CENTER POINT -- Carlie Wilhelmi got one chance, and one chance only."I told her, 'Make or miss,' " said Center Point-Urbana coach Philip Klett.Wilhelmi tried the first 3-pointer of her varsity career -- she swished it -- to highlight Center Point-Urbana's 53-26 rout of Marion in a ...

MARION -- If at first you don't succeed ...Don't sweat. Somebody else will be there to clean up the mess.Class 4A second-ranked Benton Community got out to a big early lead and dominated the boards in a 55-38 Wamac Conference West Division girls' basketball victory ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Call it the Year of the Turnover. And it has nothing to do with sloppy ball-handling.Girls' basketball in the Metro has undergone a drastic facelift since the balls got put away last February. Three new faces, in fact:* At Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Jason ...

Waterloo Columbus reportedly is leaving the Wamac Conference for the North Iowa Cedar League.In a report by The Waterloo Courier, athletics director Aundra Meeks confirmed the move, which will take place in time for the 2013-14 school year. Columbus will replace Cedar Falls NU High, ...

 MARION -- Before he added the Marion High School girls' basketball coaching job to an already substantial work load, Corby Laube asked his family for its opinion and its blessing.No problem. And no problem."My wife (Ami) figured it would be a no-brainer," Laube said Friday, ...

MARION -- Brian O'Donnell is leaving the coaching ranks and returning to his roots.O'Donnell resigned as girls' basketball coach at Marion High School on Wednesday morning. He will become the principal at St. Pius X Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, effective July 1."I'm not resigning ...

Marion's annual varsity tournament has a new name to honor the man who served as the cornerstone for the school's wrestling program. Saturday marked the first Loyd Shaffer Marion Invitational, honoring the longtime Indians wrestling coach who passed away in 2009 at the age of ...

This is courtesy of Corby Laube, the AD at Marion. The coaches select these teams, by the way.

MARION -- Brian O'Donnell has done the rebuilding thing before. So this ought to seem mild.O'Donnell, who led the Springville High School girls' basketball program from obscurity to two trips to the state finals, has been hired as the coach at Marion.Corby Laube, athletics director ...

Corby Laube, athletics director at Marion High School, hopes to have a girls' basketball coach in place soon."We're in the middle of the process," Laube said Tuesday. "I hope in the next couple weeks, we'll know more."Sherryl Gaffney-Paige stepped down after Marion's appearance at the ...