Tony Vis' theme for his maiden voyage with the Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls' basketball program has been pretty simple:Roll With It."We've had to be pliable," Vis said. "When you think you have things figured out, you have an injury. Then you have another injury."The Cougars (14-7) ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Last time these teams met, a 3-pointer at the end decided it.This time, it was a barrage of them at the beginning.Cedar Rapids Prairie drained eight treys in the first half and upended Class 5A ninth-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington, 75-61, in a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- A big, black block of Mississippi Valley Conference championship banners, 31 in all, dominate the southeast wall of the Prairie High School gym.There's a lot for wrestling and a few for bowling, cross country and other sports.None for girls' basketball.It's certainly not ...

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 ...

 MARION -- Before he added the Marion High School girls' basketball coaching job to an already substantial work load, Corby Laube asked his family for its opinion and its blessing.No problem. And no problem."My wife (Ami) figured it would be a no-brainer," Laube said Friday, ...

 CEDAR RAPIDS -- It wasn't the team that blinked first. It was the team that exhaled first.That team was Cedar Rapids Xavier.The Class 4A fifth-ranked Saints emerged after a messy first quarter and kept No. 12 Cedar Rapids Prairie reeling, 56-29, in a Mississippi Valley Conference ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- They won. They waited. Then, they celebrated.Class 3A seventh-ranked Dubuque Wahlert turned the game on its ear with a 22-0 second-half run and handled 4A No. 12 Cedar Rapids Prairie in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls' basketball contest Tuesday night at Prairie ...

Steve Doser wasn't too proud to change.The girls' basketball program at Cedar Rapids Prairie was in a state of decline. After six straight winning seasons (including back-to-back trips to the state semifinals in 2005 and 2006), the Hawks bottomed out to the tune of 12-53 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- McCrary. McClutch. Again.Courteney McCrary nailed a 10-footer shortly before time expired to give Class 4A ninth-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie a 42-40 Mississippi Valley Conference girls' basketball win over No. 8 Cedar Rapids Xavier Friday night at Prairie High School.The win was the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Size trumped sloppiness. Class 4A seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington held Cedar Rapids Prairie to 23-percent shooting and rolled to a 61-35 Mississippi Valley Conference girls' basketball victory Thursday night at Washington High School."Small teams usually have more speed, but when you have height, ...