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Netolicky, Northrup top all-Metro wrestling

Andrew Netolicky of Prairie and Joel Northrup of Linn-Mar have been named the Co-Athletes of the Year on the 2013 all-Metro wrestling team.

Netolicky placed third at 285 pounds at the Class 3A state meet last week and Northrup finished third at 145 pounds. Both wrestlers are seniors.

Sam Uthoff (Prairie), Matt Wempen (Linn-Mar), Alijah Jeffery (Linn-Mar), Josh Wenger (Prairie), Michael Moncivais (Jefferson), Trey Blaha (Prairie), Ross Lembeck (Linn-Mar), River Whitters (Prairie), Cameron Rathje (Prairie), Austin Gould (Prairie), Andrew Holladay (Linn-Mar), Casey Becker (Prairie) and Justin Green (Linn-Mar) joined Netolicky and Northrup as first-team selections.

Blake Williams of Prairie was named the Coach of the Year.

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Dani Franklin leads all-Metro hoops

Dani Franklin of Cedar Rapids Washington added to her postseason honors Wednesday afternoon when she was selected as the Athlete of the Year on the all-Metro girls basketball team.

Franklin also was named the Athlete of the Year in the Valley Division of the Mississippi Valley Conference on Wednesday.

Steph Botkin of Kennedy, Mykaela Brandt of Linn-Mar, Madison Dellamuth of Prairie, Abbie Herb of Washington, Maddie Koolbeck of Jefferson and Alisa Weiland of Prairie joined Franklin as first team all-Metro selections.

Steve Doser of Prairie was named the Coach of the Year.

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Josh Hughes tops all-Metro swim team

Cedar Rapids Washington senior Josh Hughes, the state champion in the 500-yard freestyle this season, has been named the Athlete of the Year on the 2013 All-Metro Men's Swimming Team.

The Warriors placed eight swimmers on the first team with Nick Durin, Jakob Kehoe, John Kopec, Eric Roush, Nick Saulnier, Jared Thorson and Ryo Ueno joining Hughes on the top unit.

Linn-Mar claimed three first-team berths with Justin Arebaugh, Nate Greve and Duggan Trenary. Kennedy had two first-team picks with Chandler Heisler and Stefan Kitsos. Lance Scallon of Jefferson also made the honor squad.

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Kennedy, Wash boys will clash in substate

Kennedy and Washington will bump heads in a regular-season boys basketball game Tuesday night at Washington, but it will only be the appetizer.

The real course will be served on Feb. 18 when the Cougars and Warriors collide in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A substate tournament at Kennedy.

The IHSAA announced all the pairings for the Class 3A and Class 4A playoffs on Monday.

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