As expected, the Mississippi Valley Conference is a grind. No team has gotten through the front end of the schedule without a slip.Three area unbeatens remain. Benton Community has extended its regular-season winning streak to 37 games, while North Linn and Cascade might be headed ...

Nov. 26 - First official date for competitionNov. 27 - First Metro dual: Maquoketa, Marion at C.R. WashingtonDec. 1 - First weekend of tournament competitionDec. 8 - Five Seasons Duals hosted by C.R. Kennedy and C.R. WashingtonJan. 26 - Mississippi Valley Conference tournament at C.R. Washington; ...

Boys' Basketball Standings Final 2012-13 area girls' basketball standings:(x-clinched league title; y-clinched tie for league title) MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Conf. Allx-Iowa City High 12-1 20-3Iowa City West 10-3 18-6Cedar Rapids Kennedy 9-4 15-8Dubuque Senior 5-8 12-11Cedar Rapids Jefferson 5-8 8-14Dubuque Hempstead 4-9 9-14Waterloo East 0-13 1-21MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf. Allx-Cedar Rapids Prairie 10-3 15-7Cedar Rapids Washington 9-4 17-7Waterloo West 9-4 16-7Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-5 17-9Linn-Mar 6-7 10-13Dubuque Wahlert 2-11 10-14Cedar Falls 2-11 6-16WAMAC EAST DIVISION Div. Ally-Mount Vernon 12-2 18-5y-Western Dubuque 12-2 17-5Solon 7-7 11-12Dyersville Beckman 7-7 8-14West Delaware 5-9 8-15DeWitt ...

Our predictions for the area conferences in girls' basketball this season:MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION1. Iowa City High, 2. Iowa City West, 3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 4. Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 5. Dubuque Senior, 6. Dubuque Hempstead, 7. Waterloo East.MVC VALLEY DIVISION1. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 2. Linn-Mar, 3. ...

Softball tournaments are upon us (Class 1A regionals began Monday night and 2A and 3A regionals open Tuesday). The last of the area conference races ended Monday when Washington (Iowa) got some unexpected help.Here is a list of area league champions:MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION -- Dubuque ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- In a little more than a year, three area conferences will become two.The Iowa Department of Education rendered its decision Tuesday on an ongoing dilemma with athletics affiliation.In a nutshell, the IDOE decided to dissolve the Big East Conference and expand the Tri-Rivers ...

Here is how several area conferences look now, and how they'll look in the fall of 2013:BIG EAST CONFERENCE2011-12 (9 schools): Bellevue, Bellevue Marquette, Calamus-Wheatland, Camanche, Clinton Prince of Peace, Lisbon, Midland, Northeast, Preston.2013-14 (0 schools): Disbanded.CEDAR VALLEY CONFERENCE2011-12 (8 schools): Durant, Iowa City Regina, ...

Don't expect a decision from the Iowa Department of Education on the ongoing area small-school conference mystery this week.Or probably this month.Legal counsel Carol Greta said it will probably be May before a ruling is made."I don't have a clue, to be honest," she said ...

Three more schools might be trying to flee the Tri-Rivers Conference.Representatives from East Buchanan, Maquoketa Valley and North Linn met with Upper Iowa Conference athletics directors Wednesday with hopes of possibly escaping a possible Tri-Rivers/Big East combination."The superintendents are the ones that would have to ...

(Here's how Jeff Linder from The Gazette-KCRG would complete the ongoing conference realignment issue for small schools throughout Eastern Iowa)Thank you all for attending this meeting. Please grab a doughnut and some coffee on your way to your seat. Make yourselves comfortable; this shouldn't take ...