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Sports

Creek Boys get revenge over Stormin’ Pointers

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 2:57pm
Schrepfer leads with 20 points as CCA knocks off CPU, 66-64

TIFFIN– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity boys’ basketball team found revenge over the Center Point-Urbana (CPU) Stormin’ Pointers on Tuesday, Feb. 4, with a 66-64 WaMaC Conference win, at home. The Clippers avenged a 57-37 loss on Dec. 20 at CPU, which was tainted with controversy over the officiating, and saw the CCA student body ejected in the first quarter.
The Creek Boys and Pointers were tied 13-all at the end of the first period, in Tiffin, ahead of a 33-28 Clipper lead at halftime. The Pointers inched ahead in the third for a 49-46 advantage going into the final quarter.


Trojan-Bolts earn district championship, again

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 3:02pm
Seven Liberty High swimmers punch their tickets to the State Swimming Meet

MARION– The “Trojan-Bolts” of the combined Iowa City West High and Liberty High School boys swim team claimed their second straight district championship Saturday, Feb. 8, at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, and will be a force to be reckoned with at the 2020 state meet Saturday, Feb. 15.


Cougars roar past Bolts

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 3:07pm
CR Kennedy cruises past Liberty girls, 50-35

CEDAR RAPIDS– The Liberty High varsity girls’ basketball team dropped to 2-14 on the season Tuesday, Feb. 4, on the road, as Cedar Rapids Kennedy roared past them, 50-35.
Sophomore Haley Napoli put the Bolts on the scoreboard first with a three-pointer, unfortunately for Liberty, it would be the only points of the first quarter as the Cougars pulled ahead, 12-3. Kennedy took a 31-13 halftime lead as Sam McPherson, Isabel Smith, Ava Meyer and Neshy Byrd fought to keep the Lightning in the game.


Warriors and Rams give Creek Boys a tough night

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 3:54pm
Scranton wins twice for CCA in double dual

CEDAR RAPIDS– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) wrestlers competed in their final dual meets of the regular season Thursday, Feb. 6, at Cedar Rapids Washington High School, against the host Warriors and Dubuque Senior Rams.
The Clippers fell, 51-14, to Dubuque Senior and, 57-21, to Washington.
Kael Scranton was a double winner for the Creek Boys, taking a 138-pound match against Senior’s Carter Elliot with a 12-3 major decision and winning a 132-pound match against Wash’s Joe Foreman with a pin in 1:57.


Mulford and Burden compete in Iowa Girls State Wrestling Tournament

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 3:59pm

WAVERLY– Cheyenne Mulford and Addison Burden competed in the 2020 Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Iowa Girls State Wrestling Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24 and 25.
Mulford made it to the second day of competition and finished her tournament with three wins and two losses. Burden finished her tournament with a 2-2 record.
“These two girls made history as the first two girls to compete in the state tournament,” said Solon Head Wrestling Coach Blake Williams


Wrestlers 4th at WaMaC

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:10pm
Taylor, Gnida take titles, Marty 2nd

MANCHESTER– It was a solid showing.
Solon’s varsity wrestlers came in fourth at the 14-team WaMaC Conference Tournament in Manchester Feb. 1.
Hayden Taylor (145 pounds) and Zeb Gnida (152) brought home first-place finishes, with Gage Marty (195) taking runner-up.


Lady Spartans scalped by Indians, 74-30

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:13pm

SOLON– In the first contest of a three-game week for the Lady Spartans, the visiting Marion Indians ran over Solon’s varsity basketball team, 74-30, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the high school. It was the second Solon loss to the Indians this season, the first coming on Jan. 3, 50-18.
Both teams showed considerable improvement from their match-up at the beginning of the month, with Marion ranked No. 2 in Class 4A.


Beckman cruises over Solon

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:15pm
Blazers build big lead in 63-43 win

SOLON– It was a big hole.
When Carson Shive hit two free throws to open the Solon scoring and tie the game against Beckman Catholic Jan. 31 in Solon, it was as close as the Spartans would get the rest of the night.
Shive hit a three-pointer moments later to make the score 6-5 in Beckman’s favor, but from there out, things didn’t bounce Solon’s way.
Turnovers haunted the Spartans early on and the Blazers built a 16-5 first-quarter lead they would not relinquish.
Beckman held the Spartans to 14 points in the first half and held a commanding 26-point lead heading into the third quarter.


Creek Girls scorch the Trojans, 73-18

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:27pm
A dozen Clippers score for CCA against South Tama

TIFFIN– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity girls’ basketball team pounded the winless South Tama Trojans for the second time this season Tuesday, Jan. 28, at home. The Clippers rolled the Trojans, 73-18, with a continuous clock for the second half thanks to a 49-10 halftime lead. Back-to-back three-pointers by junior Whitney Traetow gave the Creek Girls a 45-6 advantage ahead of the halftime break.


Bolt girls get their second win of the season against East High Trojans

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:29pm
McPherson and Napoli lead Liberty in 59-21 win over Waterloo East

WATERLOO– Lightning struck twice as Liberty High’s varsity girls picked up their second win of the 2019-20 season Friday, Jan. 31, on the road at Waterloo East. The Lightning scorched the Trojans 59-21 in the teams’ second meeting this season. The Bolts fried East 66-41 at home on Friday, Dec. 13.
Liberty jumped out to a 14-6 lead in the first quarter and held the Trojans scoreless in the second for a 26-6 halftime score. A 20-point effort by the Lightning in the third, while only allowing five East points, made it 46-11 going into the final period.


Creek Boys dispose of Vikings again

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:31pm
Schrepfer and O’Connor shell Vinton-Shellsburg with 10 three-pointers in 76-50 win for CCA

TIFFIN– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity boys’ basketball team went full speed ahead past the visiting Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings on Friday, Jan. 31, for a 76-50 WaMaC West win. It was the second meeting this season for the ball clubs, and the Clippers’ second win against the Vikings after dropping them, 70-62, on Jan. 14 in Vinton.
The Clippers never trailed in the contest, winning the first quarter 9-5, leading 38-14 at halftime, and holding a 57-36 advantage going into the final period.


Mustangs slip past Lightning in OT

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:33pm
Liberty falls, 69-66, to Dubuque Hempstead

DUBUQUE– The Liberty High varsity boys’ basketball team came close, very close, to upsetting the Dubuque Hempstead Mustangs Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Hempstead. Instead, the Mustangs escaped, 69-66, in overtime to improve to 11-3 while dropping the Bolts to 6-6.