Class 1A top-ranked Springville opened its defense of a girls’ basketball state championship last night with a 68-29 romp past Central City in a regional game at Springville.
Four players scored in double figures for Springville, topped by Katie Eiben with 23 points.
Callie Kloubeck added 13 points, Carly Martin 12 and Sarah Davidson 10.
The Orioles (21-1) move on to play Lone Tree in another home game Tuesday.
Vanessa Fiechtner scored 10 points for Central City, which bowed out at 7-15.
MARION 64, CENTER POINT-URBANA 33 — Morgan Paige scored a game-high 26 points …

Class 2A top-ranked Solon wrapped up a perfect regular season last night with an 80-48 victory over Waterloo Columbus in boys’ basketball at Solon.
The Spartans are 21-0 overall and 18-0 in the Wamac heading into tournament play next week. Cody Strang, Ben Weeks and Matt Morrison each scored 14 points for Solon.
Eric Knipp scored a team-high 13 points for Waterloo Columbus.
EAST BUCHANAN 43, SPRINGVILLE 39 — East Buchanan clinched the Tri-Rivers Conference championship in a game at Springville.
Trevor Franck scored 12 points for East Buchanan (17-1, 15-1), Blake Goodenbour and …

Regional Action- Thursday, February 12

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its final rankings and its state line pairings this afternoon.
The four No. 1 teams (Linn-Mar, Ballard, MFL MarMac, Springville) each were top-ranked from wire to wire. Can’t imagine that’s ever happened before.
Here are the state quarterfinal pairings, assuming the top rated team from each region advances:
CLASS 1A
Monday, March 2, 10 a.m. – #6 New London vs. #3 Ackley AGWSR
Monday, March 2, 11:30 a.m. – #10 George-Little Rock vs. #2 Newell-Fonda
Monday, March 2, 1 p.m. – #5 North Butler vs. #4 Exira
Monday, March 2, 5 p.m. – …

Students from Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Linn-Mar are teaming up to support local flood recovery.
The two student government groups are jointly selling unique ‘Catfight’ T-shirts for students from both schools to wear at Tuesday’s Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ basketball showdown at Kennedy.
Kennedy students will wear white shirts; Linn-Mar students will wear black T-shirts. Each shirt will have the same design. Both schools are selling the shirts for $10.
“The two student groups have worked very well together and we hope the project is a big success,” said Joe Benedict, Kennedy student …

February 12, 2009 by Jeff Dahn

 The buzz around town is certainly gaining momentum regarding Tuesday night’s basketball game between Class 4A c0-No 2.-ranked Linn-Mar (17-1)and Cedar Rapids Kennedy (18-0). The buzz is deafening despite the fact both teams have difficult tests Friday when Linn-Mar hosts Iowa City West and Kennedy goes across town to Cedar Rapids Washington.
With both schools doing so well this year, people’s minds have wandered back 25 years ago to 1984 when Linn-Mar and Kennedy were both highly ranked and they played memorable games at the (then) …

Students from Kennedy High School have teamed with their Linn-Mar peers to help support flood recovery in Cedar Rapids. The two student government groups are jointly selling unique ‘Catfight’ t-shirts for students from both schools to wear at the Feb. 17 boys basketball match-up between the Kennedy Cougars and the Linn-Mar Lions. Kennedy students will wear white shirts; Linn-Mar students will wear black t-shirts. Each shirt will have the same design. Both schools are selling the shirts for $10.
“The two student groups have worked very well together and we …

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We’re looking for people to report from district meets with notable happenings and performances Saturday. If you would like to be a part of the group to help extend Crossface Chronicles’ wrestling coverage Saturday, email me at kj.pilcher@gazcomm.com
The only thing I can do is promise name recognition with the reports for this blog and the live-chat I’ll conduct from the Class 3A district at Cedar Rapids Washington.

Source: KJ Pilcher

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIV. Conf All
Dubuque Wahlert 11-4 15-5
Iowa City West 10-5 15-5
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-5 14-5
Cedar Rapids Xavier 10-5 13-7
Iowa City High 9-6 14-6
Waterloo West 7-8 11-8
Dubuque Hempstead 1-14 2-18
MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf All
x-Linn-Mar 15-0 20-0
Cedar Rapids Washington 10-5 12-7
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7-8 11-9
Dubuque Senior 6-9 10-9
Cedar Falls 6-9 8-12
Cedar Rapids Prairie 3-12 5-15
Waterloo East 0-15 0-20
WAMAC EAST DIVISION DIV All
x-DeWitt Central 13-0 17-3
Anamosa 11-3 15-6
Mount Vernon 10-3 16-4
Maquoketa 8-6 11-9
Western Dubuque 7-7 11-10
Solon 3-11 7-14
West Delaware 2-12 4-17
Dyersville Beckman 1-13 3-18
WAMAC WEST DIVISION DIV All
x-Marion 13-0 18-1
Benton Community 10-4 …

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Students from Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Linn-Mar are teaming up to support local flood recovery.
The two student government groups are jointly selling unique ‘Catfight’ T-shirts for students from both schools to wear at Tuesday’s Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ basketball showdown at Kennedy.
Kennedy students will wear white shirts; Linn-Mar students will wear black T-shirts. Each shirt will have the same design. Both schools are selling the shirts for $10.
“The two student groups have worked very well together and we hope the project is a big success,” said Joe Benedict, …