Josh Lenz scored with sixteen seconds left last night to give Dubuque Hempstead a 54-53 victory over Cedar Rapids Jefferson in a boys’ basketball game in Cedar Rapids.
Jarrod Uthoff scored 16 points and Chad Underwood added 14 points for Jefferson (9-7) in the Mississippi Valley Conference game.
C.R. XAVIER 69, WATERLOO EAST 59 — Jon Keller scored 20 points and led three players in double-figures as Cedar Rapids Xavier won at home. Nate Joens added 17 points and Joe Sayre tallied 13 points for the Saints (5-10).
DUBUQUE WAHLERT 71, IOWA CITY WEST …

Josh Lenz scored with sixteen seconds left last night to give Dubuque Hempstead a 54-53 victory over Cedar Rapids Jefferson in a boys’ basketball game in Cedar Rapids.
Jarrod Uthoff scored 16 points and Chad Underwood added 14 points for Jefferson (9-7) in the Mississippi Valley Conference game.
C.R. XAVIER 69, WATERLOO EAST 59  — Jon Keller scored 20 points and led three players in double-figures as Cedar Rapids Xavier won at home. Nate Joens added 17 points and Joe Sayre tallied 13 points for the Saints (5-10).
DUBUQUE WAHLERT 71, IOWA CITY …

Mike Dick, executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, announced Tuesday that the pep band of each state-qualifying school will be allowed to perform in this year’s girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines March 2-7.  The pep bands will be invited to perform during each game their team is playing during the week.
**Note: Last week, the Union said that jazz bands will not perform at the state tournament.**
More at the following link:
http://www.ighsau.org/pepbands.htm

By Jeff Linder
 

The Gazette
 

VAN HORNE — The Marion Indians have played three tremendous games in a row.
Well, make that 2 3/4 if you wish to nitpick.
Class 3A fourth-ranked Marion bolted to a 14-0 lead, built it to 28, then held off a hard late charge to defeat Benton Community, 65-53, in a Wamac Conference West Division girls’ basketball game last night at Benton Community High School.
The Indians (16-1 overall, 11-0 Wamac West) won their 28th straight league game and will be heavily favored in their final three divisional games of …

By John Riehl
 
 
 
The Gazette
IOWA CITY — For Zach Bohannon, four is enough.
Four straight losses to Iowa City High, that is.
Linn-Mar lost three times to the state champion Little Hawks last season. In the 2006-07 season, Linn-Mar’s only setback on its road to a state title was against City High.
And last night, the Lions dug themselves a 20-point second-quarter hole against their rival. But Bohannon wasn’t about to make it five. He scored 34 points — 25 in the second half — to lead Class 4A second-ranked Linn-Mar to a come-from-behind …

By Jeff Dahn

The Gazette

MARION — Amry Shelby took a one-step dribble, went airborne and popped in a short-range jumper. He came up with a steal at half-court, drove for a layup, was fouled and converted the three-point play.
Moments later he led a Marion Indians fast-break and went in for another layup, bringing the home crowd to its feet.
That outburst came in a two-minute span early the third quarter and started a 15-0 Marion run that, in the end, proved to be just enough.
The Indians broke open a tight game with …

Last year, Marion ended a 33-year Wamac Conference girls’ basketball title drought.
Now, the Indians can’t lose in the Wamac. But it will be difficult tonight.
Marion (15-1 overall, 10-0 Wamac West) travels to Benton Community (12-4, 8-3) for a game that begins around 7:30. The Indians have won 27 straight league games — two Wamac games in 2007, 15 in a row last season and 10 straight this year. If you count the four cross-over wins this season (for record-keeping purposes, I don’t), it’s a 31-game regular-season win streak vs. the …

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIV. Conf All
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-3 14-3
Iowa City High 9-4 13-4
Dubuque Wahlert 9-4 13-5
Cedar Rapids Xavier 9-4 12-6
Iowa City West 8-5 12-5
Waterloo West 4-8 8-8
Dubuque Hempstead 0-12 1-15
MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf All
x-Linn-Mar 13-0 18-0
Cedar Rapids Washington 8-5 10-7
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 6-6 10-7
Dubuque Senior 5-7 9-7
Cedar Falls 5-8 6-11
Cedar Rapids Prairie 3-10 4-13
Waterloo East 0-13 0-17
WAMAC EAST DIVISION Div All
DeWitt Central 10-0 14-3
Anamosa 9-2 13-4
Mount Vernon 7-3 13-4
Western Dubuque 7-4 11-7
Maquoketa 6-5 8-8
Solon 3-8 6-11
West Delaware 1-10 3-15
Dyersville Beckman 0-11 2-16
WAMAC WEST DIVISION Div All
Marion 10-0 15-1
Williamsburg 9-2 13-4
Benton …

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The senior center averaged over 17 points and nine rebounds in two victories for the Bulldogs. He scored 22 points, hauled down 12 rebounds and blocked six shots in a victory over Davenport North.
Source: INS – Player of the Week – Football

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The junior guard averaged 19 points in three games and on the week was 18-of-20 from the free throw line. Van Wettering poured in a career-high 26 points, five assists and four steals in a victory over Sergeant Bluff-Luton.
Source: INS – Player of the Week – Football