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Kirkwood Coach Doug Wagemester began Thanksgiving vacation a little earlier than planned Tuesday night when he was ejected from his team's game against Black Hawk College.
The Eagles enjoyed a basketball feast without him.
J.C. Fuller led a balanced attack with 17 points as Kirkwood dunked Black Hawk, 88-63, at Johnson Hall.
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Kirkwood sophomore Bianca Dufelmeier felt right at home Tuesday night when the Eagles played a touring club team from South Australia at Johnson Hall.
Dufelmeier was born and raised in Australia and has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States. She moved to Iowa in 2010 when she was 17 and attended Ames High School so she could further her basketball career and play in college.
She played for Kirkwood last season and was delighted to see the South Australian team on the schedule this year.
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The prognosticators from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union figure that Cedar Rapids Xavier may be a team to reckon with as the basketball season gets underway. The Saints, 18-6 a year ago, were ranked No. 4 in Class 4A in the preseason poll released Friday.
It appears Xavier will be a force as the season goes on. The Saints won their home opener 63-12 Tuesday in the season opener for both teams.
It might have been foggy outside, but the Xavier defense was certainly not in a fog as they anticipated, pressed, and ran the floor clearly to take a 21-5 halftime lead.
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The Iowa Newspaper Association all-state football team has a strong Metro flavor this year with 17 players from Cedar Rapids and Marion on the squad, the INA announced Tuesday.
The Xavier Saints claimed seven spots on the Class 4A INA all-state team. Corbin Woods (receiver), Seth Fahnle (offensive line), Matt Nelson (defensive line) and Trey Sampson (defensive back) were named to the first team. Reggie Schulte (quarterback), Ryan Persick (kicker) and Craig Murtha (linebacker) were selected for the second team.
The Prairie Hawks and Kennedy Cougars claimed three berths on the Class 4A honor squad.
Prairie placed Cam Rathje (linebacker) on the first team. Jarred Edmonds (receiver) and Mitch Dellamuth (defensvie back) made the second team.
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Tony Vis accepted the offer to become Kennedy's new girls basketball coach last May before he knew Morgan Martin would be moving to town from Quincy, Ill.
Some guys are just lucky.
Martin poured in 24 points Monday night as the Cougars defeated Union High School, 52-25, in a Hall of Pride scrimmage at Kennedy.
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