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Alex Rodriguez homered in his spring training debut Wednesday. He was booed lustily by much of the crowd in Dunedin, Fla.
He should have been booed after the game. Apparently A-Roid took off in an SUV with his cousin. You remember Yuri Sucart, right? He’s the guy who supposedly got Rodriguez his steroids in the Dominican Republic and needled him up.
“It was nice, just nice to play baseball,” Rodriguez said after the spring training game against Toronto. “That’s what I do, that’s what I get paid for.
“Fans were okay, …

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION
First Team
Emma Krieger-Kittle, sr., Iowa City West; Jade Rogers, jr., C.R. Kennedy; Virginia Johnson, soph., Iowa City High; Colleen Bouchard, jr., C.R. Xavier; Jadyn Spencer, soph., Waterloo West; Shelbi Schmitz, sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Claire Till, fr., Dubuque Wahlert.
Player of the year – Johnson.
Coach of the year – Kris Spiegler, Dubuque Wahlert.
Second Team
Maddie Sadecky, sr., Iowa City West; Mariah Duke, jr., C.R. Kennedy; Majesty Tutson, sr., Iowa City High; Caitlin Kray, sr., C.R. Xavier; Tristan O’Brien, sr., Waterloo West; Shelby Smith, sr., Waterloo West; Lisa Kunde, sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Brooke …

Since the 2009 state wrestling tournament is still fresh in our minds, I want you to share your top memories of the four-day event. Is it the Wagner/LeClere match? Bart Reiter winning his fourth title? Maybe you’re from Central Iowa and Nicholson’s win over St. John takes the cake?
I have too many to narrow to one, but let’s share the best and/or worst of the greatest event in the state.
Check out all of the outstanding images from the state wrestling tournament taken by The Gazette photographer Cliff Jette. You can …

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Since the 2009 state wrestling tournament is still fresh in our minds, I want you to share your top memories of the four-day event. Is it the Wagner/LeClere match? Bart Reiter winning his fourth title? Maybe you’re from Central Iowa and Nicholson’s win over St. John takes the cake?
I have too many to narrow to one, but let’s share the best and/or worst of the greatest event in the state.

Source: KJ Pilcher

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The senior forward averaged 24 points and shot 58 percent from three point range in two games for the Lancers. She poured in 34 points, including 8-of-12 from three point range in a victory over Davenport North.
Source: INS – Player of the Week – Football

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The senior Center scored 35 points and hauled down 12 rebounds in a victory over Iowa Falls-Alden. Uhlenhopp made 15-of-22 shots from the field and also registered four steals.
Source: INS – Player of the Week – Football

By Justin Braden
When you’ve done something for 36 years, it’s no longer something you do but rather, it becomes a part of you. For wrestling referee Mike Braden, that part is nearly done. After nearly four decades of officiating, he is lacing up his shoes for the final time on Saturday, February 28.

 
Braden, who wrestled at Oskaloosa for Coach Don Crandle, began officiating at the coaches urging in 1972, licensed right out of high school. He had been a captain for the team and Crandle, a ref himself, obviously saw …

Periodic updates:
6:15 p.m. – Rebounding after one quarter: Linn-Mar 12, Jefferson 0. Score is 18-7.
6:27 p.m. – Linn-Mar 30-19 at halftime. Stokes 16 points, 9 rebounds; Printy 5 points, 6 assists; Norman 3-3 3 FG; Burger leads Jefferson with 11 points.
6:40 p.m. – Linn-Mar scores first 7 pts of second half. It’s 37-19. Stokes: 21 points, 16 boards.
6:49 p.m. – Linn-Mar 42-22 after 3 quarters.
7:00 p.m. – It’s a final. Linn-Mar 53-30. Fast game.
7:43 p.m. – Xavier leads Washington, 12-5, 1:06 in 1st.
7:45 p.m. – Caitlin Kray is down and …

Join Jacob Kopp as he “glogs” from the double-header at the U.S. Cellular Center.
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