Linn-Mar Girls Basketball

No.8 Warriors hold off scrappy Lions

Dani Franklin is proud of what her mother accomplished during the six-player era of girls basketball at Cedar Rapids Washington in the 1970's, but she prefers the five-player game just fine.

"I like the game the way it is now. Definitely," she said Friday night.

Franklin made consecutive 3-pointers in the first half to fuel a 15-0 run and the Class 5A eight-ranked Warriors held off Linn-Mar, 62-56, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

Deb Franklin scored 1,394 points for the Warriors back in the days when players never crossed mid-court. Dani Franklin has pumped in 1,055 points now, making them a rare mother/daughter combo with more than 1,000 apiece.

Read more...

No.6 Waterloo West whips Lions, 48-37

Waterloo West's Haley Puk scored 18 points and the sixth-ranked Wahawks used a 12-point advantage in the second quarter to down Linn-Mar, 48-37, Tuesday in Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball at Linn-Mar.

Blaire Thomas added 13 points for West (15-2, 7-2).

Katie Sommer scored 12 points to lead Linn-Mar (10-7, 5-3). Kristie Sommer was limited to three free throws for the Lions.

Read more...

Linn-Mar girls fall at Waukee

WAUKEE - Reilly Jacobson scored 18 points Saturday as Waukee defeated Linn-Mar, 58-52, in a girls basketball game in Waukee.

Anna Kollmorgen collected 16 points for Waukee and Taylor Wingert had 15.

Kristie Sommer led Linn-Mar (10-6) with 17 points, six rebounds and five assists. Aryn Jones chipped in with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Nikita Sharma had eight rebounds.

Read more...

Sommer girls help Lions spank Saints

Linn-Mar’s wonder twins were reunited Friday night after being apart for three-plus games.

Senior guard Kristie Sommer suffered a head and neck injury in a Jan. 10 loss to Cedar Falls and missed the next three games.

She returned Friday night and combined with twin sister Katie to score 35 points in the Lions’ 48-24 Mississippi Valley Conference win over Xavier on “PINK OUT” night at Linn-Mar that saw the hosts decked out in pink uniforms.

Read more...