Williamsburg (17-6) vs. Mount Pleasant (20-1) at U.S. Cellular Center, 6:30 p.m.: Williamsburg comes into this game off a 59-56 district final victory over Wamac Conference rival Clear Creek-Amana. The Raiders defeated South Tama in the first round of districts, 76-60. Williamsburg likes to play an up-tempo game, led by senior guard Chad Malloy. He averages 18.0 points per game and has made a team-high 47 3-pointers, one more than teammate Kelly O’Rourke … Mount Pleasant has been ranked No.1 or No. 2 since Christmas. The Panthers lost to Marion in a substate …

DECORAH — Gene Klinge is one win away.
Mary Halvorson scored 22 points, and Class 3A second-ranked Waukon handled Decorah, 57-30, in a Northeast Iowa Conference girls’ basketball game last night.
Klinge picked up his 937th career win. He can tie the late Bob Mullen atop the state’s all-time list of winningest girls’ basketball coaches Friday, when the Indians travel to Caledonia (Minn.).
The potential record-breaker could be Monday (at home against Charles City) or Tuesday (at New Hampton).
Waukon is 6-0 this season.
Kristyna Herman added 12 points, Logan Hjerleid 10.

IOWA CITY – Grace Murray and Beth Eyanson formed a friendship in swimming, but it’s expanded beyond a common interest in the sport.
The Iowa City standouts are better friends than competitors, but their competitiveness will be on display Saturday during the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union State Swim meet at the Horne Henry Center of the Marshalltown YMCA.
The state meet begins with the diving tonight at 5. Swim events are set for noon Saturday.
Eyanson and Murray have been two of the top performers in the area since they were …

CLASS 4A
Cedar Rapids Xavier at Clinton
Time & place: 7 p.m., at Clinton.
Radio: KMRY-AM (1450), KGYM-AM (1600).
Records: No. 8 Xavier is 9-2; No. 3 Clinton is 11-0.
Notable: Four days after holding Linn-Mar’s Jer Garman to 32 yards in a 41-3 stroll, the Saints try to slow another prolific running attack. Clinton’s David Johnson has rushed for 1,304 yards and 27 touchdowns. The River Kings were champions of the Mississippi Athletic Conference, and the only MAC team to survive the substate round. Xavier has won eight straight games after a 1-2 start.
Linder’s pick: …

MARION — Prep football fans at Thomas Park last night got their money’s worth.
But it was Decorah senior Robby Jewell who gave the Vikings fans a little more for their money.
Jewell picked off Marion quarterback Dalton Combs in the second overtime, securing Decorah’s 37-30 upset victory over No. 4 Marion in a Class 3A first-round playoff game at Thomas Park.

The teams battled back and forth for most of the game, spilling every ounce of effort they had.
“We said we were going to leave it all out on the field,” Jewell …

FORT DODGE — It took two years and a lot of convincing, but Moran Lonning finally realized that cross country was the fall sport for her.
“Cross country is really strong (at Decorah High School), and volleyball isn’t,” said Lonning, who had played volleyball for two years before making the switch.
“Some of the girls said, ‘Moran, you have to come out.’ My dad finally talked me into it.”
Lonning was rewarded with a second-place finish in the Class 3A girls’ race at the state meet Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course.
She was timed …

A thumbnail sketch on the Class 3A boys’ race at the state cross country meet Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course, Fort Dodge.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Individual race: The top three runners from last year return, and all were impressive in the district meets. Defending champion Evan Selsor of Winterset emerged from a three-man race to win at Perry while Algona’s Ryan McMahon and Chad Rutledge went 1-2 at Spencer. Last year, Selsor beat Rutledge and McMahon by 16 seconds each. Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Connor Smock was 11th as a freshman and beat the …

A thumbnail sketch on the Class 3A girls’ race at the state cross country meet Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course, Fort Dodge.
Time: Noon
Individual race: Defending champion Sara Dickinson of Oskaloosa returns after qualifying with a runner-up finish at the Knoxville regional. She was defeated by Grinnell’s Sarah Burnell. Atlantic’s Ali Krogman, who finished fifth last year as a freshman, might be the runner to beat. She captured individual honors at Perry on Monday, winning in 15:30. Alex Wilson of Mount Vernon-Lisbon was seventh last year and claimed individual honors Monday …

The championship season hits full throttle Saturday as teams from across the state compete in regional swim action. State berths and regional championships are on the line. Diving portion will be held Thursday at the various sites, beginning at 5 p.m. and swimming events start at noon Saturday.
 The Cedar Rapids/Marion Metro hosts a regional at Cedar Rapids Washington. All but one of the Metro teams will battle it out with Fairfield, Tipton, Vinton-Shellsburg and Waterloo East. Cedar Rapids Kennedy has been the top team in the Metro, placing ahead of the rest …

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its latest swimming power rankings. There doesn’t appear to be any changes at the top.  Bettendorf still owns the top spot with Mason City and Cedar Falls close behind.
Eastern Iowa teams in the top 10 held their spots. Decorah held the seventh spot with Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Kennedy filling the next two spots. Linn-Mar is 12th in the standings.
With swimmers on the verge of tapering, not much of the individual listings changed.
The 100 butterfly remains this area’s top event. …