The Iowa Barnstormers expected to show off their basketball skills last weekend at St. Louis’— Battle for the Arch, which they did. But off the court Saturday, they provided the weekend’s best assist. The Barnstormers’ 10-member 16-and-under squad hopped into a shuttle bus between games and planned to watch the 14-and-under squad at another venue [...]
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IOWA CITY — Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate Jarrod Uthoff will have a chance to earn a basketball scholarship for any program outside the Big Ten. The question is, does he want to play in the Big Ten? Uthoff, a 6-foot-8 forward, received permission Thursday from Wisconsin athletics officials, including Athletics Director Barry Alvarez, to contact [...]
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Jarrod Uthoff will meet with Wisconsin officials, including Athletics Director Barry Alvarez, Thursday morning to go over his appeal of transfer restrictions. The meeting caps a wild week for both Uthoff, a Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate, and Wisconsin, which has become a national punching bag over the unusually heavy restrictions it has placed upon Uthoff. [...]
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NORTH LIBERTY — Three members of the Iowa Barnstormers’ AAU basketball program are pondering their college future as either football or basketball athletes. Juniors Jeremy Morgan and Dondre Alexander of Iowa City West and Riverside-Oakland junior Ricky Williams have received either contact or scholarship offers from several Division I schools. The trio hopes to catch the [...]
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NORTH LIBERTY — For the players competing in the Spring Fling 17-and-under AAU championship game Sunday, the game was personal and the emotion was raw. And it was all in the family. The highflying 17U Iowa Barnstormers Black squad faced its brethren out of semiretirement — the Barnstormers’ Gold team. The Barnstormers Gold consisted of [...]
continue »The Iowa Barnstormers’ Spring Fling begins at 8 a.m. Saturday morning with three divisions: 15U, 16 U and 17U. The 36-team tournament will be held in North Liberty with games played at the North Liberty Recreation Center and Garner Elementary School. The championship games are scheduled for 4:40 p.m. Sunday. For a tournament preview, click [...]
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IOWA CITY — Former Cedar Rapids Jefferson basketball standout Jarrod Uthoff has asked for his scholarship release from Wisconsin, Uthoff’s AAU Coach Jamie Johnson said Thursday night. But the school has placed heavy restrictions on Uthoff on where he can attend his next college, and the 6-foot-8 forward plans to appeal those restrictions. Johnson, the executive [...]
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IOWA CITY — Don Showalter never planned this. “It just kind of came out of the blue,” he said. Showalter will become the head boys’ basketball coach at Iowa City High, it was announced Thursday. His hiring is subject to approval by the Iowa City Community School District.
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NORTH LIBERTY — A new NCAA rule forced the Iowa Barnstormers to change locations and limit the number of teams competing in he AAU program’s third annual Spring Fling boys’ basketball event this week. But fewer teams doesn’t translate into depleted talent for the two-day tournament. At least 19 juniors or sophomores who were voted to [...]
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Upper Iowa University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brian Dolan announced today that Jordan Hay from Stanwood, Iowa and North Cedar High School has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his academic and basketball career at Upper Iowa.
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