Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Jarrod Uthoff said Sunday night that Indiana offered him a basketball scholarship earlier Sunday.
It’s the eighth offer for the 6-foot-8 junior: Indiana, Indiana State, Northern Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Albany, Northern Colorado and Arizona State. Uthoff also met with new Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery on Saturday, but was not offered a scholarship.
“Very exciting,” Uthoff said of the Indiana offer. “It’s the Big 10. It’s an awesome opportunity.”
Uthoff said he has no timetable to make a college decision. He is scheduled to play in “open gyms” for coaches from Iowa, …

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Cedar Falls were Mississippi Valley Conference divisional winners for sportsmanship in the winter season of 2009-10.
The award encompasses wrestling and boys’ and girls’ basketball.

Press News Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Dan Ninham, dninham@clbs.k12.mn.us; cell: 218-368-6430
2nd Annual Tri-State (MN-IA-WI) All Star Boys Basketball Games
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Luther College Regents Center Gym in Decorah, IA
http://sports.luther.edu/about/facilities/regents-center/index.html
Admission: $10 for adults and $5 for students
10:30 am – Doors Open For Spectators
11:10 am – Team Introductions/National Anthem
11:20 am – Slam Dunk Contest
11:45 am – Team Wisconsin vs. Team Iowa
01:00 pm – Team Wisconsin vs. Team Minnesota
02:00 pm – 3 Point Shooting Contest
02:30 pm – Team Iowa vs. Team Minnesota
Note: Team Iowa Girls were not able to field a team …

Here they are:
SICL All Conference Teams

DES MOINES — Maybe this will turn out to be another Willis Reed deal.
For those of you not initiated with the legendary NBA tale, Reed spurred the New York Knicks to victory in Game 7 of the 1970 finals despite a torn muscle in his thigh that kept him out of Game 6.
It’s a back injury, specifically a stress fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebrae, that has afflicted Western Christian leading scorer Tyler Wolterstorff at the worst possible time. The Wolves play Solon in tonight’s Class 2A state tournament championship …

Sportswriter Jeff Johnson will provide live coverage of today’s Class 2A semifinal game between Solon (24-2) and IKM-Manning (25-0).
Tipoff is set for 3:45 p.m. Check out the live blog below.
Solon vs. IKM-Manning — Class 2A semifinal

Southeast Polk High School has suspended a starting player on the boys’ basketball team while the Rams play in the state tournament.
School officials say Tony Sandquist must sit out two games for violating the student conduct code last month for attending a party where alcohol was present.
The decision came on Wednesday, hours before the Rams beat West Des Moines Dowling in a Class 4-A quarterfinal game. The Rams face Marion Linn-Mar on Friday.
School officials told Sandquist on March 1 that he would …

THE TEAMS
Team (W-L) Apps Titles
Ames (24-0) 19 7
C.R. Jefferson (18-4) 8 1
C.R. Washington (14-8) 16 1
Clinton (17-6) 9 1
Linn-Mar (22-1) 8 3
Sioux City East (20-3) 14 2
Southeast Polk (19-3) 5 0
W.D.M. Dowling (17-7) 12 2
SCORING LEADERS Avg.
Harrison Barnes (Ames) 26.9
Kody Ingle (SEP) 23.8
Jarrod Uthoff (CRJ) 21.5
Doug McDermott (Ames) 20.5
Adam Woodbury (SCE) 17.4
Matt Bohannon (L-M) 17.4
Josh Oglesby (CRW) 16.3
Jordan Thomas (SCE) 15.7
David Johnson (Clinton) 15.5
REBOUNDING LEADERS Avg.
Adam Woodbury (SCE) 12.3
Harrison Barnes (Ames) 10.5
Jarrod Uthoff (CRJ) 10.2
Jeff Sponder (SCE) 8.8
Doug McDermott (Ames) 7.8
David Johnson (Clinton) 7.8
PREDICTIONS
Quarterfinals
Ames 65, C.R. Washington 45
Sioux City East …

THE TEAMS
Team (W-L) Apps Titles
Carroll Kuemper (15-11) 12 1
Des Moines Christian (26-0) 5 0
IKM-Manning (24-0) 1 0
Mid-Prairie (19-5) 7 0
Solon (23-2) 5 1
Turkey Valley (19-6) 1 0
Wapsie Valley (20-5) 7 0
Western Christian (22-3) 16 5
SCORING LEADERS Avg.
Branden Stubbs (DMC) 25.8
Tyler Wolterstorff (WC) 19.3
Tanner Miller (M-P) 18.7
Zach Schmidt (WV) 14.9
Tanner Wentzien (Solon) 13.0
Michael Aldeman (M-P) 12.9
Jared Croghan (IKM) 12.8
Ryan Blumer (DMC) 12.3
Bryce Berg (CK) 12.0
Taylor Sickles (WV) 11.5
REBOUNDING LEADERS Avg.
Zach Schmidt (WV) 9.6
Mitch Balik (TV) 7.8
Dilan Moss (WC) 7.2
Colin Ritzman (WV) 7.0
Jarad Gaskill (IKM) 7.0
PREDICTIONS
Quarterfinals
Des Moines Christian 70, Carroll Kuemper 51
Western …

THE TEAMS
Team (W-L)                                      Appearances Titles
Algona Garrigan (18-7) 2 0
Ankeny Christian (24-1) 1 0
Calamus-Wheatland (20-5) 1 0
Cedar Falls NU High (24-1) 9 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard (16-9) 5 0
Co. Bluffs St. Albert (18-4) 10 2
Lynnville-Sully (24-1) 11 0
Rock Valley (23-2) 13 2
SCORING LEADERS                   Avg.
Jordan Dykstra (RV) 23.9
Ryan Powers (C-W) 22.0
Tim Olejniczak (AC) 22.0
Brandon Doughan (AG) 20.1
Marcus Heemstra (RV) 19.9
Steve O’Neill (CBSA) 15.5
Jacob Edsohr (CR-B) 14.5
Jake Waters (CBSA) 14.5
Eddie Diemer (CFNU) 14.0
Chase Cullen (L-S) 13.7
REBOUNDING LEADERS                 Avg.
Jordan Dykstra (RV) 11.7
Jay Snyder (AC) 11.3
Logan Vos (L-S) 10.1
Marcus Heemstra (RV) 9.4
Eddie Diemer (CFNU) 8.5
PREDICTIONS
Quarterfinals
NU High 65, …