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According to Lisbon Coach Brad Hall, this year’s Lisbon team has set the program’s record for season dual wins. The Lions are 19-2. The previous best was a 17-1 record.
Is this year’s teams the teams of old that fielded wrestlers with the name Morningstar, Stoneking, Alger, Butteris, Happel, Light, Stewart, etc., etc. No. Were they aided by hosting a second dual event where they went 5-0. Yes.
Don’t let the last two points diminish how good this team is and how they have rekindled that great success associated with Lisbon …

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1. LINN-MAR (12-0)
Last Week: 1st. Offensive average: 70.6. Defensive average: 34.8. Streak: Won 12. The week ahead: Hosts Cedar Rapids Washington on Thursday, faces Ballard on Saturday (U.S. Cellular Center), at Dubuque Hempstead on Monday, hosts Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday.
2. MFL MAR MAC (15-0)
Last Week: 2nd. Offensive average: 65.9. Defensive average: 34.2. Streak: Won 15. The week ahead: Hosts Turkey Valley on Friday, faces Springville on Saturday (U.S. Cellular Center).
3. SPRINGVILLE (13-0)
Last Week: 3rd. Offensive average: 56.3. Defensive average: 29.7. Streak: Won 26. The week ahead: Hosts Maquoketa Valley on Thursday, faces MFL …

Warriors topple Cedar Falls
Alissa Oney and Camille Marie-Lidd scored 17 points apiece and Cedar Rapids Washington defeated Cedar Falls, 54-42, last night in a girls’ basketball game in Cedar Rapids.
The game won’t count as a Mississippi Valley Conference game. Washington (9-5) had already defeated Cedar Falls, 51-41, in a league game.
Laura Johnson scored 16 points for Cedar Falls (4-9), and Courtney Dreyer connected on four three pointers for 12 points.
IOWA CITY HIGH 55, WATERLOO WEST 51 — The Little Hawks avoided the upset bid and held off a late run …

Morrison, Solon steal win over Western Dubuque
Matt Morrison had nine of Solon’s 22 steals last night, and the Class 2A second-ranked Spartans defeated Western Dubuque, 65-46, at Epworth.
Morrison scored 15 points in the Wamac East Division victory. Tucker Wentzien scored 14 points, Kyler Stahle 13 and Ben Weeks 12 for the Spartans (12-0, 9-0), who held the Bobcats (7-6, 3-5) to five points in the final quarter.
C.R. Washington 62, Davenport West 43 — Keenan Davis and Chad Christensen each scored 16 points to lead Cedar Rapids Washington to a nonconference …

By Jeff Linder
The Gazette
jeff.linder@gazettecommunications.com

MARION — It was the moment, not a chill, that provided Alli O’Neill a goosebump moment.
O’Neill tracked an errant shot, gathered it and scored at the buzzer to lift Class 3A fifth-ranked Marion past Williamsburg, 52-50, in a Wamac Conference West Division girls’ basketball game last night at Marion High School.
“I’ve got shivers,” said O’Neill, who bailed out the Indians (10-1 overall, 7-0 Wamac West) twice in the final moments.
O’Neill’s three-point play gave Marion a 50-48 lead with 12 seconds left. But Brittany Fish fouled Williamsburg’s Hannah …

Alli O’Neill isn’t the first option in Marion’s offense. Nor the second or third.
But she saved the Indians’ bacon Tuesday night. Twice.
O’Neill converted a three-point play with 12 seconds left to give the Indians a 50-48 lead, then — after Williamsburg’s Hannah Wilson made two free throws to tie it — grabbed a deflected 3-point attempt by Sam Rinehart, turned and beat the buzzer to give the Indians a 52-50 win.
“I’ve got shivers,” said O’Neill, who came into the game averaging 4.7 points per game but scored 11 Tuesday.

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Saturday on the Iowa Sports Connection Radio Show from 9-11 on the flagship station, 98.3 WOW-FM, we will continue to talk with girl’s and boy’s basketball including a big tournament that…
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DES MOINES, Iowa – This week on our state-wide broadcast of Friday Night Live from 8-11 on the flagship station, 98.3 WOW-FM and many great affiliates, we will look at two of the best CIML wrestling programs…
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