Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Christian French and Williamsburg’s Austin Blythe have been nominated to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
The game is Jan. 8, 2011, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The annual classic East vs. West match-up will be televised live on NBC at noon (Iowa time) and will feature the nation’s top high school football players.
Blythe has committed to play at the University of Iowa. French has offers with a number of Division-I programs.
The players were nominated by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee, which consists of All …

By Marc Morehouse, originally published at his blog, “On Iowa”
Austin Blythe’s dance with the University of Iowa began about a year ago, when he received an offer to play football for the Hawkeyes.
Yes, Blythe, 6-foot-3, 280 pounds, grew up in Williamsburg, about a half hour west of Iowa City. His parents, Curt and Mary, took him to Hawkeye football games and wrestling meets pretty much all of his life.
But no, it wasn’t as easy as you’d think to say yes to the Hawkeyes. It’s a life decision, and Blythe wanted …

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the Class 3A district and regional golf assignments for the 2010 season. Marion heads to Stone Creek Golf Course for a district hosted by Williamsburg and could join the regional qualifiers from the Manchester district at Springbrook Country Club in DeWitt.
3A Golf district and regional golf assignments

CEDAR RAPIDS — And the thing is there’s not one senior.
How good do you think these Mount Pleasant Panthers are going to be next season? They’re already really, really good.
Just ask Williamsburg, which was on the receiving end of a 68-48 smackdown last night in a Class 3A substate final at the U.S. Cellular Center. Mount Pleasant (21-1) is the top seed at next week’s state tournament.
“I’m happy for the kids because they are so deserving of making it to this point,” said Mount Pleasant Coach Paul Rundquist. “For me, …

Williamsburg (17-6) vs. Mount Pleasant (20-1) at U.S. Cellular Center, 6:30 p.m.: Williamsburg comes into this game off a 59-56 district final victory over Wamac Conference rival Clear Creek-Amana. The Raiders defeated South Tama in the first round of districts, 76-60. Williamsburg likes to play an up-tempo game, led by senior guard Chad Malloy. He averages 18.0 points per game and has made a team-high 47 3-pointers, one more than teammate Kelly O’Rourke … Mount Pleasant has been ranked No.1 or No. 2 since Christmas. The Panthers lost to Marion in a substate …

Austin Blythe may be the defending champion at 285 pounds and a two-time state tournament finalist, but he went into a Class 2A quarterfinal match with Davenport Assumption’s Tyler Swope as an underdog.
And he knew it.
Swope had beaten the Williamsburg junior twice this season and had a chance to do it again Thursday with the match knotted 2-2 late in the third period. This time, Blythe (50-3) made a big move in the final seconds for a 6-2 win. He celebrated wildly in front of a packed house at Wells …

You hate to refer to it again, but when you talk about Marion’s season, you’ve got to talk about that Williamsburg game. The Indians blew a 20-plus point lead and lost by two just before Christmas.
There’s been nary a defeat since then. Marion won its ninth in a row Saturday, drilling Benton Community, 70-48, as part of Rivalry Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center.
“We knew right then that we had to play together,” said Marion’s Kasey Semler, who led his team with 17 points. “It seems like ever since that …

MARION — Not this time.
“We focused on not letting go,” Kasey Semler said after his Marion Indians grabbed sole possession of first place in the West Division of the Wamac Conference with a 69-53 win Tuesday night over Williamsburg. “That was the big thing.”
They didn’t let go. Marion (10-3, 8-1) led start to finish, building a substantial second-half lead and, well, finishing.
That was unlike the first encounter between these teams Dec. 22 in Williamsburg. The Indians led by as many as 23 points, 16 at halftime, only to have Williamsburg …

And class ratings are right here. Don’t be offended by not having a No. 5 team in Class 4A.
It’s just impossible to distinguish any of the candidates right now. For the most part, they’re all struggling and beating each other.
Really starting to believe in this Solon team. Don’t know why I didn’t in the first place.
Big game Tuesday night between Marion and Williamsburg in the Wamac Conference. Williamsburg won the first encounter with a late rally, overcoming a big deficit. The return trip is at Marion.
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Quality wins? Williamsburg has them.
After starting 0-3, the Raiders have won eight of nine games — including eye-opening victories over Washington (Iowa), Marion and Iowa City Regina — to turn their season around.
“We lost our first three and we didn’t perform as well as we would have liked,” said Coach Aaron Feddersen. “We took a good, hard look … where was the season going to go?”
It didn’t figure to get better in Game 4. The Raiders were facing a veteran Washington team that was unbeaten and blitzing everybody it played.
Williamsburg …