Linn-Mar Boys Basketball

Klostermann wins Metro Spotlight Award

Beau Klostermann of Linn-Mar is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Klostermann, a 6-foot-5 senior, is a key member of the Linn-Mar boys basketball team again this season and he's been one of the hottest players in the state the past two weeks.

Klostermann has averaged 23.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in his last four games and has been nearly unstoppable from the field. He's made 71.4 percent of his shots from the field during that stretch (35 of 49), 66.7 percent of his 3-pointers (14 of 21) and all nine of his free throws.

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Bohannon climbs to 3rd as Lions roll

The top three scorers in the long and storied history of Metro boys basketball have all played for Linn-Mar.

Their names are Marcus Paige, Jason Bohannon and Jordan Bohannon.

Jordan Bohannon joined the prestigious list Thursday night when he scored 15 points to help the 10th-ranked Lions defeat Waterloo West, 91-76, in an entertaining Mississippi Valley Conference game at Linn-Mar.

The potent Lions finished the regular season with a seven-game winning streak and will carry a 16-5 record into the Class 4A substate tournament next week.

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Bohannon, Klostermann net 55 for Lions

WATERLOO – Jordan Bohannon scored 32 points and Beau Klostermann added 23 as the Linn-Mar boys basketball team cruised past Waterloo East, 77-57, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at East.

Bohannon made six 3-point goals and shot 8 of 9 from the free-throw line as the Lions improved to 15-5 overall and 12-3 in the MVC.

Isaiah Wade scored 19 points for the Trojans (10-11, 6-9) and Marquez Gaffeny scored 18.

LINN-MAR (77): Mentzer 0 0-0 0, Printy 3 0-0 8, Murphy 1 0-0 2, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Bohannon 9 8-9 32, Kraus 0 0-0 0, Klostermann 8 3-3 23, Voves 1 0-0 2, Cronin 0 0-0 0, Brandt 4 0-0 10. Totals 26 11-13 77.

WATERLOO EAST (57): A.Clark 0 2-2 2, Gaffeny 7 1-1 18, J.Clark 0 0-0 0, Reed 1 0-0 2, Nickelson 3 0-0 6, Muhammad 0 0-0 0, Sanders 2 0-0 4, Berinobis 0 0-0 0, Phillips 2 0-0 4, Matlock 1 0-0 2, Wade 9 1-2 19, Garrey 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 4-5 57,

Halftime – Linn-Mar 32, Waterloo East 30. 3-point goals – Linn-Mar 14 (Bohannon 6, Klostermann 4, Printy 2, Brandt 2), Waterloo East 3 (Gaffeny).

Bohannon hits 40 with nine 3's

Jordan Bohannon poured in 40 points for the second time this season as the Linn-Mar Lions spanked Ankeny Centennial, 77-52, in a non-conference game at Linn-Mar Saturday evening.

And for the second time this season, he spiced his 40-point outburst with nine 3-pointers.

Bohannon also made nine 3-pointers and scored 40 points in a victory over Cedar Rapids Prairie on Dec. 18. The nine 3-pointers are the second most in Metro history and now Bohannon has done it twice.

Adam Spanich made ten 3-pointers for Regis in 1994.

Beau Klostermann tossed in 16 points for Linn-Mar, which raised its record to 14-5 with its fifth straight victory. The Lions made sixteen 3-pointers, tying the school record.

Ankeny Centennial, which is led by former Kennedy coach Bob Fontana, fell to 11-8.

CENTENNIAL (52): Cowan 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Cullen 1 0-0 2, Vandepol 0 0-0 0, Edwards 5 0-0 11, Oelmann 0 1-3 1, Friedman 3 0-0 6, Vanderheyden 0 0-0 0, Heimer 0 0-0 0, Kasperbauer 4 1-2 13, Smith 2 0-0 4, Walter 0 0-0 0, Gibbons 4 1-3 11, Pegram 2 0-0 4. Totals 21 3-9 52.

LINN-MAR (77): Mentzer 0 0-0 0, Printy 3 0-0 8, Murphy 2 0-0 5, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Werkman 0 0-0 0, Bohannon 13 5-5 40, Krause 0 0-0 0, Klostermann 6 2-2 16, Voves 1 0-0 3, McGaffee 0 0-0 0, Cronin 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Brandt 2 0-0 5. Totals 27 7-7 77.

Halftime - Linn-Mar 41, Centennial 26. 3-point goals - Centennial 7 (Kasperbauer 4, Gibbons 2, Edwards 1), Linn-Mar 16 (Bohannon 9, Printy 2, Klostermann 2, Murphy 1, Voves 1, Brandt 1).