BENTON COMMUNITY (Class 3A, No. 13)Record: 20-4 (12-2 Wamac West, 2nd).Coach: Laurie Donald (7th year, 108-51).State-tournament history: 1st appearance.First-round opponent: Faces No. 2 Mount Vernon (22-2) at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.Probable startersNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG2/1 Madison Weekly So. G 5-6 16.0 4.110/11 Abbie Prusha Sr. G 5-6 3.2 2.724/25 Megan Renfer Sr. F 5-9 6.3 2.034/55 Sara Petrzelka So. F 5-10 7.6 4.440/41 Katie Kullmer Sr. C 5-11 9.4 5.1CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON (Class 4A, No. 6)Record: 19-3 (14-2 MVC, ...

OK, so the rubber match is off.Donnie Kremer hopes his team’s edge didn’t depart with it.“That’s in the back of my head,” Kremer said as eighth-ranked Monticello (23-1) prepares for its Class 2A girls’ basketball regional final against Bellevue (17-6). Tipoff is 7 p.m. today ...

OK, so the rubber match is off.Donnie Kremer hopes his team's edge didn't depart with it."That's in the back of my head," Kremer said as eighth-ranked Monticello (23-1) prepares for its Class 2A girls' basketball regional final against Bellevue (17-6). Tipoff is 7 p.m. Monday ...

Licking your chops in anticipation of a regional-final rubber match between Monticello and Maquoketa Valley?Don't get ahead of yourself, says Scot Moenck."We've got to play great three nights just to get to the regional final, no questions asked," said Moenck, girls' basketball coach at Maquoketa ...

Licking your chops in anticipation of a regional-final rubber match between Monticello and Maquoketa Valley?Don't get ahead of yourself, says Scot Moenck."We've got to play great three nights just to get to the regional final, no questions asked," said Moenck, girls' basketball coach at Maquoketa ...

This weekend marks the start of championship season for wrestling programs in Eastern Iowa. The majority of conference tournaments will be held this weekend with next weekend's sectional meets marking the start of the postseason.The Mississippi Valley Conference highlights area events. Iowa City West will ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Linn-Mar and Ballard. Stokes and Greenfield. UConn and Stanford."I think it's going to be fun," said Linn-Mar girls' basketball coach Mike Brandt. "It will be fun to watch those two go at it."Rivalry Saturday makes its seventh appearance at the U.S. Cellular ...

MONTICELLO -- Brooke Stahlberg limped out of the locker room and settled into a small red chair with wheels.A throne would have been more fitting.Stahlberg scored 21 of her game-high 26 points after halftime, including a 3-point dagger late in the second overtime as Class ...

You can call it man-to-man.You can be politically correct, and call it player-to-player.Call it want you want, but Maquoketa Valley and Monticello both play it. And play it very well.Sole possession of first place in the Tri-Rivers Conference girls' basketball race is at stake Friday, ...

A look at the week's top area football games:WATERLOO WEST at CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYTime & place: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumRecords: West is 2-5; Kennedy is 3-4.Notable: Nothing is set in stone yet, but Kennedy's two-game win streak has positioned the Cougars nicely to ...