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More area photos from the Girls State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena (March 1-6)
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton SpartansClass 1A State Semi-finalist • 24-1 Final RecordState Results: def. MMCRU 60-55; lost to Bishop Garrigan 57-35
Harlan Community CyclonesClass 4A State Qualifier • 17-6...
DES MOINES (March 5) -- A remarkable season came to a close Friday afternoon for a determined team that just kept on doing “more with less.” Facing top-ranked Algona Bishop Garrigan in the Class 1A state semifinals, the No. 4 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls couldn’t overcome a 27 percent shooting...
DES MOINES (March 5) -- With five seconds left in Friday’s state semifinal loss to Bishop Garrigan, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton head coach Tom Petersen called one final timeout. Guard Tatum Grubbs, the lone senior on the Spartans’ eight-girl roster, had just scored a breakaway layup after making a 3...
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...
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