Ammann earns fourth Olympic gold in Vancouver large hill
Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann claimed his fourth individual Olympic gold by winning the large hill event in Vancouver, overcoming an Austrian protest over bindings. Andrea Fischbacher won the women's super G, marking Austria's first Alpine title of the Games. Marcus Hellner led Sweden to a 30 km cross country victory, while Shaun Davis settled for silver in the 1 500 meters.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Simon Ammann
Salt Lake City
Andrea Fischbacher
Austria
Lindsey Vonn
Whistler
Marcus Hellner
Sweden
Ammann
Shaun Davis
Richmond Olympic Oval
Davis
Mark Tultert
Netherlands
Poland
Adam Malysz
Protos
Switzerland
Busch wins dramatic California Nationwide race by .051
Kyle Busch nips Greg Biffle by .051 seconds at Fontana on a green white checker finish. Brad Keselowski finished third as Joe Gibbs Racing notches its fifth straight Nationwide win in southern California. Joey Logano led 130 laps but finished fifth after the late restart. Danica Patrick finished 31st, three laps back.
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Fontana
Calif
Kyle Busch
Greg Biffle
California
Brad Keselowski
Busch
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joey Logano
Danica Patrick
Daytona
Perspeedway
Brendan Gaughan
Biffle
Logano
Gibbs
Washington tops Xavier to reach regional final in 4A
Cedar Rapids Washington defeated Xavier 54 47 in the Class 4A regional semifinal, using a late 18 2 run after trailing 39 35. Washington shifting between triangle and two and a box and one slowed Xavier led by Col leen Bouchard and Alex Saxon while Alissa Oney and Maggie Schneidermann scored 15 and 14 respectively. Xavier misses the state tournament for the first time since 2004.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Xavier
Maggie Schneidermann
Warriors
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Saints
Tom Lilly
Frank Howell
Colleen Bouchard
Alex Saxon
Tia Dawson
Alissa Oney
Schneidermann
Tia
Oney
Dawson
Saxon
Bouchard
Hannah Breitbach
Twisters shine in two meets across Iowa and Wisconsin
Samantha Wagner of Cedar Rapids Twisters won Level 8 bars and placed second on beam at Chow's Gymnastics in Des Moines then took second on beam at the Wisconsin Dells Vacation Classic. Cass idy Burkle was third on Level 7 beam in both meets and Allie Sindlinger was second on Level 9 beam at Chow's and third in Wisconsin.
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Samantha Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Hannah Rochford
Jacey Carr
Courtney Fisher
Brooklyn Ophoff
Stokes hits 1000 points in Linn-Mar win over Hempstead
Linn-Mar tops Dubuque Hempstead 62 19 at home as Kiah Stokes reaches 1000 career points with 17 and 13 rebounds. Lions remain unbeaten at 22 0 and advance to play Bettendorf Tuesday at Tipton.
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Kiah Stokes
Linn-Mar
Dubuque Hempstead
Hempstead
The
Lions
Bettendorf
Tipton
Waterloo West
C.R. Jefferson
Jordan Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Taylor Jacobson
Jefferson
Iowa City High
Oskaloosa
Virginia Johnson
Marion
Indians
Anamosa
Washington
C.R. Kennedy
Davenport West
Jade Rogers
Kennedy
Cougars
Prairie
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Tile Koehn
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Cedar Rapids Xavier
Tara Treka
May City Bowl
Treka
North Scott High School
Ammann Soars
Vonn
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Fischbacher
Tina Maze
United States
Wash
Jeff Linder
Gazette
Iowa
Stokes
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