Metro players enjoy new Dynasty Hoops
CORALVILLE - High school basketball players from all over Eastern Iowa got up Sunday morning and drove to a grade school in Coralville to play a game before a few dozen folks.
They were happy to do it.
First of all, this wasn't a small grade-school gym with a hopscotch pad on a slippery floor. This was a first-class basketball court at the brand new $11.5 million Norman Borlaug Elementary School in Coralville.
Second of all, these weren't just a bunch of ordinary high school players. Some of the top players from the Mississippi Valley Conference were there, including 14 from the Metro area of Cedar Rapids and Marion.
The occasion was Opening Day in the new Dynasty Hoops Fall All-Star League, the brainchild of two former Coe College basketball players and an instant success with the players.
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