MONTICELLO -- The Big East Conference will disappear. A new, yet-to-be-named conference will form.The Cedar Valley and Wamac conference will get a little smaller. The Tri-Rivers Conference will get a lot bigger.And Cedar Valley Christian School will have a home.Those are the likelihoods disclosed from ...

Area boys' basketball standings, through Sunday.MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Conf. AllLinn-Mar 13-3 17-4Dubuque Senior 11-5 16-5Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-6 15-6Dubuque Wahlert 9-7 10-11Waterloo West 7-9 11-10Iowa City High 4-12 8-14Cedar Rapids Washington 0-16 0-21MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf. AllIowa City West 16-0 21-0Cedar Falls 14-2 19-2Cedar Rapids Jefferson 9-7 13-8Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-8 10-12Cedar Rapids Prairie 5-11 9-13Waterloo East 4-12 6-16Dubuque Hempstead 3-13 4-18WAMAC EAST DIVISION Div. AllWestern Dubuque 12-2 20-2Mount Vernon 12-2 18-4Maquoketa 11-3 16-6Dyersville Beckman 8-6 15-7Solon 6-8 13-9Anamosa 4-10 9-14DeWitt Central 2-12 6-17West Delaware 1-13 6-16WAMAC WEST DIVISION Div. AllVinton-Shellsburg 12-2 18-4Williamsburg 9-5 13-9Center Point-Urbana 8-6 13-9Benton Community 8-6 10-12Marion 8-6 9-13Clear Creek-Amana 7-7 10-12Waterloo Columbus 4-10 5-18Independence 0-14 0-22CEDAR VALLEY Conf. AllNorth Cedar 13-1 19-4West ...

Starting the state tournament with a zero in the loss column is a lot less than finishing with it.Four Tri-Rivers wrestlers will open the Class 1A state tournament Thursday at 7 p.m. without a loss. Hunter Washburn (106) of Alburnett, North Linn duo Logan Mulnix (138) ...

One area girls' basketball conference race has been decided. Several more could follow as soon as Tuesday.North Tama became the first area team to clinch an outright league title Friday when it defeated Waterloo Christian to lay sole claim to the Iowa Star Conference.Five area schools ...

Dominoes, anyone? How about some Musical Chairs?The next wave of massive conference reconfiguration for local high schools could hit as early as the 2013-14 school year. It could affect the Big East, Cedar Valley and Tri-Rivers conferences directly, and the ripple effect may impact the ...

 Cedar Rapids Prairie and Marion already have eclipsed their win totals from a year ago, giving the Metro more depth: Five ranked teams in what figured to be a down year in town.After losing most of its firepower to graduation, Mount Vernon remains the team ...

TROY MILLS -- The North Linn Lynx have some sharp-looking warmup tops waiting for them in a box.And for now, that's where they'll stay."Coach (Brian Wheatley) is a pretty superstitous guy," said senior Amanda Aberle.The Lynx played from ahead all game and overcame 26 turnovers ...

TROY MILLS -- T.J. Rieniets scored 16 of his game-high 20 points in the second half as Monticello pulled away to defeat Class 1A 10th-ranked North Linn, 46-33, in a Tri-Rivers Conference boys' basketball game Tuesday night at North Linn High School.Rieniets scored Monticello's first ...

SourceMedia Group News' preseason predictions for area conferences:MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION1. Dubuque Wahlert, 2. Iowa City High, 3. Linn-Mar, 4. Cedar Rapids Washington, 5. Waterloo West, 6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 7. Dubuque Senior.MVC VALLEY DIVISION1. Iowa City West, 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier, 3. Dubuque Hempstead, 4. ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Cedar Valley Christian School would like to become the 12th member of the Tri-Rivers Conference.Athletics Director Stephanie Hodge said Tuesday that the school is drafting a letter for admittance into the conference."I hope to send it this week," Hodge said. "I was ...