Sweeney, Keller prep baseball all-Americans

Senior shortstop Kellen Sweeney of Cedar Rapids Jefferson has been named a first-team preseason prep all-American by Rawlings, it was announced Wednesday. Cedar Rapids Xavier senior pitcher Jon Keller was a second-team pick. The all-Americans were selected by Rawlings, in partnership with Perfect Game USA baseball club in Cedar Rapids. Sweeney has recovered well from Tommy John surgery in his right elbow last fall. The brother of Oakland A's outfielder Ryan Sweeney has committed to play college baseball at the University of San Diego. Keller has ...

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Private schools abound at state tourney this year

DES MOINES — The abundance of private schools at this week’s boys’ state basketball tournament once again has some people questioning if the Iowa High School Athletic Association should look into an enrollment “multiplier” to determine sports classifications for non-public schools. States such as Missouri and Arkansas use a multiplier system, while other states have separate athletics classes for public and private schools. As an example, the enrollment of Council Bluffs St. Albert (which was in the Class 1A field) would ...

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New divisions for the MVC

There are the divisions for the MVC in 2010-11 and 2011-12: MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cedar Rapids Washington Dubuque Senior Dubuque Wahlert Iowa City High Linn-Mar Waterloo West VALLEY DIVISION Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Jefferson Cedar Rapids Prairie Cedar Rapids Xavier Dubuque Hempstead Iowa City West Waterloo East

All-Metro boys’ basketball team

As voted by coaches.

All-Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ hoops team

Here it is. Chris Robertson of Linn-Mar and Bob Fontana of Cedar Rapids Kennedy are the division coaches of the year. Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Jarrod Uthoff and TrayVonn Wright of Waterloo West were players of the year. Striking how much better the Valley Division was this season than the Mississippi Division. Three MVC are at the state tournament next week, all from the Valley Division.

Linder’s vote: All-Metro girls basketball

It's the coaches that pick the All-Metro sports teams, including girls' basketball. Here's the way I would select the teams, based on eight first-teamers and eight second-teamers:   FIRST TEAM COLLEEN BOUCHARD, sr., Xavier ... 11.4 ppg, .419 3FG%, 3.0 spg TIA DAWSON, jr., Washington ... 15.8 ppg, 11.6 rpg, 4.0 bpg KRISTEN HAHN, sr., Kennedy ... 6.6 ppg, 4.4 spg, 66-36 ast-to-TO ratio ALEX JACOBSON, sr., Jefferson ... 12.7 ppg, 4.0 apg, 3.6 spg KAYLA KLOPFENSTEIN, sr., Linn-Mar ... 12.2 ppg, 2.2 apg, .381 3FG% MORGAN PAIGE, sr., ...

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MVC Mississippi Division wrestling honors

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ALL-CONFERENCE WRESTLING TEAM MISSISSIPPI DIVISION FIRST TEAM ALL-DIVISION    Weight       Name Record Overall   School   Grade 103 Alonzo HendersonKegan Wakefield 25-5 21-1 Waterloo West Iowa City West 11 9 112 Jack Hathaway 39-2 Iowa City West 10 119 Jon Skarda 31-9 Iowa City West 12 125 Luke Kremer 32-4 C.R. Kennedy 10 130 Braxton Chicchelly 26-7 C.R. Xavier 11 135 Gradey Gambrall 38-5 Iowa City West 10 140 Kevin Brimeyer 24-11 Dubuque Hempstead 11 145 Jordan Baskerville 24-12 C.R. Kennedy 11 152 Justin Koethe 24-1 Iowa City West 10 160 Nick Moore 41-0 Iowa City West 12 171 David Solis 20-10 Iowa City West 12 189 Dexter Curry 16-3 Iowa City City 12 215 Brock Haas 32-3 Dubuque Hempstead 12 285 Josh McDonald 29-4 C.R. Xavier 12   COACH OF THE YEAR      Mark Reiland & Iowa City West Coaching Staff                                  SECOND TEAM ALL-DIVISION    Weight       Name Record Overall   School   Grade 103         112 Ben Feuerhelm 24-15 C.R. Kennedy 10 119 Ryan Rodriguez 24-13 C.R. Kennedy 10 125 Shane Broderick 24-9 Dubuque Wahlert 10 130 Shane Williams 25-13 C.R. Kennedy 10 135 Sam Hunter 9-5 C.R. Kennedy 12 140 Logan Kubovec 20-14 C.R. Kennedy 11 145 Evan Smith 18-16 Dubuque Hempstead 11 152 Ryan Sheldon 29-9 C.R. Kennedy 11 160 Zach Parsons 26-8 C.R. ...

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MVC All-Academic honors for wrestling

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE WRESTLING ACADEMIC HONORS  MISSISSIPPI DIVISION   SCHOOL NAME NAME   Cedar Falls   Michael Kelley   Tim Toerner   C.R. Prairie Derek Dozier Jordan Netolicky   Dubuque Hempstead   Brian Ensign   Brock Haas   Dubuque Wahlert   Ben Berning   Jon Kane   Iowa City City Isaac Thompson Alex Sullivan   Iowa City West   Nick Moore   Griffin Weihe   Linn-Mar Michael Green Dailey Johnson     VALLEY DIVISION   C.R. Jefferson   Zac Builta   Stephen Settlage   C.R. Kennedy   Drew Johnson   Chas Mollenhauer   C.R. Washington   Zach Pilcher   Justin Cole   C.R. Xavier   Josh McDonald   Jason Milke   Dubuque Senior   TJ Weidemann   Enoch Warnke   Waterloo East   Jeremy Helgeson   Kendrick Veasley   Waterloo West   Ian Brauer  

West wins seventh straight MVC crown

DUBUQUE — Iowa City West Coach Mark Reiland said it was one of those days. A satisfactory effort, but nothing spectacular from his Trojans. Other Mississippi Valley Conference teams may beg to differ and would likely exchange outcomes any day. West crowned five champions, tallying 244½ points, to win its seventh straight MVC tournament title Saturday at Dubuque Senior. The Trojans finished a massive 89 points ahead of runner-up Linn-Mar. The approach is the same every year, according to West senior Nick Moore. “It’s ...

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Stokes doesn’t miss; Lions haven’t lost

MARION — Kiah Stokes was highly efficient, if not wildly prolific. Stokes took only eight shots from the floor Friday night, but made every last one of them as Class 4A top-rated Linn-Mar won its 30th straight Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ basketball game, 48-34, over No. 12 Cedar Rapids Xavier at Linn-Mar High School. "They were physical, so I wanted to be physical right back," said Stokes, who scored 19 points in front of hopeful suitors like Iowa State women’s coach Bill Fennelly ...

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