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Wildcats lose tough one  

  The Central City boys are playing their best basketball of the season. Four straight wins for the Wildcats looked like it might move to five in a row when they traveled to East Bucha…
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Four Pirate wrestlers earn trip to state

  The Alburnett girls wrestling team finished fourth in the Class 1A Region 8 Tournament at Williamsburg and had four girls qualify for the IGHSAU State Wrestling Tournament in Coralvi…
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CPU hands Solon first loss of season

The CPU boys basketball team started the week by finding out they were ranked 10th in Class 3A in the IHSAA Poll (Jan.26) and one night later they proved more than worthy of that ranki…
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North Linn splits with Easton Valley

  The North Linn girls basketball team held Easton Valley to seven points or less in all four quarters as they earned a 56-26 win over the River Hawks January 22 in Miles. The Lynx led…
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McGrath leads North Linn in home quad

Brody McGrath won all three of his matches wrestled and teammates Jacob Rauch, Trevor Kaut and Westyn Price all won two matches wrestled as North Linn won two of three in a home quad o…
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Hoover, Reierson Mims win conference titles

  The North Linn girls wrestling team is making some noise on their first season on the mat. The Lynx finished third in the Tri-Rivers Conference Tournament and had a pair of first pla…
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Three more wins for Alburnett in RVC Meet

  The Alburnett boys wrestling team dominated another River Valley Conference Quad as they rolled over Beckman Catholic, Anamosa and Bellevue at Beckman Catholic on January 22. The Pir…
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Alburnett girls win on Senior Night

  Senior Night for the Alburnett girls basketball team went as planned as the Pirates honored their four seniors with number eight on the season after a 60-52 victory over Durant. Mira…
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Alburnett boys keep winning

The Alburnett boys basketball team made it five wins in their last six games as they beat Durant for the second time this season with a 56-49 win at home on Senior Night. Laken Caves l…
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Gusick wins conference title

  Lyni Gusick won first place in the River Valley Conference Meet in the 135-pound division and remained unbeaten on the season and Alburnett finished in third place with 124.5 points …
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Wildcats end long losing streak against Lynx

  It looked like North Linn had seized momentum at the end of the first half and was on the way to their 25th win in a row over Central City.  The Lynx hit a buzzer beating three by Br…
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Hillers to lead CPU softball program

  Dan Hillers has been named the new softball coach at Center Point-Urbana, taking over for Kendra Wolff who left coaching to focus on family and work.  CPU made it to the state softba…
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Small wins twice for CPU

    Vinton-Shellsburg 39 CPU 31 106: Jackson Parmater (VISH) over Jackson McGonegle (CPU) (Fall 2:56) 113: Eli Ollinger (VISH) over (CPU) (For.) 120: Owenn Swenson (VISH) over Ethan Be…
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Waggener finishes second in WaMaC Tourney

  It was an impressive showing for the CPU girls wrestling team in the WaMaC Tournament at Vinton-Shellsburg on January 23 as all four Stormin’ Pointer wrestlers finished in sixth plac…
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CPU girls win thriller

  Grace Estling hit a pull up jumper in the lane with just over a minute to play to give 14th ranked CPU a 60-59 win over No.15 Independence at home on January 13. This was the 27th co…
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CPU boys continue win streak

  The CPU boys basketball team seems to have found their groove once again. After a tough home loss to Clear Creek-Amana on January 6, the Stormin’ Pointers have rattled off four in a …
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