MARION — They’re missing three former starters.
Worse yet for the Jefferson J-Hawks, they don’t have Kiah Stokes. Or an answer for her.
Stokes posted 25 points, 19 rebounds and six blocks as Class 4A top-ranked Linn-Mar hammered No. 15 Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 67-41, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday night at Linn-Mar High School.
“They were trying to double-team me, so I really focused on the offensive rebounds,” Stokes said.
Linn-Mar (20-0 overall, 15-0 MVC) stretched its regular-season winning streak to 42 games and its MVC run to 32 in a …

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn-Mar Lions are the Metro’s best. Still.
“Coach has been telling us all year that we are going to get everybody’s best shot, and I think we have so far,” junior guard Matt Bohannon said after his Class 4A second-ranked team brushed past No. 6 Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 55-46, last night at a raucous J-Hawk gym. “At the beginning of the year, I don’t think we totally got that. But I think we’re realizing it as the season goes on.”
Linn-Mar (17-1) ignored a slow start to win …

For the week of Feb. 8.
CLASS 4A       Record  Pts  Prv
1.  Ames (12)                18-0    120  1
2.  Linn-Mar          16-1    108  2
3.  Des Moines Hoover        16-1    89   4
4.  Sioux City East          15-2    80   6
5.  Johnston                 14-2    68   8
6.  Cedar Rapids Jefferson   14-2    60   3
7.  Bettendorf               14-3    55   7
8.  Southeast Polk           13-3    37   5
9.  Cedar Falls              13-3    20   9
10. Clinton                  13-4    10   9
   Others receiving votes: Council Bluffs Lewis Central 6, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 6, West Des Moines Dowling 1.
CLASS 3A   Record  Pts  Prv
1.  Norwalk (8)            17-0    116  1
2.  Mount Pleasant (4)     17-0    110  …

Mother nature has caused a hiccup in the posteason season wrestling schedule. All but one regional dual across the state are postponed until tomorrow evening.
The Class 2A regional dual event at Winterset, featuring  Centerville, Harlan, Creston/orient-Macksburg and Clarke (Osceola) is the only one that will be competed. All others are scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.
CLASS 2A ASSIGNMENTS
AT: GILBERT (POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 2/10, SAME TIME)
Semi-Final Round
Bondurant-Farrar vs. Webster City
Ballard vs. PCM, Monroe
After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine
the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament.
AT: …

A number of area high school sporting events are being postponed due to today’s snow. Here’s the rundown:
Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Linn-Mar
The games tonight between Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Linn-Mar are a go, school officials say. The girls’ game is at Linn-Mar, while the boys’ game is at Jefferson. Sophomore games are set to start at 6 p.m. at both schools, with varsity games to follow.
Marion
The Marion High School Girls and Boys Basketball games scheduled for tonight vs. Clear Creek Amana have been postponed.  Here is the latest update:

9th/JV/Varsity Girls Basketball  …

A look at a few scores but mostly cancellations from across Iowa last night.

Boyden-Hull 54, Rock Valley 50
East Mills 85, Essex 27
Johnson-Brock, Neb. 59, Hamburg 37
Le Mars 58, Cherokee 57
MOC-Floyd Valley 88, Rock Rapids Central Lyon 58
Moville Woodbury Central 67, Remsen-Union 62
Orange City Unity Christian 48, Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 38
Paullina South O’Brien 57, Hawarden West Sioux 33
Sibley-Ocheyedan 75, Harris-Lake Park 54
Sioux City North 59, Council Bluffs Jefferson 45
Sioux Falls O’Gorman, S.D. 64, Sioux City West 46
Stanwood North Cedar 53, West Branch 45
West Liberty 79, Winfield-Mount Union 50

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Vinton-Shellsburg …