http://iowaprepsports.com Covering High School Sports Across Iowa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:05:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_16519" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Solon's Joe Weeks (10) leaps for a rebound in the Class 2A Championship game against Western Christian during the Boy's State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, March 12, 2010. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)"][/caption] DES MOINES — Ladies and gentlemen, here’s your overwhelming ... http://iowaprepsports.com/featured/2010/03/12/western-christian-too-much-for-solon?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=western-christian-too-much-for-solon [caption id="attachment_16512" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Southeast Polk's Nate Greim (20) and Jake Guenther (12) run back to their bench past Marcus Paige of Linn-Mar follow the Ram's victory over the Lions in a Class 4A semifinal game during the Boy's State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on ... http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/boysbasketball/2010/03/12/free-throws-hurt-linn-mar-in-semifinal-loss?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-throws-hurt-linn-mar-in-semifinal-loss DES MOINES — Greg McDermott has his own stuff to worry about. His Iowa State Cyclones just had another frustrating year. Center Craig Brackins announced Friday he’s entering the NBA draft, and forward Marquis Gilstrap’s attempt at an extra season in Ames was nixed by the NCAA. Still, the ISU head coach ... http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/boysbasketball/2010/03/12/mcdermott-gives-support-to-beleagured-lickliter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mcdermott-gives-support-to-beleagured-lickliter Sportswriter Jeff Linder will provide live coverage of tonight's Class 3A state championship game between Solon (25-2) and Hull Western Christian (24-3). Tipoff is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. Follow the live coverage below. [HTML1] http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/boysbasketball/2010/03/12/live-coverage-solon-vs-hull-western-christian-805-p-m?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-coverage-solon-vs-hull-western-christian-805-p-m Sportswriter Jeff Linder will provide live coverage of today's Class 4A semifinal basketball game between Linn-Mar (23-1) and Southeast Polk (20-3). The game begins at 3:15 p.m. [HTML1] http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/boysbasketball/2010/03/12/live-coverage-linn-mar-vs-southeast-polk-315-p-m?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-coverage-linn-mar-vs-southeast-polk-315-p-m Spring sports have produced athletes, who have participated in more than one sport during the season. We've seen athletes in the past play soccer and golf, and some have played track and golf. Do you know of any athletes planning on playing two high school varsity sports this spring? Let us ... http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/track-and-field/2010/03/12/spring-double-duty?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-double-duty Linn-Mar junior Kiah Stokes has been selected as the 2010 Gatorade Iowa Girls' Basketball Player of the Year. [caption id="attachment_16475" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="Gatorade"][/caption] The 6-foot-3 post led Linn-Mar to a 26-0 record and the Class 4A state championship. She averaged 19.5 points, 12.8 rebounds and 5.1 blocks per game. She clicked for ... http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/2010/03/12/gatorade-showers-some-attention-on-stokes?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gatorade-showers-some-attention-on-stokes DES MOINES — Maybe this will turn out to be another Willis Reed deal. For those of you not initiated with the legendary NBA tale, Reed spurred the New York Knicks to victory in Game 7 of the 1970 finals despite a torn muscle in his thigh that kept him out ... http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/boysbasketball/2010/03/11/will-western-christian-be-missing-its-biggest-bullet?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-western-christian-be-missing-its-biggest-bullet DES MOINES — Their top six players from last season graduated. So did 90 percent of their scoring. But these are the Solon Spartans, and all they do in most sports is win, baby. “There were a lot of doubters who thought we’d only finish about halfway up our conference,” Tanner Wentzien ... http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/boysbasketball/2010/03/11/solon-plays-for-another-championship?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solon-plays-for-another-championship [nggallery id=42] http://iowaprepsports.com/prepsports/2010/03/11/photos-solon-vs-ikm-manning?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-solon-vs-ikm-manning