They are dueling point guards from arch-rival schools.And they are family.First cousins Moran Lonning and Mullen Wacker meet for the final time on a high school basketball court Saturday, when Decorah (12-10) travels to Waukon (16-6) for a Class 3A regional semifinal. Tipoff is 7 ...

Waukon girls' basketball coach Gene Klinge has been selected as the 2011 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball. Klinge is the all-time wins leader among girls' coaches in Iowa, with a 49-year record of 968-225. His career began in 1962, and ...

Waukon girls' basketball coach Gene Klinge has been selected as the 2011 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball.Klinge is the all-time wins leader among girls' coaches in Iowa, with a 49-year record of 968-225. His career began in 1962, and ...

DES MOINES — About four seconds. That’s how long it took Sioux City Heelan to assert itself as the superior team in Saturday night’s Class 3A girls’ basketball state-championship game. The top-ranked Crusaders jumped all over No. 2 Waukon early and cruised to the title, 73-54, at ...

DES MOINES — So we’re down to 1-vs.-2. Twice. The girls’ state basketball tournament concludes today with a pair of championship-game showdowns. In Class 3A, top-rated Sioux City Heelan (25-1) faces No. 2 Waukon (25-1) at 6 p.m. And in 4A, it’s No. 1 Linn-Mar (25-0) vs. No. 2 ...

DES MOINES — Kristyna Herman sat. And she brooded. Then she came back and made a difference. Second-ranked Waukon overcame foul trouble and the long-range shooting of Sam Abens to subdue No. 12 Knoxville, 61-50, in a Class 3A quarterfinal at the girls’ state tournament Tuesday night ...

Think Waukon is looking ahead? Think again. Marion? Fat chance. The area’s two best Class 3A teams, No. 2 Waukon and No. 9 Marion are on full alert as regionals open Wednesday. "We’re only concerned about Decorah," said Waukon Coach Gene Klinge, whose squad was forced to overtime ...

Video from Gene Klinge's 939th career victory, a 48-38 win over MFL MarMac at Rivalry Saturday:

CEDAR RAPIDS — The buzzer rang, and the Waukon Indians stripped. Off came the black uniform tops. Revealed were white tank tops. On the front: "939 WINS." On the back: "CONGRATS COACH." Gene Klinge became the winningest girls’ basketball coach in state history after Waukon defeated MFL MarMac, 48-38, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Scot Moenck chose Waukon and MFL MarMac as a Rivalry Saturday matchup simply because ... well, because both teams are darn good.He may have stumbled onto a historical moment.Waukon Coach Gene Klinge goes after his 939th career victory in the 4:30 game ...