Iowa City West comes out strong in second half to beat Waterloo East

After a sluggish first half, Iowa City West came out strong in the second to defeat Waterloo East, 35-14, on a beautiful opening night for Mississippi Valley Conference football. West opened the scoring late in the first quarter with quarterback Charles Rogers scampering in from seven yards out on a broken play. West continued the scoring in the second quarter as Rogers hit sophomore Ezra Reiners on a 20-yard pass completion for a touchdown. With a 14-0 lead at halftime, West Coach ...

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Bobcats end East’s season

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Waterloo East stranded 11 baserunners, eight in scoring position, as the Trojans were eliminated Saturday by Marshalltown, 3-1, in a Class 4A regional softball opener. East (17-20) left the bases-loaded in the both the second and third innings, while the Bobcats (18-17) took advantage of two Trojan errors to score all three of their runs. East tied the game in the top of the third when Jessica Kinnetz hit a one-out double and Charissa Wright drove her home. Click here ...

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Jefferson deals East a sweep

WATERLOO - The Waterloo East Trojan baseball squad dropped a pair of contests to Cedar Rapids Jefferson Friday, losing 11-1 and 10-0. Jefferson (19-14) scored seven of its 11 runs during the first three innings of game one and cruised. "First game (we) had one of those innings where we fell apart," said East coach Bruce Pietro. "Defensively, the pitcher was throwing strikes. Gaige (Frank), every time he's on the mound he throws strikes and we just didn't play defense well." In game two, ...

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Trojans sweep Wahlert

A pair of strong pitching performances propelled the Waterloo East softball squad to a sweep of Dubuque Wahlert Tuesday as the Trojans won, 4-1 and 8-0. Alyson Netty and Kesley Rash both fired complete-game two-hitters for East. Solid hitting was also East's ally on this evening. In game one, Katelyn Kinnetz, Netty and Megan Dunn also registered two hits apiece. Click here for the complete story from the Waterloo Courier.

Lineups key to district play

CEDAR RAPIDS — This is the time prep tennis coaches are put to the test. With rosters due Monday for Thursday’s Class 1A and 2A district meets, boys’ tennis coaches are challenged to find their best possible lineup. It turns out that determining lineups for district competition is more complex than filling out a sheet with names. Coaches implore strategy to try to advance as many athletes to the state meet as well as improving the team’s chances to reach team substate. Coaches ...

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Class 2A boys tennis district assignments

The Class 2A district assignments were released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. They begin May 13. The top two in each districts, in both singles and doubles, advance to the state meets May 28 and 29 in Waterloo (Class 1A) and Cedar Rapids' Veterans Memorial Tennis Complex (2A). Cedar Rapids Jefferson hosts a district with Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Xavier and Marshalltown. Iowa City High also hosts a district with Iowa City West, ...

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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-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.

MVC Valley Division wrestling honors

            2009-2010              MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ALL-CONFERENCE WRESTLING TEAM VALLEY DIVISION FIRST TEAM ALL-DIVISION    Weight       Name Record Overall   School   Grade 103 Joel Northrup 32-3 Linn-Mar 9 112 Bryce Lynn 23-4 Dubuque Senior 11 119 Kirk Sallis 18-1 Waterloo East 12 125 Dan Radig 20-19 Linn-Mar 11 130 Demetrious Taylor 20-2 Waterloo East 12 135 Josh Pederson 26-9 Linn-Mar 10 140 Tim Toerner 17-12 Cedar Falls 12 145 Zach Witte 28-3 C.R. Prairie 10 152 Michael Kelly 30-1 Cedar Falls 12 160 K.C. Groomes 19-15 Cedar Falls 11 171 Mark Atwater 24-6 Linn-Mar 10 189 Kyven Gadson 23-0 Waterloo East 12 215 Josh Lambrecht 17-0 C.R. Prairie 12 285 Mac MahmensConner Herman 20-5 25-1 Linn-Mar C.R. Jefferson 11 11   COACH OF THE YEAR     Doug Streicher & Linn-Mar Coaching Staff             SECOND TEAM ALL-DIVISION      Weight       Name Record Overall   School   Grade 103 Zach Becicka 27-7 C.R. Prairie 10 112 DeShawn Robertson 22-6 Waterloo East 10 119 Jordan Eicher 16-13 C.R. Washington 10 125 Blake Carson 19-13 C.R. Jefferson 11 130 Jeremy Severin 18-15 Linn-Mar 11 135 Dylan Moenck 12-21 C.R. Jefferson 11 140 Cameron Rathje 20-11 C.R. Prairie 9 145 Dailey JohnsonStephen Settlage 31-5 18-11 Linn-Mar C.R. Jefferson 12 12 152 Peyton Wagner 24-5 C.R. Prairie 10 160 Austin Gould 8-3 C.R. Prairie 9 171 Alex Steenblock 25-11 C.R. Prairie   189 Riley Welsh 19-14 C.R. Jefferson 11 215 Cody Hirsch 17-12 Cedar Falls 11 285           HONORABLE MENTION ALL-DIVISION    Weight       Name Record Overall   School   Grade 103         112 Jayden ...

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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