Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Lions get boost from Jared Printy

The Bohannon and Printy families have accomplished great things in the Linn-Mar basketball program over the years with state titles, scoring records and plenty of excitement.

Now there's a member of each family on the Linn-Mar boys basketball team as the Lions prepare for another campaign.

Jordan Bohannon has started for the Lions ever since he was a freshman and enters his final season with 998 career points and a scholarship to Iowa tucked away in his back pocket. Jared Printy played at Cedar Rapids Washington the past few years and transferred to Linn-Mar for his final season of high school basketball before heading off to Western Michigan.

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Fluent, Sade top all-state volleyball

Anna Fluent of Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Isabella Sade of Marion have been named to the top units on the all-state volleyball teams by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association.

Fluent was named first team all-state in Class 5A and Sade was named first team all-state in Class 4A. Both players helped their teams reach the state tournament this season.

Kate Busswitz of Prairie and Amanda Ollinger of Linn-Mar were named second team all-state in Class 5A. Macy Anderson and Brinley Milbrath of Kennedy received honorable mention.

Olivia Frazier of Marion was named second team all-state in Class 4A.

Caitlyn Smith of Marion received honorable mention.

Ollinger pours in 30 for Linn-Mar

Amanda Ollinger poured in 30 points, grabbed six rebounds and made four steals as the Linn-Mar girls basketball team opened the season with a 67-29 win over Waterloo East on Tuesday at Linn-Mar.

Kamryn Finley added 12 points for the Lions, who are ranked No. 10 in Class 5A.

Kerris Roberts had 16 points for the Trojans.

WATERLOO EAST (29): Sisk 0 0-0 0, Clark 4 1-2 10, Werner 0 0-0 0, Roberts 7 2-3 16, Anderson 1 0-0 3, Johnson-Love 0 0-0 0, Sims 0 0-0 0, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Dickens 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 0-0 0, Baker 0 0-0 0, Shannon 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 3-5 29.

LINN-MAR (67): Simons 0 0-0 0, Lorenz 0 1-2 1, Johnson 0 2-2 2, Noggle 1 0-0 2, Akers 2 0-0 4, Frese 0 0-0 0, Lancial 0 3-4 3, Glanz 0 0-0 0, Murphy 2 0-0 6, Fensterman 0 0-0 0, Finley 4 1-4 12, Larson 1 5-6 7, Ollinger 14 2-2 30. Totals 24 14-20 67.

Halftime - Linn-Mar 38, Waterloo East 12. 3-point goals – Waterloo East 2 (Clark, Anderson), Linn-Mar 5 (Finley 3, Murphy 2).

Linn-Mar boys bowl over Hawks

Alex Diercks finished with a 419 to lead a balanced effort for Linn-Mar as the Lions defeated Prairie, 2,814-2,330, in the boys bowling opener for both teams Monday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Shawn Wille led the way for the Hawks with a 391.

PRAIRIE: Shawn Wille 229+162=391, Matt Galloro 159+201=360, Brendan Poock 129+155=284, Max Rowland 65+167=232, David Boman 135+96=231.

LINN-MAR: Alex Diercks 186+233=419, Austin Burroughs 193+184=377, Ryan Wyant 172+201=373, Josh Moser 136+221=357, Nathan Williams 173+180=353, Jacob Wheaton 190+161=351.