A buzzer beaten. A streak snapped.It has been a remarkable stretch for the Center Point-Urbana girls' basketball team.The Stormin' Pointers ran their winning streak to six games Tuesday at Center Point, knocking off Class 4A second-ranked Benton Community, 50-42, ending the Bobcats' 38-game regular-season winning ...

MOUNT VERNON -- It took Arika Wooldridge some time to learn her role with the Center Point-Urbana girls' basketball team."They want me to score, and if I'm not open, they want me to pass it out," she said.Heroism, that's gravy.Wooldridge grabbed an offensive rebound and ...

Rivalry Saturday is taking a one-year leave from Cedar Rapids.Renovation to the U.S. Cellular Center has pushed the ninth installment of the six-game girls' basketball event out of the arena for the second straight year.Cornell College is the temporary host; it was at Cedar Rapids ...

A Stormin' Pointer is taking the competition by storm.Center-Point Urbana's Brock Rathbun has produced an impressive start to his prep wrestling career.The 106-pound freshman is 10-0, climbing to No. 2 of The Predicament's Class 2A individual rankings on the heels of his second tournament title Saturday."He had ...

The ever-evolving Wamac Conference is about to make another format change for basketball.Derek Roberts, the Anamosa High School athletics director in charge of Wamac basketball scheduling, said the conference will determine an overall champion as well as end-of-the-season divisional champions, beginning next season.The change is ...

CENTER POINT -- Even though he was retired from coaching, Center Point-Urbana football remained a strong part of Ted Rogers' life until the end."Each Friday, we would have show a 3-minute video to the team before the game," current CPU Coach Dan Burke said. "We made ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 9:IOWA CITY WEST at WATERLOO EASTTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at WaterlooRecords and rankings: Class 4A second-ranked West is 8-0 overall, 5-0 MVC Mississippi Division; East is 5-3, 3-2.Notable: West has absolutely steamrolled through the regular season, ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 8:CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE at CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTONTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG 9.2Records and rankings: Prairie is 4-3 overall, 2-2 MVC Valley Division; Washington is 2-5, 0-4.Notable: It's far from a given that 3-6 ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 5:DUBUQUE SENIOR at IOWA CITY WESTTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Trojan FieldRecords and rankings: Both teams are 4-0 overall, 1-0 MVC Mississippi Division. West is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A.Notable: Four-and-0 is 4-0, but these ...

CENTER POINT -- Cancer has invaded Ted Rogers' lungs, his lymph nodes, his bones."The good news, it hasn't gotten to my brain," Rogers said Monday. "Cancer can't grow on a rock."It hasn't touched his spirit. Or his sense of humor. Instead of self-pity, Rogers offers ...