Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Washpun, Bohannon shine as UNI stuns No.1 Heels

CEDAR FALLS - A North Carolina tradition continued here Saturday afternoon.

The Tar Heels have made it a point to schedule road games close to the homes of their senior players.

Coach Roy Williams' tribute to Marcus Paige was a game against the University of Northern Iowa, a school about 60 miles away from Linn-Mar.

The storyline extended to the match-up where Paige would be going up against former teammates from high school and AAU days in UNI's Matt Bohannon and Wes Washpun.

Paige's broken right hand, suffered earlier this month, kept him from playing, but his former teammates not only played, they shined.

Washpun, Paige's AAU teammate, had 21 points and eight assists while Bohannon, who played played three seasons with Paige at Linn-Mar, had 18 as the Panthers upset No. 1 North Carolina, 71-67, at the McLeod Center.

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Kohawks bump off No. 23 Oshkosh

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Jake Timm pumped in 21 points Friday night as the Coe men's basketball team knocked off No. 23 Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 75-70, at the Kolf Sports Center in Oshkosh.

Timm gave the Kohawks a 67-66 lead with a 3-pointer with 2:11 left in the game. Oshkosh tied the score, 67-67, with a free throw with 1:51 remaining, but Trevor Haaland gave Coe the lead for good at 70-67 with a 3-point play with 1:32 to go.

Matt Vonderhaar made it 72-67 for the Kohawks with two free throws with 22 seconds remaining. Oshkosh pulled within 72-70 on a 3-pointer by Sean Dwyer with six seconds left, but the Kohawks held on.

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Comfortable Lions seek trip to state

Jaime Brandt, Amanda Ollinger and the Linn-Mar Lions are a lot more comfortable in their roles on the girls basketball team this season after a year of getting to know each other.

They hope it translates into a successful season and a trip to the Class 5A state tournament in Des Moines.

Brandt became the head coach at her alma mater last year when she was just 24 years old following an outstanding career at the University of Iowa and one year as an assistant coach at Linn-Mar. The Lions got off to a good start in November and December, but everyone was thrown an unexpected curve when Ollinger transferred from Cedar Rapids Jefferson to Linn-Mar and began playing for the Lions in January.

Ollinger is one of the top players in the state and a future Hawkeye, but the Lions hit a few bumps in January with a six-game losing streak before clicking again in February.

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Wyant will play ball at Kirkwood

Linn-Mar senior Ryan Wyant plans to continue his baseball career at Kirkwood Community College.

Wyant hit .298 this past season with one homer and nine RBIs. He also went 2-2 as a pitcher with a 5.10 ERA in 35 innings.

Wyant hit .312 as a sophomore in 2014 with 17 RBIs. He was 3-3 as a pitcher with a 2.70 ERA.