Xtreme team takes second at Iowa Valley Classic
Cedar Falls Iowa River City Junior 16 Xtreme volleyball squad finished second at the Iowa Valley Classic last weekend undefeated in pool play second in the second round and defeated Panthers and Western Elite in the quarterfinals and semifinals before losing to Iowa Elite Xcel in the championship
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Cedar Falls
River City
Xtreme
Panthers
Western Elite
Iowa Elite Xcel
Panthers Capture Multiple AAU State Basketball Titles
Seven Cedar Rapids Panthers teams earned AAU state titles across five age groups. Eighth graders won both 14-year-old and eighth grade divisions with Jaime Printy named MVP and Renesa Smith-Taylor earning all tournament honors. Seventh graders and sixth graders also claimed titles with Jade Rogers, Morgan Paige and Amanda Platte among MVPs and all tournament picks. The Panthers defeated All-Iowa Attack in several finals, with certain runners-up and district runners-up noted.
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Cedar Rapids Panthers
Panthers
Jaime Printy
Renesa Smith-Taylor
Jade Rogers
Morgan Paige
Yaukee Warriors
Amanda Platte
Kiah Stokes
Alissa Oney
Ankeny Storm
Storm
Jassmine Royster
Shayla O’bannon
Panthers youth teams sweep all-tournament honors
Liz Skotowski and Courtney Strait earned all-tournament honors in the 11 field. Strait and Katerine Thompson also made the fifth-grade all-tournament team. Emma Lorenz was MVP and Alexus Rogers named all-tournament for the Panthers 10-year-old title win over Liberty. Carlee Hoover earned all-tournament honors for the third-grade squad.
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Liz Skotowski
Courtney Strait
Strait
Katerine Thompson
Panthers
Liberty
Emma Lorenz
Alexus Rogers
Carlee Hoover
Local youths reach Knights of Columbus state free throw contest
Six area shooters advance through local district and regional rounds to compete in the Knights of Columbus state free throw contest. Lindsay Smith and Carson Struve enter the 12 year old division, Kelly Colehour and Eric Thien the 13 division, and Jordan Bickfore and Derek Kramer the 14 division. The state contest is April 3.
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Knights of Columbus
Lindsay Smith
Carson Struve
Kelly Colehour
Eric Thien
Jordan Bickfore
Derek Kramer
Linn-Mar Wrestler Nelson Wins 145-Pound National Title
Jason Nelson of Linn-Mar captured the 145-pound title in the 16-and-under division at the 11th National Tournament of Champions in Omaha. More than 850 wrestlers from eight states competed, highlighting a strong youth wrestling national show.
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Neb
Jason Nelson
Linn-Mar
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City duo named MVC players of the week
Cedar Rapids Ben Lamaak plus Alyssa Green of Washington and Zach McKray of Iowa City High earned Mississippi Valley Conference players of the week in their sports. Lamaak, a junior, boosted the boys basketball team in the second half. Green, a junior, helped the Warriors reach the girls state tournament finishing second. McKray, a senior, won the state wrestling title at 135 pounds for the Little Hawks.
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Sarahann Kolder
Patrick Diamitani
Team Strike
Iowa City
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Olympic
Eshang Saini
Cedar Rapids
Ben Lamaak
Kennedy
Alyssa Green
Washington
Zach McKray
Iowa City High
Mississippi Valley Conference
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Green
Warriors
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Little Hawks
Elite Sports USA
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa Girls Coaches Association
Northern Iowa's Trumm Named MVC Scholar Athlete of the Week
Nathan Trumm, a Northern Iowa junior catcher from Dyersville Beckman, earned MVC male scholar athlete of the week after batting .583 in a three game series at Texas Tech. He carries a 3.19 GPA in marketing. Nate Olafsen, Monona, and Reuben Zacharakis, Mount Vernon, earned varsity letters for Cornell sports. Mark Joliffe of Cedar Rapids Linn-Mar plays for Buena Vista baseball.
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Nathan Trumm
Northern Iowa
Dyersville
Beckman
Missouri Valley Conference
Trumm
Texas Tech
Mark Joliffe
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
Buena Vista
Regreation Calendar Tournaments and Sports Listings
A long calendar lists basketball tournaments from March to July in Iowa cities including Midland Hubbard Preston Beetown Quad Cities Anamosa Dubuque and Cedar Rapids with age brackets 5-12 9-14 and 10-18. Several events carry fees from 60 to 105 dollars and contact numbers for each organizer.
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Midland
Hubbard
Preston Beetown
Quad Cities
Dubuque
Nays
Cedar Rapids
Ankeny
Iowa City
Harley Steele
Kathleen Beshears
Tait Cummins
Hitters Park
Ellis Park
Prairie High School
Kevin Winsor
Anamosa
Clear Creek Amana
Marion
Mid-America
Kirkwood
Grinnell
Lou
ASA
Mount Mercy
Diamond Dreams
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Stephanie Boeckenstedt
Jennifer Boeckenstedt
Zak Mizell
Danielle
Fatimah Omar
Juwairiah Omar
Morgan Sweat
Mason Sweat
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Alex Maltsev
Philip Diamitani
Evan Wild
Alex Wild
Rand Tsai
Kubat Rahatbek
Hamza Omar
Iowa
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Monona
MFL
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Cornell
Reuben Zacharakis
Mount Vernon
Robert A. Lee
North Liberty
Mercer Park
Mercer
Little Hammers
University of Iowa
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Cedar River Soccer Association
Lower Kingston
Tuma
Kirkwood Complex
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