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Linn-Mar Girls Basketball

Linn-Mar - Girls Basketball

Meier leads Kennedy girls past Linn-Mar

Both schools in this rivalry were wrapping up their regular season Mississippi Valley Conference action in the game at the Cougar gym and it was Cedar Rapids Kennedy finishing the conference action on a high note with a 58-51 victory over Linn-Mar on Senior Night.  The leading scorer of the contest for Kennedy was Madison Meier with 15 points and Paige Hendrickson chipped in with 14 leading the Cougars.

Kennedy, a member of the Mississippi Division held on to third place for sure with a 9-4 record in conference play and finished behind the two Iowa City schools in the standings.  Kennedy has a non-conference encounter Saturday against Marion in the Cougar gym to finish out the regular season before beginning Class 5A tournaments with a matchup next Wednesday against Jefferson at Kennedy.

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Linn-Mar - Girls Basketball

Lions survive in 2OT - again

DUBUQUE - Kristen Eiles scored 13 points and Sara Strauel and Mykaela Brandt added 11 apiece to lead Linn-Mar to a 60-53 double-overtime win over Dubuque Wahlert Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball.

It was Linn-Mar's second straight double-overtime win. The Lions (9-11, 6-6) beat Xavier last Friday night.

Logan Lynsh scored 18 points to pace Wahlert (6-13, 2-11).

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Linn-Mar - Girls Basketball

Linn-Mar girls stop Xavier in 2 OTs

It took the Linn-Mar girls two overtimes to put away Class 4A fourth-ranked Xavier Friday night, 57-54, in an exciting Mississippi Valley Conference battle at Linn-Mar.

The game was nip and tuck the entire way.

Sara Strauel of Linn-Mar was called for a controversial foul going for an offensive putback with .4 seconds left in the fourth quarter. It put Morgan Breitbach on the line to shoot two free throws for Xavier in a tie ballgame, but she missed both shots and the game went to overtime.

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Linn-Mar - Girls Basketball

Girls regional final moved to Ankeny

The championship game of the Region 6 girls basketball tournament in Class 5A will be played at Ankeny High School instead of Newton High School on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

The location was changed due to a scheduling conflict at Newton, according to the IGHSAU.

Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Prairie or Linn-Mar will be playing in the Region 6 finals against Waukee or Johnston.

Prairie will host Linn-Mar in the regional quarterfinals on Feb. 13, with the winner facing the Washington Warriors at Washington on Feb. 16. The survivor will advance to the regional finals and try to earn a spot in the state tournament.

 

Linn-Mar - Girls Basketball

Franklin, Hobbs power Warriors past Linn-Mar

Unable to counter the lethal one-two punch of Washington’s Aleena Hobbs and Dani Franklin, the Linn-Mar Lions were laid low on their home floor Friday night, 54-33.

Franklin had 17 points and Hobbs 15 to lead the No.8 Warriors (14-3, 8-2).

The two juniors were also the main cogs in their team’s rebounding machine, with Hobbs pulling down 11 and Franklin eight.

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 January 2013 00:02

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