CEDAR RAPIDS — It had to absorb the barbs of “Overrated!” and “This is 4A!” from the opposing team’s student section. As if absorbing the way its season ended wasn’t bad enough.This wasn’t the Western Dubuque boys’ basketball team you saw all winter, a disappearance ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - It's 6:30 a.m. and school is a good two hours from starting.You walk near the Western Dubuque High School gym and hear a basketball bouncing and swishing through a net more times than not. There's little doubt who is producing these noises.It's ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — How do they fit?Pretty well judging by their 63-39 win over Cedar Rapids Washington last night. Even though they’ve jumped up to Class 4A this season, these Western Dubuque Bobcats are good enough to be 8-0 and ranked fifth.They reside in the ...

 DES MOINES — No four-peat. Not even close.You’ve got to give Sioux City Heelan its rightful due for a run of championship basketball that bordered on the absurd. But it’s over, thanks to the Western Dubuque Bobcats.“We had 22 straight playoff wins. That’s nothing to ...