CEDAR RAPIDS — Jarrod Uthoff plans to visit two more colleges in the coming weeks, but the Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate said Wednesday he hopes to make a decision fairly soon. Uthoff, a 6-foot-8 forward who red-shirted last season, left the Wisconsin basketball program in April and has made visits to Creighton and Iowa State. He [...]
continue »By Andrew Ward The Gazette Tony Lombardi coached at Linn Mar Monday evening, but it wasn’t on the football field. The Cedar Rapids Washington football coach was found on the baseball diamond, leading the Warrior baseball team in his first game as head coach. He said football and baseball aren’t that different. “All sports are about [...]
continue »By Jason Brummond, Correspondent IOWA CITY – Two basketball state championships in one year. And it’s still getting better. The Iowa City West boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are one of 20 high schools nationally being honored on the MaxPreps Tour of Champions presented by the Army National Guard. Head coaches Steve Bergman and B.J. [...]
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CHICAGO — Wisconsin Athletics Director Barry Alvarez said he was surprised with how quickly Jarrod Uthoff’s transfer case escalated into a national story last month. “The thing got out of hand so fast and it was in the media so fast and in the social media so fast the process never really had a chance [...]
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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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Right now, the site of the 2012 state volleyball tournament is a multiple-choice question: Will it be at the U.S. Cellular Center? Will it be at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena? Will it be somewhere else? John Frew, project manager for the U.S. Cellular Center, acknowledged that it’s not a lock that the facility will [...]
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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 [...]
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