By Nicole Dighton, community contributor It started with the graduating class of 1990 and ends with the graduating class of 2017. The current eighth grade girls Cedar Rapids Panthers AAU basketball team is the last in a long list of teams that has dominated the state for nearly 30 years. The program, started by Mike [...]
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The Iowa Barnstormers look to build off one of their most successful seasons, and not just on the boys’ basketball side, either. The AAU basketball organization just finished its second season of girls’ basketball, and every member of the 17-and-under squad will play college basketball this fall from the junior-college to Division II level. “We’re [...]
continue »Hawkeye Downs Speedway will honor a long-time Cedar Rapids Jefferson softball and girls basketball coach Friday. According to Hawkeye Downs Race Promoter Mike Becker, this week’s points races will be “Larry Niemeyer Appreciation Night” at the track. Niemeyer and members of his family will attend the races, and the country’s winningest prep softball coach honored during [...]
continue »SOLON — Tony Nicol is coming home. The Solon Community School District announced the hiring of Nicol as varsity girls’ basketball coach, as well as middle school counselor. Nicol is a 1987 Solon graduate. He has most recently served as dean of students for freshmen and sophomores at Linn-Mar, and has served as assistant boys’ basketball [...]
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From DMACC media relations Rachel Enabnit, a senior at Central City High School in Central City, has signed a national letter of intent to play women’s basketball at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). Enabnit is the ninth player to commit to the program for the 2012-13 school year. Previous commitments include Brenna Hall of [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — For years, Tony Vis has kept an eye on the girls’ basketball scene in Cedar Rapids. “I’ve paid attention to that area for a long time,” he said. ”There’s a lot of tradition there … from Stacy Frese and Anne O’Neil and all of those other great players.” Vis, who has spent the last seven years [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS — For years, Tony Vis has kept an eye on the girls’ basketball scene in Cedar Rapids. “I’ve paid attention to that area for a long time,” he said. ”There’s a lot of tradition there … from Stacy Frese and Anne O’Neil and all of those other great players.” Vis, who has spent the last seven years [...]
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MARION — Before he added the Marion High School girls’ basketball coaching job to an already substantial work load, Corby Laube asked his family for its opinion and its blessing. No problem. And no problem. “My wife (Ami) figured it would be a no-brainer,” Laube said Friday, soon after the school announced the hire, [...]
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