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Mia Laube led the Marion girls basketball team to a 48-29 win over Maquoketa on Tuesday with a game-high 17 points in the Marion gym.
The Indians jumped to an 11-0 lead in the first quarter and cruised to the victory.
Chloe Rice added 11 points for Marion.
The Washington boys basketball team got the season off to a strong start with a 60-42 win over New Hampton on Tuesday at Washington.
Hunter Strait had 15 points and six assists for the Warriors. Dallas Hobbs had 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Laveechie Williams also had 13 points and added seven rebounds.
Justin Decker won his first game as Washington's new coach.
All of the members of the Cedar Rapids Kennedy football team have been named winners of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.
The Cougars performed one of the most memorable rags-to-riches stories in state history this year by compiling a 13-1 record and reaching the finals of the Class 4A playoffs, just a year after enduring a 3-8 campaign.
Kennedy jumped 10 games in the victory column and reached the 4A finals for the first time in school history. The Cougars bumped off Washington in the quarterfinals, beating the Warriors for the second time this year, and handed Bettendorf its only loss of the season in the semifinals. Read more...
Amanda Ollinger of Linn-Mar is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.
Ollinger, a 6-foot-1 senior, is one of the top basketball players in the state. She averaged 25 points in two games during the first week of the regular season and helped the 10th-ranked Lions get off to a 2-0 start.
Ollinger poured in 30 points against Waterloo East on Tuesday and followed that performance with 20 points and six steals against Muscatine on Saturday. Read more...
The Mount Mercy men's basketball team squandered a 17-point lead Sunday and lost to Saint Francis of Illinois, 94-92, in a battle of NAIA powers at the Hennessey Recreation Center.
Mount Mercy (5-2) is ranked No. 15 in the NAIA national poll and Saint Francis (6-0) is ranked No. 11.
The Mustangs took a 65-48 lead with 17:01 left on a 3-pointer by Tre Wagner, but the Saints staged a furious rally and surged into an 84-84 deadlock with 4:51 remaining. Read more...
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