MOUNT VERNON -- That's one way to kill a rally.Class 3A 12th ranked Mount Vernon held 2A No. 13 Iowa City Regina scoreless for the first seven-plus minutes of the fourth quarter and won, 41-32, in the Rivalry Saturday girls' basketball finale Saturday night at ...

A winning streak has led to a pink streak in Dennis Roloff's hair.The artificial coloring is a result of a deal he made with his new girls' basketball team, the Mount Vernon Mustangs. Win five in a row, Roloff said, and he'd add a tinge ...

MOUNT VERNON -- Dennis Roloff will coach again, after all.Mount Vernon High School principal Steve Brand announced Friday that Roloff will lead the Mustangs' varsity girls' basketball team next season."I have personally talked to many of his former colleagues and opposing coaches," Brand said. "Unanimously, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- For years, Tony Vis has kept an eye on the girls' basketball scene in Cedar Rapids."I've paid attention to that area for a long time," he said. "There's a lot of tradition there ... from Stacy Frese and Anne O'Neil and all of those other ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Chuck McDonnell would like to have an athletics director in place at Cedar Rapids Jefferson before selecting a girls' basketball coach.But, he said, it's not a must that it happen that way."I don't want to lose any good coaching candidates," McDonnell -- ...

 CEDAR RAPIDS -- Dennis Roloff spoke to his girls' basketball team for the final time Wednesday afternoon."It was a pretty sober meeting," he said. "They listened to what I had to say, then I told them I didn't want to keep them from the rest ...

 CEDAR RAPIDS -- Tom Lilly is a middle-aged man in what he calls "a young person's game.""I think some people are under the impression that you have to be young and energetic to coach," Lilly said Wednesday in the wake of the news that Dennis ...

(3A & 4A regional semifinal scores ... HERE)CEDAR RAPIDS -- The goal was pretty simple, really. Hold Courtney Strait beneath her season average."We thought if we held her below 20 points, we would do really well," Kayla Armstrong said.The Xavier Saints did that. And then ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Through 14 winters, they've occasionally battled for divisional titles. And they've always squabbled for 42nd Street superiority.But until now, Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Kennedy have never fought for girls' basketball postseason survival.The time has come.Fifth-ranked Xavier (16-5) hosts No. 12 ...

(View Wednesday's 3A & 4A regional quarterfinal scores ... HERE)CEDAR RAPIDS -- Courtney Strait is a scorer. And a soother."We've got a lot of young kids, and sometimes you have to calm them down," she said. "A lot of times, girls get nervous when the pressure ...