With Friday’s match-up between Iowa City West and top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy looming, KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville talked to some Cougar players about the game. Get a preview of the game in the video above.

Top-ranked Vinton-Shellsburg held off Union 56-45 to advance on Friday night.

The Vikings (23-0) will face Crestwood in the substate final on Tuesday night.

KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville has highlights of Vinton-Shellsburg’s win in the video above.

Assumption proved to much for Dubuque Wahlert Friday night, advancing to the substate final with a 67-57 win.

Davenport Assumption (17-6) will face Marion (12-11) on Monday night at Clinton.

KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville has the highlights in the video above.

Dunkerton got past North Linn 35-33 in a low-scoring slugfest to advance to the substate final.

Dunkerton (23-1) will face Lone Tree (24-1) Saturday at Solon.

KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville has more in the video above.

Western Dubuque (23-0) advanced to the substate final with a 63-52 win over Washington (7-16) on Friday night.

The Bobcats advance to face Cedar Falls on Saturday night.

KCRG-TV9′s Josh Christensen has more in the video above.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The RoughRiders got out to a 3-0 lead in their first game of the new year on Friday night. Then Cedar Rapids held on as Tri-City stormed the net late. The RoughRiders won 3-2 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak. KCRG-TV9′s Josh Christensen has more in the video [...]

Scott Saville’s blog has a new home, on KCRG.com.

Go to Scott’s blog now at this link: http://www.kcrg.com/blogs/scottsaville

TAMA – South Tama volleyball player Jade Rohach won this week’s Cedar Rapids Toyota Scion KCRG-TV9 Athlete of the Week. Rohach, a middle blocker for South Tama, leads the state in blocks, even at an undersized 5-foot-9. TV9′s Scott Saville caught up with the high flyer in the video above. Remember, you can vote each [...]

Iowa City, IA-  Iowa City West leads Class 4s schools in the state of Iowa in scoring averaging 53 points a game. West is really balanced with 1468 yards passing, and 1492 yards rushing on the season.  Watch Scott Saville’s feature on the high powered Trojans offense.

Waverly, Ia- Waverly-Shell Rock volleyball coach  EaVon Woodin reached a milestone last weekend winning her 800th game. Woodin is the third winningest coach in Iowa history with 802 wins.  The Go Hawks have won two state titles in the last three years and the defending champs are off to a 19-3 start this season. Watch [...]

IOWA CITY — Pundits looking to make an early pick for the UNI-Dome later this fall should pay close attention to tonight’s non-district prep football game between Solon and Iowa City Regina. Recently it’s been this simple: Win this rivalry game and hold up the state championship trophy. The last four winners (and one loser) [...]

MARION – Zach Borens, an offensive lineman from Marion High School, is head and shoulders taller than most of his teammates.

At 6-foot-8, 340 pounds, Borens gives the Indians a huge advantage in football’s trenches.

KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville talked to Borens as the Indians get ready for the start of the season.

CEDAR RAPIDS – A large, experienced offensive line could help Cedar Rapids Kennedy football in 2012.

The Cougars return their entire front line from last season’s 5-5 season and hope to build on the progress they made in 2011.

TV9′s Scott Saville caught up with the Cougars in the video above.

LINN-MAR – When a member of the pride needed help, Linn-Mar’s Lions showed up in full force. Doug Wick, the father of current Linn-Mar student-athlete Josh, is battling leukemia, and the Lions’ basketball community put together a fundraiser basketball game to benefit the Wick family. Former Linn-Mar basketball players came back in droves to play [...]