Prep golfers hit the course for Iowa High School Athletic Association championship meets today as 35 sectional meets in all three classes across the state.
Decorah senior Andrew Peter will look to defend his individual state title, and help lead the Vikings back to the Class 3A state meet. The Vikings, who placed fourth at state last season, travel to Charles City for a sectional with Clear Lake, Crestwood, Forest City, Hampton-Dumont, Iowa Falls-Alden and New Hampton. The top four individuals and top two teams advance to next week’s district play, joing a Manchest …

Marion’s Mike Manderscheid and Solon’s Brad Randall were conference coaches of the year in their respective divisions. Their teams shared the overall Wamac title.
Here are the complete teams:
2009-10 Wamac Boys Basketball

MARION — Sherryl Gaffney-Paige exited the locker room and exhaled.
“I’m glad to get that one done,” she said.
No. 8 Marion navigated Benton Community’s constantly changing defense and sidestepped the Bobcats, 65-55, in a Class 3A regional quarterfinal girls’ basketball game Wednesday night at Marion High School.
“I couldn’t tell what they were running,” said Brittany Fish, who scored 20 of her game-high 25 points in the second half to carry the Indians (21-1) to their 15th straight win.
Marion will host Vinton-Shellsburg (12-10) in a regional semifinal at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Morgan Paige …

The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association have released their final set of Class 1A and 2A dual rankings. The rankings are used to seed the state duals tournament. Teams across the state are competing in regional dual meets Wednesday to earn a berth to the State Duals tournament Feb. 27 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.
Class 1A
1. Don Bosco (19-1)
2. Logan-Magnolia (24-2)
3. Nashua-Plainfield (13-3)
4. East Buchanan (22-2)
5. Eddyville-Blakesburg (19-2)
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard (25-2)
7. Louisa-Muscatine (6-3)
8. New London/WMU (13-7)
9. Lisbon (18-4)
10. Interstate 35 (11-4)
11. Guthrie Center (19-5)
12. Greattinger-Terril (11-4)
13. …

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: …

East Buchanan is attempting to claim its first state duals berth, but if the Bucs are going to end their season in Cedar Rapids they will have to earn it.
The third-ranked Bucs host a competitive Class 1A regional dual at Winthrop, featuring No. 9 Lisbon, Alburnett and West Branch. East Buchanan opens with West Branch, while Lisbon takes on Alburnett in the semifinals, starting at 6 p.m.
Opening round winners then compete for a trip to the state duals Feb. 27 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.
East Buchanan Coach …

You hate to refer to it again, but when you talk about Marion’s season, you’ve got to talk about that Williamsburg game. The Indians blew a 20-plus point lead and lost by two just before Christmas.
There’s been nary a defeat since then. Marion won its ninth in a row Saturday, drilling Benton Community, 70-48, as part of Rivalry Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center.
“We knew right then that we had to play together,” said Marion’s Kasey Semler, who led his team with 17 points. “It seems like ever since that …

That’ll be this Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center. Tickets are $7 and available at the door.
The schedule is:
 
1:30 p.m. – Lisbon (8-7) vs. North Cedar (15-1)
  
3:15 p.m. –
Monticello (7-8) vs. Central City (8-7)
 
5 p.m. –
Mid Prairie (10-4) vs. Iowa City Regina (9-4)

6:45 p.m. –
Marion (12-3) vs. Benton Community (6-8)

8:30 p.m. – Cedar Rapids Washington (6-7) vs. Iowa City High (8-6)
Am intererested to see North Cedar and sophomore Jordan Hay. The best game looks like it could be the Cedar Valley Conference grudge match between Regina and Mid-Prairie.
The records are through …

This is minus conference standings for the Big East. Not sure which games are conference games and which aren’t. As soon as we figure that out, we’ll update this.
These are through Wednesday
STANDINGS
MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Conf. All
—- Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-2 7-3
—- Dubuque Wahlert 5-3 8-4
—- Iowa City High 2-5 6-6
—- Waterloo West 3-5 5-5
—- Iowa City West 2-5 4-8
—- Cedar Rapids Xavier 2-5 4-7
—- Dubuque Hempstead 0-7 0-11
MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf. All
—- Linn-Mar 7-0 11-1
—- Cedar Rapids Jefferson 6-1 10-1
—- Cedar Falls 6-1 8-1
—- Cedar Rapids Washington 5-2 7-4
—- Waterloo …

The top six teams in the rankings have a number of wrestlers on the list. All of them have at least five wrestlers ranked. Defending state champion Ballard still leads the way with Denver-Tripoli and Davenport Assumption close behind. The state tournament could be very interesting depending upon the number of qualifiers each can take to Des Moines.
Top 10 State Tournament Teams (# of ranked wrestlers)
1. Ballard (6)
2. Denver-Tripoli (8)
3. Davenport Assumption (7)
4. Independence (6)
5. Forest City (5)
6. East Marshall (5)
7. Centerville (3)
8. Emmetsburg (4)
9. Dallas Center-Grimes (4)
10. Sgt. Bluff …