DES MOINES -- The Davenport Assumption students knew at 10-0.Mike Sconsa had a feeling earlier than that.Top-ranked Assumption solved the vaunted zone defense of No. 4 Cascade, drilling 10 3-pointers in a 63-26 Class 3A semifinal rout at the girls' state basketball tournament Thursday afternoon ...

Thursday's games at the girls state basketball tournament:CLASS 2A SEMIFINALNo. 14 Maquoketa Valley (20-5) vs. No. 2 Lawton-Bronson (25-1)Time: 1:30 p.m.Coaches: Scot Moenck is 162-69 in 10 years, including 123-41 in seven years at Maquoketa Valley. Trish Martin is 43-7 in two seasons at Lawton-Bronson.Key players: ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- The Mount Vernon Mustangs had an opportunity. An opening.Alexis Conaway closed it with authority.Conaway delivered 32 kills -- including a few in a key run late in the third set -- as third-rated MOC-Floyd Valley fought past No. 10 Mount Vernon, 22-25, ...

STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTAt Fort Dodge (Rogers Sports Complex)FridayClass 1A Third PlaceDon Bosco 9, Charter Oak-Ute 8Class 2A Third PlaceDurant 11, Sumner-Fredericksburg 6Class 3A Third PlaceBondurant-Farrar 2, Estherville-Lincoln Central 1Class 4A Third PlaceClear Creek Amana 6, Washington 2Class 5A Third PlacePleasant Valley 5, Iowa City West ...

Thursday's games at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines:Class 2A semifinal -- Western Christian (23-3) vs. Ida Grove OA-BCIG (26-0), noonClass 2A semifinal -- Pella Christian (22-3) vs. IKM-Manning (24-2), 1:45 p.m.Class 3A semifinal -- Sioux City Heelan (24-1) vs. ...

DES MOINES -- This was the equivalent of the four-legged horse pulling away from the three-legged horse in the final furlong.Second-ranked Mount Vernon adjusted defenses to slow Jen Keitel, then eased away from No. 6 DeWitt Central, 41-29, in a Class 3A semifinal at the girls' ...

Thursday's games at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des MoinesCLASS 2A SEMIFINAL#8 Monticello (25-1) vs. #1 Ida Grove OA-BCIG (24-0)Time: NoonCoaches: Donnie Kremer is 153-64 in nine years at Monticello. Patrick Miller is at his fifth school. He is 174-26 in ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The West Delaware Hawks were comfortable staring up at the pedestal that defending Class 3A state champion Waverly-Shell Rock was placed, because it made it easier for them to knock them off.The third-ranked Hawks cherished the role as underdogs as they dethroned the Go-Hawks, 25-17, ...

A look at the action at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Thursday.CLASS 2A SEMIFINALMount Vernon (23-3) vs. #9 Roland-Story (25-1)Time: 1:30 p.m.Coaches: Bob Kintzel is 58-11 in three years at Mount Vernon. Mike Frisk is in his ...