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DES MOINES (March 6) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore Quinn Grubbs was one of six players named to the Class 1A All-Tournament Team following the championship game of the 2021 Girls State Basketball Tournament Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. In two state tourney games last week, Grubbs...
DES MOINES -- Attending the state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena has become somewhat of a tradition for the Rodger and Beth Rasmussen family of Elk Horn. In 2011, the Rasmussen’s two sons - Ryon, a senior at the time, and Dayton, a junior - were key members of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton...
Class 5AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 1Waukee 60, Dowling Catholic 37 Johnston 71, Cedar Falls 64 Ankeny Centennial 47, SE Polk 45 Iowa City West 65, Waterloo West 63Semifinal Scores: Thursday, March 4Waukee 50, Ankeny Centennial 29 Johnston 52, Iowa City West 47Championship...
DES MOINES (March 3) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton may not be the tallest team at the Class 1A girls state basketball tournament, or the most athletic... and certainly not the deepest. But when you can dribble, pass and shoot like the 4th-ranked Spartans did inside Wells Fargo Arena, you will...
DES MOINES (March 2) -- On the defensive side of the ball, the Harlan Community girls looked every bit the part of a state semifinal-caliber team. Offensively, the Cyclones simply struggled to put the ball in the basket against perhaps the top defensive squad in all of Class 4A. Second-ranked...
Class 5AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 1Waukee 60, Dowling Catholic 37 Johnston 71, Cedar Falls 64 Ankeny Centennial 47, SE Polk 45 Iowa City West 65, Waterloo West 63Semifinals: Thursday, March 410:00 a.m. - #1 Waukee (11-1) vs. #5 Ankeny Centennial (16-2)12:00 p.m. - #2 Johnston (...
DES MOINES (March 2) -- When the Harlan Community girls basketball team played at Ballard last January, it was a night to quickly forget. The Cyclones lost 58-20, making only 7-of-31 total field goals while the Bombers hit 9-of-21 threes and had 20 steals defensively. On Tuesday afternoon at...
DES MOINES (March 3) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton is making its fifth trip in seven years to the Girls State Basketball Tournament this week. Its opponent, MMCRU, is making its state debut as a consolidated school and appearing at state for the first time since Marcus qualified in 1986. But the...
ATLANTIC (Feb. 24) -- For the first 13 minutes of Wednesday’s Class 2A, Region 5 final, anything that could go wrong for the AHSTW girls basketball team... went wrong. A case of Murphy’s law began even before the opening tip when the Lady Vike bench was assessed a technical foul for an incorrect...
LE MARS -- The Harlan Community girls bowling team ended its season with a second-place finish in the Class 1A State Qualifying Tournament held February 16 at Sweet 16 Lanes. Forest City won the meet with a total score of 2,678 pins and advanced to last week’s state tournament in Waterloo. HCHS...
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