DES MOINES — The greatest prep basketball player ever to grace the Cedar Rapids-Marion area ended his career Saturday afternoon by becoming its greatest scorer. Probably.Marcus Paige had 28 points in Linn-Mar’s 66-49 loss to Ankeny in the Class 4A state tournament consolation game at ...

 DES MOINES — You didn’t think it could get any worse than last year’s state tournament quarterfinals for the Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks, but it did.They went the entire first half Wednesday afternoon without a two-point field goal and 16 minutes and 10 seconds between ...

 DES MOINES -- The lead was gone. Iowa City West's championship dream was slipping away, swirling the drain.Then Tatum Klein provided a long-range plug.Klein hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in regulation, then second-ranked West ruled overtime to defeat No. 4 Ankeny, 61-56, ...

DES MOINES -- It's the sportswriters, not the coaches, that select Miss Iowa Basketball."I don't get to make the call, but I don't think there's any doubt (on the winner)," said Patrick Miller, coach at Ida Grove OA-BCIG.Miller, as would be expected, is a firm supporter ...

Saturday's games at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines:CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIPIowa City West (24-1) vs. Ankeny (22-3)Time -- 8 p.m.Coaches -- B.J. Mayer is 214-114 in 14 years, including 87-34 in five seasons at West. Scott DeJong has compiled a 492-111 ...

 DES MOINES -- Ankeny's dynamic defense claimed another victim Wednesday afternoon.The fourth-ranked Hawkettes stymied No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier at virtually every turn, ousting the Saints, 39-25, in a Class 4A quarterfinal at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena."They have a big team, ...

DES MOINES -- Like defense?Then Wells Fargo Arena is the place for you Wednesday afternoon. Pop your head in the door around 1:30 for a defensive smorgasbord.That's when fifth-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier (18-5) meets Ankeny (20-3) in a Class 4A quarterfinal. Points will be at a premium."You'll ...

Wednesday's games at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines:CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALSIowa City High (17-6) vs. Iowa City High (22-1)Time -- 10 a.m.Coaches -- Bill McTaggart is 323-157 in 19 seasons, including 232-96 in 14 years at City High. B.J. Mayer ...

 CEDAR RAPIDS -- It was a grind. It was a slugfest.And now, it's an all-Iowa City battle for a state championship.More often than not, second-ranked Iowa City High made the clutch plays at the clutch times, and the Little Hawks outfought No. 3 Ankeny, 26-24, ...

 CEDAR RAPIDS - An interesting tete-a-tete broke out between student sections Wednesday afternoon at the state volleyball tournament.You had kids from Cedar Rapids Kennedy chanting "Let's go Waukee! Let's go Waukee!" Correspondingly, you had Waukee students chanting "Let's go Kennedy! Let's go Kennedy!"The schools weren't ...