Articles Archive for 13 January 2009
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It snowed yesterday. It’s supposed to snow tonight.
But there will be basketball tonight, apparently a full slate. I see a couple games are being moved up a couple hours to give visiting teams a good opportunity to get home safely.
Smart move.
I’m at Cedar Rapids Kennedy, where the Cougars will go after their sixth straight win. They play Iowa City West.
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Like the winter weather, the Raider press was relentless and gave Williamsburg the edge it needed Tuesday in a 62-58 victory over Center Point-Urbana.
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It took overtime, but second-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy came away with a 59-55 victory Tuesday in a defensive struggle at the West High gym.
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West High’s track and cross country programs are sending two more athletes to compete at Division I schools. Seniors Allison Fick and Nichole Engelhardt have accepted scholarship offers to Northern Iowa and Iowa State, respectively.
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By Jeff Linder
The Gazette
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CEDAR RAPIDS – The legs are fine. The lungs are a step behind.
But Jade Rogers had enough strength and enough stamina to hoist her team at the end.
Rogers’ basket with 7 seconds left gave Cedar Rapids Kennedy the lead for good, and the Class 4A seventh-ranked Cougars edged No. 12 Iowa City West, 56-55, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ basketball game last night at Kennedy.
“My knee is fine,” said Rogers, a University of Iowa recruit who tore the ACL in her left knee last spring and …
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By Jeff Dahn
The Gazette
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MARION – It was easy to sense as soon as the Linn-Mar Lions began their pregame warm-up.
Smiles were broad and the Lions laughed easily. There was plenty of palm- and fanny-slapping. Senior Zach Bohannon was even goofing with the young ball boy.
The Lions were relaxed and obviously ready to return to their normal winning ways.
Class 4A third-ranked Linn-Mar scored the game’s first 18 points, enjoying themselves all the way, and cruised to a seemingly effortless 74-43 Mississippi Valley Conference victory last night over visiting Waterloo East.
The win …
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Chad Underwood scored a game-high 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Cedar Rapids Jefferson to a 52-26 victory last night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ basketball game at Cedar Falls.
Cole Kramer added 14 points with four 3-pointers, and Justin Derby also scored 14 points for the J-Hawks (5-3, 2-3).
C.R. KENNEDY 59, IOWA CITY WEST 55 – Max Martino and Kyle Lamaak scored 13 points apiece and Jake Hughes added 11 for second-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Iowa City.
Kennedy (8-0, 5-0) closed the game with a 13-9 run …
