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WELLMAN — Solon’s girls basketball team was steaming along with a comfortable lead and an opponent that was struggling to hang on to the ball and to find a way to score.
Source: Iowa City Press Citizen

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West High’s boys basketball team let an early lead slip away and lost to Waterloo East 31-29 Friday at West High.
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WELLMAN — Solon showed off its strength by clubbing Mid-Prairie on the road while two of its best players sat at the end of the bench in street clothes because of suspensions and a top reserve was at home recovering from an accident.
Source: Iowa City Press Citizen

Tucker Wentzien’s double-double guided Solon to a 67-40 victory over Mid-Prairie in a boys basketball game last night at Wellman.Wentzien scored 26 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and blocked six shots for good measure in the non-conference game. Cody Strang added 18 points for the Class 2A third-ranked Spartans (5-0).
“Tucker Wentzien really played a great game and pretty much scored at will in the lane against us, and Solon did a great job of getting him the ball in scoring position,” said Mid-Prairie Coach Don Showalter.
Kaleb Duwa scored 10 points …

Shailene Beard hit five second-half 3-pointers last night and led Cedar Rapids Washington to a 51-41 victory in girls’ basketball at Cedar Falls.Beard scored a game-high 17 points in the Mississippi Valley Conference game, and Camille Marie-Lidd added 12 points for the Warriors (6-1, 5-0).
“We were down, we needed something and somebody had to take the initiative,” said Beard, who came off the bench. “(Coach Frank Howell) asked me to come in and remember my shot, and I just came in and shot the ball. We got on a streak …

Editor’s Note: This is the last stop of an eight-day midseason tour around the area conferences in girls’ basketball, the Mississippi Valley Conference.
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MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION
The frontrunners: It’s cluttered at the front, with five teams within one game of the lead. Dubuque Wahlert (5-1, 3-1), Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-2, 3-1) and Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-2, 4-2) are in a virtual tie for the lead.
Other contenders: Defending 4A state champion Iowa City High (6-2, 3-2) stands a half-game back with Iowa City West (4-2, 2-2) still firmly in the hunt.
Potential spoilers: Waterloo West (4-3, 0-3) …

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The 2009 CNOS Foundation Basketball Classic is set to be played at the Tyson Event Center in Sioux City, Iowa, January 8-10.  A mixture of both Iowa high school girl’s and boy’s…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection