DES MOINES - One Iowa university is all over the 2013 Iowa Newspaper Association's all-state boys' basketball teams. Nope, it's not the Iowa Hawkeyes.The Northern Iowa Panthers have three signees or commitments who are on the first team in their respective classes. Iowa City West ...

DES MOINES — It’s insignificant now. But if you remember, the vagaries of the IHSAA’s seeding system for the boys’ state basketball tournament had Iowa City West behind Bettendorf.Seems pretty laughable, doesn’t it?Inpenetrable defense and the offense of Wyatt Lohaus, among many other things, lifted ...

DES MOINES — Wyatt Lohaus drove hard baseline, drawing two interior defenders. Deftly, he bounced a pass just inside the out-of-bounds line, past those defenders and to teammate Jason Stewart for a layup.It was a beautiful basketball play, one that caused Iowa City West head ...

DES MOINES — Win number 50 in a row was a steal. In more ways than one.Outhustled and outplayed most of the way, Iowa City West somehow rallied from absolutely dire circumstances, forced overtime and escaped West Des Moines Dowling, 63-59, in a Class 4A ...

IOWA CITY – Iowa City West opened the fourth quarter with an alley-oop dunk to begin the fourth. Junior guard Wyatt Lohaus stood on the right wing, outside the 3-point line, and telegraphed a lob to the left block where Jason Stewart threw it down.It ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Linn-Mar is hot and playing well, but Iowa City West is Iowa City West. At another level.“That’s clearly, without a doubt, the best team in the state,” said Linn-Mar coach Chris Robertson after a 57-37 West win Thursday night “They know how ...

Iowa City West guard Wyatt Lohaus joined reporter Michael Bonner for a friendly game of HORSE in this first episode of "Beating Them At Their Own Game," where our reporters interview local athletes while trying to compete with them in the sports they play.There will ...

IOWA CITY — These teams played a one-point game in their lone meeting last season. Let’s just say this wasn’t a one-point game.More a clinic than anything else.“What they’re doing, and what they weren’t doing earlier this year or last year, was getting a lead ...

IOWA CITY — Basketball coaches tell their teams all the time not to play to the scoreboard, especially when a game is out of hand. Iowa City West and Davenport Central truly did that Tuesday night.What was believed to be a 72-46 West romp was ...

IOWA CITY — Somewhere out there is what their coach calls the perfect game.If the Iowa City West Trojans want motivation this season, other than winning another Class 4A state basketball championship, they’ve got it. If they want a cure for possible complacency, there it ...