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FAIRBANK – Jake Thome is linked to the best team in Don Bosco wrestling history, but there’s a bit of a debate how.
Thome thinks its his current squad, while his dad, Irv, thinks it’s through their relationship since he was a state placewinner for the 1979 Dons team that qualified all 12 wrestlers to state and will lead this year’s state tournament Grand March.
“He likes to make jokes about that. How he was on the best team in Don Bosco history,” Jake Thome said. “I just tell him that …

By Jeff Johnson
CEDAR RAPIDS – An old picture frame sat poolside in the middle of the Cedar Rapids Washington team section Saturday. It contained a pair of 2000 Gazette newspaper photos and a story with a headline of “Warriors A Surprise In Pool.”
Jump ahead 10 years, change the photos and text of the story but keep that headline. Because Saturday, the Washington Warriors were once again a surprise in the pool.
Washington won two relays, three individual races and had oodles of season-best swims, winning its 46th consecutive district championship Saturday …

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We’re here and ready to go. Most of today’s action will be covered at the Live-chat at www.iowaprepsports.com. It’s 40 minutes until the action starts and the gym is already packed in. Cameras are set up for a simulcast, but they still might have to turn people away. Wapsie Valley AD Marty McKowen and Principal Greg Eschweiler(sp?) have been very accomodating. Should be a fun afternoon.
The live-cha( was interrupted midway thru first post. Laptop battery died. Have staff looking for a power strip because ug ins are occuppied. Lots …

By Jeff Dahn

Matt Morrison dropped in 15 points in Class 2A top-ranked Solon’s 79-45 win over West Liberty in boys’ basketball Thursday night. Nothing at all eye-popping there. It was just another night in the gym for Morrison and his Spartans teammates, just another notch in the “W” column in the standings.
Solon improved to 18-0 with the win, its 19th straight counting its victory over Pella Christian in last year’s state tournament 2A consolation game, which earned the Spartans the third-place trophy.
Solon is now 85-7 over the past three seasons …

**Lead to story on Friday’s Washington-Jefferson girls’ basketball game. For more, go to iowaprepsports.com or read Saturday’s Gazette**
CEDAR RAPIDS — This time, Renesa Smith-Taylor was on the receiving end.
Smith-Taylor gathered an inbounds pass under the basket and converted for the go-ahead basket with 23 seconds left as Cedar Rapids Washington edged Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 63-62, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ basketball game last night at Jefferson High School.
It was Washington’s second straight one-point, last-second victory. The Warriors (11-7, overall, 9-5 MVC) beat Iowa City High, 49-48, Jan. 30.
“We’ve got …

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For the third year in a row, Indianola captured the CIML conference championship with 193 total points. In a tie for second, Southeast Polk and West Des Moines Valley also wrestled very well with 185.5 points. Des Moines Roosevelt followed with…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection