Articles Tagged: Western Dubuque High School

Girls’ basketball, Super Ten: State champions Clear Creek Amana, North Linn and Solon are 1-2-3 in the final area rankings.

Davis Kern of Linn-Mar and Jacob Williams of Dubuque Senior have been named boys’ basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Seven area girls’ basketball teams are involved in Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals Tuesday. Six of them are making lengthy road trips.

Iowa City High’s Kendall Kurtz, Western Dubuque’s Kellen McKenna and Benton Community’s Brendan Heying are The Gazette’s 3 stars from Day 1 of the Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament.

Girls’ basketball: Examining the regional brackets in 5A and 4A.

Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Status quo from last week to this week; Clear Creek Amana remains a firm No. 1.

Despite an overtime loss at West Des Moines Valley, Cedar Rapids Prairie continues to climb in The Gazette’s area high school girls’ basketball Super Ten rankings.

Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Snow, wind and cold limit the schedule. Cedar Rapids Prairie climbs to No. 4.

Girls’ basketball Super Ten: The first one after the holidays has the same top six as previously, led by Clear Creek Amana.

Sophomore Samantha Becker registered 23 points, 12 rebounds and four steals, and her series of fourth-quarter free throws sent the Warriors past Class 4A No. 15 Western Dubuque, 58-48, in a matchup of two teams vastly improved from a year ago.

The final area girls’ basketball unbeaten? That will be determined next Tuesday. This Tuesday marks the first night of January action for some teams. Here’s a look at area conference races as we resume.

Here is The Gazette’s first 2023-24 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the first installment of its dual rankings for all classes. The poll is used to determined regional dual qualifiers and are considered in pairings. Eight regional dual champions advance to the State Duals tournament Feb. 3 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Spencer Lee is back to being Spencer Lee with another freestyle title. Upper Iowa with a strong showing at the Midwest Classic. Linn-Mar leads a good local performance at the Battle of Waterloo. Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ and West Branch boys’ win team titles. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Kurtz has produced a successful wrestling career, earning state medals in each of his first three seasons. He is ranked fourth and delivered a major decision in Class 3A No. 18 City High’s 52-24 victory over host Western Dubuque Thursday night in Mississippi Valley Conference dual.