CEDAR FALLS -- Instead of pounding the miles this winter, Joe Berry hit the pool."It's something I've wanted to do, to go out for swimming," said Berry, a senior at Cedar Rapids Washington. "At our school, swimming isn't a sport. It's a religion."So Berry diminished ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Madison Kramer of Cedar Rapids Washington has committed to play women's basketball at the University of North Dakota.Kramer disclosed her decision on Twitter Wednesday night.A 6-foot senior guard, Kramer led the Warriors in assists this season, with 81.She averaged 6.9 points and ...

DES MOINES -- The Ankeny Hawkettes take good shots, make good shots.Second-ranked Ankeny played from ahead virtually the whole way, converting 56 percent of its shots in a 66-58 victory over Cedar Rapids Washington in a Class 5A quarterfinal at the girls' state basketball tournament ...

Wednesday's games at the girls state basketball tournament:CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALNo. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier (14-9) vs. No. 7 Lewis Central (20-3)Time: 10 a.m.Tournament history: Xavier is a qualifier for the 10th time and won championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Lewis Central is making its ...

 Capsules on area teams that have qualified for the girls state basketball tournament:BENTON COMMUNITY (Class 4A)Coach -- Laurie Donald (9th year, 160-54)Top players -- UNI signee Madison Weekly (5-7, sr.) leads the Bobcats in scoring (18.8 points per game), assists (3.3) and steals (4.6). She ...

ANKENY — Washington’s Abby Herb summed up two seasons — and eight seconds — worth of frustration against sixth-ranked Waukee in one word.“Finally,” said Herb, who endured early foul trouble but scored 13 points to lead the Warriors to a 61-54 girls’ regional final win ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – First-quarter runs of 8-0 and 7-0 provided the jabs.  An 11-0 second quarter delivered the knockout, and the Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ basketball team is on to the state tournament for the second year in a row.Xavier allowed just five made baskets ...

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 ...

Well, hello there, stranger.Despite their close proximity -- just 4 miles separate the schools -- it has been five years since Iowa City High and Iowa City West were placed in the same girls' basketball regional.The last time the Little Hawks and the Women of Troy ...