CLASS 4A SEMIFINALS IOWA CITY WEST (24-0) vs. LINN-MAR (20-4)When: 3:15 p.m. Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines Scouting Report: Rematch from last year’s state tourney semifinals. Linn-Mar won that game en route to winning the 4A title. West won the lone regular-season matchup this season, 75-63, at Linn-Mar in early December. West was very [...]
continue »DES MOINES — Steve Bergman talked a little while Wednesday night about his team’s just-completed quarterfinal stomping of Waukee, then was asked to look ahead to Friday’s semifinals. “Who do we play?” the Iowa City West Coach said with a wry grin. Typical Bergy. Of course, it’s Linn-Mar his second-ranked and second-seeded Trojans meet [...]
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DES MOINES — He was jumping up and down, waving his arms, hoping, praying that Marcus Paige saw him. Andy Henry caught a ton of passes this past fall as one of the top football wide receivers in the state, but the touchdown grab he had Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Arena was the [...]
continue »DES MOINES — He was jumping up and down, waving his arms, hoping, praying that Marcus Paige saw him. Andy Henry caught a ton of passes this past fall as one of the top football wide receivers in the state, but the touchdown grab he had Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Arena was the [...]
continue »CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON (15-8) vs. ANKENY (23-0)When: 3:30 p.m. Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines Scouting Report: It’s an understatement to call this a tall task for eight-seeded J-Hawks. Ankeny is top-ranked and top-seeded and features 6-foot-9 junior center Ted Friedman (10.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg). The Hawks are a balanced team with [...]
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CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON (15-8) vs. ANKENY (23-0)When: 3:30 p.m. Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines Scouting Report: It’s an understatement to call this a tall task for eight-seeded J-Hawks. Ankeny is top-ranked and top-seeded and features 6-foot-9 junior center Ted Friedman (10.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg). The Hawks are a balanced team with [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Incredible program, incredible run, incredible player. The most incredible comeback. “We kind of stole this one. I’m not going to lie,” Linn-Mar’s Marcus Paige said after his team’s 83-77 double-overtime win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a Class 4A substate final Tuesday night that was, in a word, incredible. Paige cemented [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS – If you were at the Prairie gymnasium Tuesday night you were a witness. A witness to one of the greatest performances in Iowa high school basketball history. 49 points. 1 shy of half a hundred. Marcus Paige cemented his legacy in the state of Iowa as not only the best player to [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS — He can take pride in saying he played a huge role in Marcus Paige having his worst shooting night of the basketball season. As a reward, Darius Fuller gets to try and defend the Linn-Mar star again. Is that really a reward? “I just have to do what I can on him,” said [...]
continue »LINN-MAR (18-4) vs. CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY (16-6) When: 7 p.m. Where: Cedar Rapids Prairie Scouting Report: These programs have met in some big postseason games over the years, and this is another one. Eighth-ranked Kennedy won the lone regular-season matchup, 56-51, but No. 5 Linn-Mar did not have injured forward Matt Lassen, a D-I Albany [...]
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