Preston rallies past Stritch in 1A girls opener
Preston improves to 24-1 despite 1 of 26 from three as they slip past Keo kuk Cardinal Stritch 50 44 at Veterans Auditorium. Casandra Sparks provides late lead with 18 footer and steal layup key. Nieland posts 15 points 14 rebounds while Goetz counters with 20 points 14 boards for Stritch.
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Des Moines
Preston
Keokuk Cardinal
Trojans
Veterans Auditorium
Stritch
Tony Lambros
Casandra Sparks
Sparks
Alan Sparks
Nieland
Lacey Heinz
Goetz
O’neil
Jennifer Goetz
Keokuk Cardinal Stritch
Ann Carey
North Cedar
Jennifer
Remmerde faces rare missed free throw in state tourney
DES MOINES Deb Remmerde a junior guard from Rock Valley, entered the state girls basketball tournament at Veterans Auditorium with a perfect 68 for 68 from the line. Monday she missed her seventh free throw in the semifinal, ending a 100 percent streak as she pursues the career scoring record held by Anne O Neil.
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Deb Remmerde
Rock Valley
Treynor
Kim Mehlin
Remmerde
Des Moines
Veterans Auditorium
O’neil
Leaders dominate stat sheet after state title win
Megan Wittenburg Tripoli Jennifer Goetz Cardinal Stritch Steph Nieland Preston Teresa Reineke Treynor Jessica VanderKooi Hinton Patricia Dietz Tripoli Ashley Freerksen WOM Dowling Jen Thomas Guthrie Center Jessica Stanek Tripoli Alyssa Frazier Waterloo West Keanna Levy Waterloo West Rachael Rogers Dubuque Wahlert STEALS Brooke Bollmeyer Hinton Jessie Biggs Ottumwa 4 Sara Griffin Fort Madison Aquinas Jenny Harle WOM Dowling Danielle Oswald Dubuque Wahlert 4 state champs won Saturday night Nov 11 and began practice Monday at 6 am.
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Megan Wittenburg
Tripoli
Jennifer Goetz
Cardinal Stritch
Steph Nieland
Preston
Teresa Reineke
Treynor
Jessica VanderKooi
Hinton
Patricia Dietz
Ashley Freerksen
WOM
Jessica Stanek
Ashley Derr
Alyssa Frazier
Waterloo West
Keanna Levy
Rachael Rogers
Dubuque Wahlert
Brooke Bollmeyer
Jessie Biggs
Ottumwa
Sara Griffin
Fort Madison
Aquinas
Jenny Harle
WOM Dowling
Danielle Oswald
Erica Schlotfeldt
Rock Valley
Deb Remmerde
Ed Keanna Levy
Gillian Goring
Katie Maguire
Cross-state girls hoops matchups fill day at the tourney
C R Xavier faces Lemars in a 22 2 versus 19 5 showdown with Kristin Jennings and Katie Strickland leading Xavier. Dana Lehner and Amber Arens pace LeMars, while quotes from coaches Lilly Borchers map the competitive tone. Evening matchups feature West Delaware Carroll and Pella Washington with key players Abby Gonshorowski Lindsey Fischbach and Jenny Liebrecht. 4A quarterfinals Muscatine Ankeny and 4A Sioux City North Des Moines Lincoln also listed.
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Kristin Jennings
Saints
Katie Strickland
Xavier
MVC
Dana Lehner
LeMars
Amber Arens
West Delaware
Angie Wessels
Amy Klostermann
Carroll
Lindsey Fischbach
Jenny Liebrecht
Fischbach
Liebrecht
Abby Gonshorowski
Demons
Caroline Capper
Pella
Heather Kraayenbrink
Julie Rietema
Muscatine
Ankeny
Sioux City North
Des Moines
Lincoln
Clear Lake
Perry
Cedar Rapids
West
Delaware
Washington
West overpowers Ottumwa with perimeter shooting in girls state quarterfinal
Waterloo West used sharp perimeter shooting from Keanna Levy Alyssa Frazier and Natalie Tarkett to counter Ottumwa's junk defense on 6foot-7 Gillian Goring. The Wahawks rolled to a 64-49 victory as Ottumwa trailed 25-6 early, ending the season for the Ottumwa team once ranked 20 5.
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Keanna Levy, Alyssa Frazier
Natalie Tarkett
Ear
Ottumwa
Gillian Goring
West
Goring
Wahawks
Basketball playoffs set with quarterfinals and schedules
Scores from Class 1A and 4A quarterfinals listed with matchups including Preston over Keokuk Cardinal Stritch 50 44 and Hinton 81 over Guthrie Center 27. Later rounds show semifinal and championship timing across Class 1A 3A 4A with listed pairings and times.
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Jeffi
C.R. Xavier
Tom Lilly
Regis
Barry Borchers
Mike Kopish
Hawks
Don Oleson
Trace Petersen
Mike Vint
Lara Bowman
Keokuk
Guthrie Center
Wdm Dowling
Unity Christian
Mid-Prairie
Carlisle
Underwood
Edgewood-Colesburg
Belmond Kiemme
Colonesco
Des Moines Dowling
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