Parkersburg shook out the cobwebs and fought past No. …

Tuesday’s games at the girls state basketball tournament: CLASS 2A QUARTERFINAL No. 14 Maquoketa Valley (19-5) vs. No. 3 IKM-Manning …

DES MOINES — Joel Oswald had good news at his fingertips.Weather stations indicated that the brunt of Winter Storm Rocky …

DES MOINES — Jim Kettmann called it “poetic justice.”Unwillingness to quit, that applies, too.Blake Banowetz scored on an offensive rebound …

 DES MOINES — The 2004-05 women’s basketball poster for the Iowa Hawkeyes featured a little girl in a long, blonde ponytail, facing …

Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG picks the winners at the 2013 girls state basketball tournament: CLASS 5A QuarterfinalsCedar Rapids Washington …