DES MOINES -- The trail is freshly blazed.Class 4A runners-up one year. Champions the next.Des Moines East did it Saturday. Iowa City West will try to repeat the feat in 2012."We're going to come back and get it next year," West's Jessica Shull said after ...

DES MOINES -- The fuse blew at the beginning of the fourth quarter.That's when top-ranked Des Moines East to turn a toss-up into completed perfection, scoring 12 straight points in less than three minutes and sprinting away from No. 3 Iowa City West, 52-40, to ...

DES MOINES -- The fuse blew at the beginning of the fourth quarter.That's when top-ranked Des Moines East to turn a toss-up into completed perfection, scoring 12 straight points in less than three minutes and sprinting away from No. 3 Iowa City West, 52-40, to ...

DES MOINES -- When Kiah Stokes hit the shot to force overtime, B.J. Mayer saw doubt in his players' eyes."There was fear there," he said. "I just told them that big-time players make big-time plays. Big-time teams make them too."And Iowa City West made them ...

DES MOINES -- A big third quarter for Washington.A bigger fourth for West.Third-ranked Iowa City West was a winner in its girls' state basketball tournament debut, rallying behind a 28-point fourth quarter to beat No. 6 Cedar Rapids Washington, 67-58, in a Class 4A quarterfinal Wednesday ...

DES MOINES -- A big third quarter for Washington.A bigger fourth for West.Third-ranked Iowa City West was a winner in its girls' state basketball tournament debut, rallying behind a 28-point fourth quarter to beat No. 6 Cedar Rapids Washington, 67-58, in a Class 4A quarterfinal Wednesday ...

They were so close.Iowa City West was on the verge of its first trip to the girls' state basketball tournament trip. But the Women of Troy let a late lead -- and the opportunity -- slip away.That was last year. The memory lingers. And it ...

They were so close.Iowa City West was on the verge of its first trip to the girls' state basketball tournament trip. But the Women of Troy let a late lead -- and the opportunity -- slip away.That was last year. The memory lingers. And it ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- For 27 minutes, Cedar Rapids Kennedy lived a Senior Night dream.The Cougars played Class 4A third-ranked Iowa City West toe to toe most of the way before the Women of Troy closed with an 11-1 run and escaped, 62-53, in a Mississippi ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- For 27 minutes, Cedar Rapids Kennedy lived a Senior Night dream.The Cougars played Class 4A third-ranked Iowa City West toe to toe most of the way before the Women of Troy closed with an 11-1 run and escaped, 62-53, in a Mississippi ...