Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Brandt paces Lions by Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - Jordan Brandt topped a balanced attack with 19 points Friday night as the Linn-Mar Lions defeated Cedar Falls, 69-61, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Cedar Falls.

Jordan Bohannon scored 18 points for Linn-Mar (6-2). Jared Printy contributed 15 points and Beau Klostermann had 10.

Tra'Von Fagan led Cedar Falls (5-3) with 19 points. A.J. Green had 18 points.

LINN-MAR (69): Printy 6 1-2 15, Murphy 1 2-2 5, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Bohannon 6 5-6 18, Klostermann 4 0-0 10, Voves 1 0-0 2, Cronin 0 0-0 0, Brandt 8 2-2 19, Kerr 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 10-12 69.

CEDAR FALLS (61): Fagan 8 2-5 19, Harrington 1 0-0 2, Green 5 5-5 18, Abbas 2 0-0 4, Mozena 0 0-0 0, Alexander 0 0-0 0, Johnson 5 0-0 10, Gerdes 2 0-0 5, Leisinger 0 0-0 0, Loecher 1 1-1 3. Totals 24 7-10 61.

Halftime - Linn-Mar 35, Cedar Falls 26. 3-point goals - Linn-Mar 7 (Printy 2, Klostermann 2, Murphy 1, Bohannon 1, Brandt 1), Cedar Falls 6 (Green 4, Fagan 1, Gerdes 1).

Linn-Mar girls squashed by Tigers

Luckily for the Linn-Mar girls, the season is still young.

The Lions lost their second game in a row (and third in the last four) in a lackluster showing at home Friday night, 50-35, to Cedar Falls.

"We’re struggling right now,” acknowledged second-year Linn-Mar coach Jaime Brandt. “There are a lot of things that aren’t clicking.

“We’ve got a lot to work on, but the good thing is we’ve got ‘til the end of February to work things out.”

As was the case in a 60-47 loss at Kennedy Tuesday night, the Class 5A 11th-ranked Lions (6-3, 4-2 MVC) were again plagued by poor shooting and shoddy ballhandling.

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Jacobus helps No. 8 Cougars pin Lions

Dalles Jacobus knows how to bull-rush a quarterback and sack him for a big loss on a football field.

As it turns out, he can use the same maneuver for a big pin in wrestling.

Jacobus made a bull-rush at Isaiah Garman and pinned him during their 220-pound match Thursday night to help the eighth-ranked Kennedy Cougars stick Linn-Mar, 46-24, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy.

There wasn't a whole lot of technique to his move, but there was a lot of brute strength and determination.

"There was a little bit of a scramble, the kid took a break to lean on his haunches and Dalles just ran him over," observed Kennedy coach Dennis Hynek, smiling. "There was no move there.

"He's a lot of fun, he works hard and if you take breaks against him, he's just going to pile-drive you."

Just like sacking an unwitting quarterback.

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Linn-Mar swimmers dunked by Rams

DUBUQUE – The Dubuque Senior boys swimming team handed Linn-Mar a 100-54 loss in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual meet Thursday at Senior.

Matt Peng won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 55.52 seconds for the Lions. Brycen Snell took the 200 individual medley in 2:13.74.

DUBUQUE SENIOR 100, LINN-MAR 54
200 medley relay – Dubuque Senior (John Dalton, Andrew Breitfelder, Jacob Hansen, Brandon Sindt) 1:46.30.
200 freestyle – Matt Peng (LM) 1:55.52.
200 individual medley – Brycen Snell (LM) 2:13.74.
50 freestyle – Brandon Sindt (DS) 23.46.
100 butterfly – Jacob Hansen (DS) 59.11.
100 freestyle – John Colin (DS) 48.85.
500 freestyle – Will Colin (DS) 5:22.41.
200 freestyle relay – Dubuque Senior (Dalton, Sindt, Breitfelder, Colin) 1:32.25.
100 backstroke – Colin (DS) 56.49.
100 breaststroke – Brandon Yuan (DS) 1:05.00.
400 freestyle relay – Dubuque Senior (Colin, Nick Topping, Dalton, Colin) 3:25.97.