January 27, 2009 by Jeff Dahn

Postseason seedings are supposed to be determined on how teams fare during games five through 15 on their schedules (11 games). There are also cutoff dates, however, and those dates were last Saturday for classes 1A and 2A. The cutoff date for 3A and 4A is this Saturday.
Due to December postponements, very few of the teams in the two smaller classes had played 15 games by last Saturday. Seedings in those classes are determined by a team’s winning percentage in games played after their fourth of the season. It’s …

Some final observations as Rivalry Saturday fades in the back horizon:
The paid attendance was 2,460. Still not super, but better. It’s a record for the five years they’ve held it. I still don’t think 4,000 is out of the question. It’s just a matter of getting good teams, good matchups that draw. And better weather (Saturday WAS a chilly day and may have kept some people home).
Cedar Rapids Kennedy showed a lot of guts. Down 15 midway through the third quarter and still down five when Jade Rogers fouled out, …

Please join fellow preps writers Jeff Dahn, K.J. Pilcher and me for a live chat from 12 to 12:30 today.

January 26, 2009 by Jeff Dahn

Please join K.J. Pilcher, Jeff Linder and me for a live chat dealing with any questions you may have regarding high school basketball (boys’ and girls’) and wrestling at noon on Monday. It can be a lively affair if we get everyone to participate. You can get on the chat by going to www.iowaprepsports.com. Just sign in and join in.
One topic of discussion might be the latest boys’ basketball Super 10. I’ve really been wrestling with the top-3 all year, and I’d love your input.
Here’s …

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For those who don’t read them, I rank the top five wrestlers from all classes from The Gazette’s newspaper circulation area. Here’s why I don’t like doing rankings, even though they are only created to stir conversation.
 At 189 pounds, my latest rankings were 1. Tomas Lira, West Liberty; 2. Jason Shupp, C.R. Kennedy, 3. Casey DeHoedt, C.R. Jefferson, 4. Carl Broghammer, West Delaware, 5. Jordan Kaiser, Benton Community.
These were OK until Carl Broghammer had to win the Louisa-Muscatine tournament Saturday. Kaiser is locked in at #5, but here’s …

 Casey DeHoedt became just the second Cedar Rapids Jefferson wrestler to earn Outstanding Wrestler honors at the school’s J-Hawk Invitational with his performance Saturday, Jan. 17.
DeHoedt won the 189-pound bracket, which consisted of six ranked wrestlers. DeHoedt, a senior ranked sixth in Class 3A, beat Fort Dodge’s No. 7 Tyler Wingerson, 9-5, in the finals to improve to 22-2. He advanced with a 3-2 quarterfinal win over No. 9 Theron Stewart and won by injury default in the semifinals over Benton Community’s Jordan Kaiser, ranked sixth in 2A.
Winners are selected …

Go to www.iowaprepsports.com Monday, Jan. 26 at noon for the weekly chat with Preps editor and girls’ basketball beat writer Jeff Linder, boys’ basketball beat writer Jeff Dahn, prep wrestling beat writer K.J. Pilcher and www.iowaprepsports.com manager Greg Schafer.
Sign-in and ask away. I’ll entertain any wrestling questions you might have, especially those about the many upcoming conference tournaments.

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Here are the results from Saturday’s action.
ED WINGER INVITE
At Urbandale
Teams — 1. Iowa City West 221.50, 2. Southeast Polk 151.50, 3. North Scott 142, 4. Indianola 138, 5. Bettendorf 123, 6. DM Roosevelt 117, 7. Urbandale 105.50, 8. Dallas Center-Grimes 101, 9. WDM Dowling 71, 10. Ames 67, 11. (tie) Davenport West and Centerville 59, 13. Burlington 58, 14. Fort Madison 50, 14. Cedar Falls 44, CB Thomas Jefferson 5.50.
Championship matches
103 — Cory Clark (SEP) dec. Connor Ryan (NS), 6-0; 112 — Adam Perrin (NS) major dec. Wade Edgington (Ind), …

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AMES, Iowa – Another week and more great games for our fine Friday Night Live reporter, Mike Ferlazzo to preview.  On Friday, look for the preview of four key boy’s basketball games including the Northwest…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection