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Benton Community High School
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Van Horne, IA 52346
All-Wamac Conference boys’ hoops teams
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:
Threes and frees by Fish help Marion advance
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 ...
Final Class 1A and 2A IWCOA dual rankings
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. ...
Weather pushes back most regional duals
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 ...
East Buch tries for first state duals berth
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 ...
Rivalry Saturday – Marion keeps on rolling
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 ...
It’s the boys turn for “Rivalry Saturday”
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 ...
Boys’ basketball standings (through Wednesday)
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 ---- ...
The Predicament’s January Class 2A rankings
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 ...
Defense vaults Jesup to front of NICL East race
Jesup High School lost its top scorer to graduation. Its top defender, too. But the J-Hawks haven’t lost their way. Winners of seven straight games, the J-Hawks have moved to the forefront of the girls’ basketball race in the North Iowa Cedar League East Division. They defeated then-2A fourth-rated Denver, 45-41, Tuesday at home. "The girls always seem to step up when they play Denver," said Coach Roger Oberhauser. "They’re playing as a team, and they’re really believing in their defense." Jesup (8-1 overall, 5-1 ...
