CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Kennedy has a strong tradition of girls’ diving.
Savannah Schott and Liz Hayes will try to carry on that tradition, competing in the Mississippi Valley Conference meet tonight at Loras College in Dubuque. The meet begins tonight at 5 with diving competition and resumes Saturday at noon with swim events.
Schott and Hayes are among the state’s best in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Power Rankings. Schott is seventh in both six and 11 dives, while Hayes is 10th and eighth, respectively.
According to Kennedy diving …

Here’s my new 4A East substate projections, with two weeks to play:
#16 Cedar Rapids Prairie (3-6) at #1 Clinton (9-0)
#9 Dubuque Hempstead (6-3) at #8 Pleasant Valley (6-3)
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#12 Davenport Central (5-4) at #5 Cedar Rapids Washington (7-2)
#13 North Scott (5-4) at #4 Linn-Mar (8-1)
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#11 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-4) at #6 Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-2)
#14 Burlington (4-5) at #3 Bettendorf (8-1)
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#10 Davenport Assumption (5-4) at #7 Cedar Falls (7-2)
#15 Iowa City West (3-6) at #2 Iowa City High (9-0)

 The upcoming conference tourney on Saturday could well be any team’s game…but today, the Springville Orioles are wearing the conference crown.
 
 For only the 2nd time since starting a volleyball program, the Orioles captured the conference volleyball title outright. (Springville won the title in 2000. They also tied for the title in 2007, and tied for the Valley Division in 2006)  The Orioles cleared a major hurdle in their climb by defeating previously unbeaten (in the conference) Monticello last week  in 3 straight sets.  Monticello dropped a match to Alburnett two nights …

During the 2009-10 girls’ basketball season, varsity teams may play two 16-minute halves during non-conference games with mutual agreement by both schools, according to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Conferences may also agree to play two 16-minute halves in all conference games if the conference adopts the policy for the season. High schools currently play four 8-minute quarters.
This experimental rule applies only to varsity contests and is not mandatory.  However, if a conference votes to adopt the rule for its conference games, all conference schools must participate.