Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Uhlir leads Lions past Wahlert

Nic Uhlir knocked down five 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead Linn-Mar past Dubuque Wahlert, 65-41, Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball.

Jimmy Roth added 12 points and Derik Gogg 10 for Linn-Mar (10-8, 9-4).

Linn-Mar opened up a 33-22 lead by halftime and stretched the margin to 53-31 by the end of the third quarter.

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Hawks No.2, Lions No.5 in mat ratings

Cedar Rapids Prairie is ranked No.2 in the Iowa Wrestling Coaches Association dual meet rankings this week with a 30-3 record.

The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No.5 with a 25-7 mark.

Both teams will compete in the Class 3A regional dual meet tournament Wednesday night. Prairie will host No.12 West Des Moines Valley and Linn-Mar will host No.10 Clinton.

Both meets will begin at 7 p.m. The winners advance to the state dual meet tournament in Des Moines on Feb. 13.

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Linn-Mar girls stop Xavier in 2 OTs

It took the Linn-Mar girls two overtimes to put away Class 4A fourth-ranked Xavier Friday night, 57-54, in an exciting Mississippi Valley Conference battle at Linn-Mar.

The game was nip and tuck the entire way.

Sara Strauel of Linn-Mar was called for a controversial foul going for an offensive putback with .4 seconds left in the fourth quarter. It put Morgan Breitbach on the line to shoot two free throws for Xavier in a tie ballgame, but she missed both shots and the game went to overtime.

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Roth, Lassen lead Linn-Mar past Xavier

Jimmy Roth and Matt Lassen combined for 23 points and led Linn-Mar past Xavier, 52-44, Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Xavier's Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

Roth and Lassen scored 13 and 10 points, respectively, for the Lions (9-8, 8-4).

Xavier (8-9, 4-8) was paced by Adam McDermott with 14 points and Matt Nelson chipped in with 12.  Nelson was a force on the boards and had some clutch hook shots to help his field goal shooting.

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