Sounds like their expecting a full house — and then some — for Tuesday’s boys’ basketball game between #3 Linn-Mar and #2 Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
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I’ll be “glogging” — that’s the cool new name for a game log — from Kennedy tomorrow. It’s part of the new media, one that K.J. Pilcher has done successfully with wrestling.
Jeff Dahn will be providing the game coverage for The Gazette. And since I don’t have to worry about keeping stats, I’ll be on the laptop, tap-tapping with …

By Jeff Dahn

When Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Kennedy tip it off Tuesday night at Kennedy in a game that will determine Metro and Mississippi Valley Conference bragging rights, there will be intriguing individual match ups all over the floor.
Rebounding will play a big role in who wins this game and four of the best will be matched against one another. Both teams play primarily man-to-man defense, so it’s likely Linn-Mar’s Zach Bohannon (6-7) will square off against Kennedy’s Jake Hefferenen (6-4), and the Lions’ Nate Hutcheson (6-7) will be paired …

By Jeff Dahn

What follows is a link to an incredible piece that appeared in Sunday’s New York Times Sunday Magazine. It was written by “Moneyball” author Michael Lewis and focuses on the contributions NBA player Shane Battier makes to the Houston Rockets.
Battier, a true scholar-athlete who graduated from Duke, doesn’t score a lot, doesn’t rebound a lot and doesn’t hand out a lot of assists, but every team he’s ever played on wins. Lewis is a statistical guru and the Rockets have started to use new stats to show a …

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Sounds like their expecting a full house — and then some — for Tuesday’s boys’ basketball game between #3 Linn-Mar and #2 Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
Can’t get in? Then join our live chat.
I’ll be “glogging” — that’s the cool new name for a game log — from Kennedy tomorrow. It’s part of the new media, one that K.J. Pilcher has done successfully with wrestling.
Jeff Dahn will be providing the game coverage for The Gazette. And since I don’t have to worry about keeping stats, I’ll be on the laptop, …

Please join fellow preps writers Jeff Dahn, K.J. Pilcher and me for a live chat at iowaprepsports.com today at noon.
I’m sure wrestling will dominate the scene today (as well it should; the state tournament begins Wednesday).
Our numbers have risen steadily at the live chat through the last few weeks.

By Jeff Dahn
 The Gazette
  The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks didn’t just shuffle their feet coming out of the gate this season, they basically fell flat on their faces.
  Mid-Prairie lost senior returning starter Collin Brenneman for the year when he broke his wrist in the season-opener against Washington, and the team struggled early with only two wins in its first six games. Three of those losses came in succession to ranked teams from Solon, Mount Pleasant and North Cedar.
  But the Golden Hawks (165) whipped West Liberty by 16 points on Jan. …

Here are the first round matches of the 2A tournament. Some notable matches include, #1 Dakota Bauer (Ballard) vs. #5 Tyler Endres (Indee) at 112, #3 Dylan Rusher (Roland-Story) vs. #5 Nathan Vaske (West Delaware) at 130 and #1 Blake Sorensen (Denver-Tripoli) vs. #3 Ryan Hand (Wilton) at 145.
103 pounds
Landon Felton (Monticello, fr.) vs. Cody Christianson (CMB, fr.); Alex Brown (Hampton-Dumont, so.) vs. Isaac Lundgren (Emmetsburg/Armstrong-Ringsted, fr.); Dylan Peters (Denver-Tripoli, fr.) vs. Chad McCannon (Mediapolis, so.); Pryce Creighton (Dallas Center-Grimes, so.) vs. Hunter Langley (Sergeant Bluff-Luton, fr.); Dalton Kingery (PCM …

It’s tourney time!
Weekly Prep Sports Chat #6

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Friday, on the Friday Night Live Preview with Mike Ferlazzo, Mike will look at some potential great match-ups as the tournament trail is underway.  Check back on Friday morning for all…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection

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DES MOINES, Iowa – One week remains in the regular season and one playoff spot also is up for grabs.  Lincoln clinched the regular season championship with wins this week, extending their winning streak to…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection