CEDAR RAPIDS - Bob Fontana is heading home.The longtime Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys' basketball coach told school administrators Friday morning he is leaving at the end of the school year to take over the same position at the new Ankeny Centennial High School. Fontana is ...

DES MOINES -- Tony Vis stood outside the Wells Fargo Arena interview room Thursday night, his former players talking to the media.One by one, they exited the room and greeted Vis with bear hugs."I'm really happy for them," Vis said. "I knew when I left, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Add a postseason win to the improbable list of things the Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors have now accomplished this basketball season.“Like I just told them in the locker room, ‘You continue to believe in one another and believe in me after an ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s difficult for Adam Sanchez not to look into the future.He’s got a solid group of sophomores to work with at Cedar Rapids Washington. His two freshmen teams are first and second in the CRANDIC (Cedar Rapids and Iowa City) standings.“I think ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- When it comes to 3-point prowess, Madi Meier now has a corner on the market at Cedar Rapids Kennedy.Meier hit a school-record seven treys as Kennedy bumped Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 58-50, in a Class 5A regional quarterfinal girls' basketball game Wednesday night ...

MARION — Uhlir, Uhlir ...Linn-Mar guard Nic Uhlir certainly won’t understand that movie reference. He’s just a kid, for crying out loud, a baby faced sophomore who likely has never seen “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”And it was way more like “Uhlir! Uhlir!” Friday night, anyway.“I ...

CR KENNEDY 72, CR WASHINGTON 65Stephanie Botkin scored 25 points and Paige Henderickson poured in 24 points to pace Cedar Rapids Kennedy to a 72-65 victory over Cedar Rapids Washington Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.Jordon Holmes added 11 points for ...

CR WASHINGTON 54, CR KENNEDY 38Cedar Rapids Washington (4-14, 4-9) improved its winning streak to two games in the MVC Tuesday night with a 54-38 upset win at home over Kennedy.Peter Holmes recorded a double-double with 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Warriors. ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Bob Fontana put some perspective on the coaching milestone he reached Friday night. Getting 300 wins is nice and everything, but when it comes one day after Waukon girls’ coach Gene Klinge notched his 1,000th ...“I don’t know why everyone is making ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – “Maddie Meier, on fire!” exclaimed Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s public-address announcer.She wasn’t the only one. Four Cougars hit double figures in scoring as they rolled to a 64-43 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson on Athletic Hall of Fame Night at Kennedy.Meier hit ...