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No. 4 Mid-Prairie bounced back from Thursday?s loss and avenged a loss from earlier in the season when it defeated visiting West Branch 46-31 on Friday night inside Tim Grady Gymnasium.The Golden Hawks (8-3, 6-2 Cedar Valley Conference) held the Bears, who had defeated Mid-Prairie 48-42 in West Branch on Dec. 4, without a field goal for the first 10 minutes of the game and led by as many as 17 points in the ...

Columbus rallied past West Liberty in the fourth quarter of Saturday?s non-conference game for a 46-42 victory.The visiting Comets led 30-25 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Wildcats outscored West Liberty 21-12 in the final frame.Senior Megan Pretz had a double-double of 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead Columbus (7-7), which won for the second time in as many nights. Sophomore Kelsey Pretz added 10 ...

Columbus won a low-scoring Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division contest 28-23 at Highland on Friday night.The Wildcats (6-7, 6-7 SEISC North) won the game at the free-throw line, where they made 15 of their 27 charity shots.Senior Megan Pretz had a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds to lead Columbus, and sophomore Kelsey Pretz added eight points.Sophomore Chelsey Lampe and freshman Cheyann ...

WACO snapped its four-game losing streak when it blew out Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division rival Winfield-Mt. Union 59-37 on Friday night.Senior Tyler Ayers had a double-double of 14 points and 11 assists to lead the Warriors (5-8, 5-6 SEISC North), and he also had six steals. Senior Klinton Garrett also scored 14 points, and he pulled down eight rebounds. Senior Aaron Barnhart added 12 points, ...

Eighth-ranked West Branch avenged its only loss of the season by defeating Mid-Prairie 43-31 inside Tim Grady Gymnasium on Friday night.The Bears (12-1, 7-1 Cedar Valley Conference), who had lost to Mid-Prairie 57-49 in West Branch on Dec. 4, jumped out to a 12-6 lead at the end of one quarter of play, and they extended their lead to 11 points heading into the fourth quarter.Senior Rylan Murry scored a game-high...

Clear Creek-Amana upset No. 4 Mid-Prairie 51-44 inside Tim Grady Gymnasium on Thursday night.The Golden Hawks (7-3), who saw their five-game winning streak come to an end, got off to a slow start and trailed Clear Creek-Amana (8-6) by four points at halftime. Mid-Prairie, which shot just 20 percent from the field and committed an uncharacteristic 19 turnovers, trailed by as many as 14 points before using a 7-0 ...

Oskaloosa was able to get to the free-throw line 34 times in Saturday?s game, and that proved to be the difference as the 15th-ranked Indians defeated No. 9 Washington 51-38.?The biggest difference was the foul line,? Washington head coach Phil Long said. ?They got to the free-throw line 34 times and made 19 of them.?Washington (10-3) trailed 10-8 after one quarter of play, and then things got worse in the ...

Lynnville-Sully spoiled Keota?s Homecoming by defeating the Eagles 46-32 on Friday night.Keota led 29-28 heading into the fourth quarter of Friday?s South Iowa Cedar League game, but the Hawks out-scored the Eagles 18-3 in the final frame.Junior Derek Berg scored 13 points to lead Keota (10-3, 9-3 SICL), which saw its six-game winning streak come to an end. Junior Luke Lyle added nine points and eight rebounds....