IOWA CITY -- Hot shooting can cure a lot of ills.And Iowa City High has very few ills to begin with.The Class 5A fifth-ranked Little Hawks shot 57 percent from the field and steamrolled Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 72-49, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls' basketball ...

MARION -- Bill McTaggart understands the correlation."The more we win, the better draw we get," he said.And with time ticking toward the girls' basketball version of  "Selection Monday," Iowa City High is making a major push.The Class 5A sixth-ranked Little Hawks flattened Linn-Mar with a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- For 29 1/2 minutes, Cedar Rapids Prairie played Class 5A second-ranked Iowa City High to a stalemate.Then ..."At the end, we were the better team," City High Coach Bill McTaggart said. "We played smart, and we were able to grind it out."City ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Haley Lorenzen is "a different player" this season, according to Bill McTaggart."She's stronger," said the Iowa City High girls' basketball coach. "And her footwork is so much better."Rebounding, though ... she could always rebound.Lorenzen spearheaded the Little Hawks' superior boardwork in an ...

Twelve area girls' basketball players to watch for the 2012-13 season:MADISON DELLAMUTH, 5-6, jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie. 10.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 5.1 apg, Class 4A 3rd-team all-stateALLY DISTERHOFT, 6-0, sr., Iowa City West. 16.4 ppg, 3.2 apg, .602 FG%, Class 4A 1st-team all-stateDANI FRANKLIN, 6-0, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Iowa City High was a little off. A step slow. And forced to settle for second again.Seventh-ranked Bettendorf pulled its third straight surprise at the state volleyball tournament, claiming its first championship with a 28-25, 23-25, 26-24, 25-23 victory over the fourth-ranked ...

 CEDAR RAPIDS -- Laurie Donald waited for the slip that seemed inevitable."I kept thinking the kids were going to crack under pressure," said the girls' basketball coach at Benton Community High School. "We were undefeated, we were ranked No. 1."But they just didn't. They were so ...

 DES MOINES -- Three-point accuracy gave Iowa City West the lead.Three-point denial preserved it.Ally Disterhoft blocked Ashley Duthie's 3-point attempt at the buzzer as second-ranked West warded off No. 7 Iowa City High, 55-52, in a Class 4A quarterfinal at the girls' state basketball tournament Wednesday ...

 (Class 3A & 4A regional scoreboard: HERE ... State pairings: HERE)CEDAR RAPIDS -- Iowa City High had more at the end.More weapons. More size. More gusto.Sierra Chambers posted 22 points and 16 rebounds, and seventh-ranked City High rallied past foul-plagued, injury-riddled, 13th-rated Cedar Rapids Washington, 65-59, ...

 IOWA CITY -- How do you overcome a rash of turnovers?Here's how.Class 4A 13th-ranked Iowa City High shot 59 percent from the floor and defeated Linn-Mar, 66-53, in a ragged Mississippi Valley Conference girls' basketball game Tuesday night at City High.Sierra Chambers scored 21 points and ...