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Drake Medinger (Dubuque Senior basketball) — The junior scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed a team-best seven rebounds as the Rams dropped a 71-49 decision to Cedar Falls in the Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinals. The second-team all-Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division pick averaged 13.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game this…

The junior scored a game-high 17 points, including the 1,000th point of his career, to lead the Rams to an Iowa Class 4A state tournament berth with a 64-55 victory over Cedar Rapids Prairie in the substate championship game. Schultz averages 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for the Rams, who take a 17-6 record into…

The all-time leading scorer at Wahlert was named to the six-player Iowa Class 3A all-state tournament team. Lueken finished with a team-high 10 points in Friday’s championship-game loss to Mount Vernon, and her 26-point quarterfinal, and 27-point semifinal efforts catapulted the Eagles into the final. She was Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division’s Athlete of the…

The senior scored the 1,000th point of her career on Thursday night to join an ultra exclusive club at Shullsburg. She joined 2018 graduate Brianna Leahy as the only players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Russell scored nine points in a 48-35 loss to Barneveld in a Wisconsin Division…

The senior scored a game-high 20 points on Saturday night to lead the Defenders to a 65-53 victory over Gilbertville Don Bosco in an Iowa Class 1A substate final in Manchester. Roeder leads Marquette with 20.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. The Defenders earned the No. 1 seed for the eight-team state tournament next…

Just days after leading her team to a third straight state berth, Lueken was named the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division’s Athlete of the Year, along with a spot on the first-team honor squad. Lueken has averaged 20.6 points per game and earlier this season became the Golden Eagles’ all-time leading scorer. No. 2 Wahlert…

The junior became the first individual state bowling champion in program history on Monday, when he took the Iowa Class 1A crown. Kress led qualifying in the 32-bowler field with a national honor count 280-231-247—758. He beat Camanche’s Garrett Reynolds, 246-190, in the quarterfinals before scoring a 289-205 victory over Vinton-Shellsburg’s Byron Christianson in the…

The freshman 106-pounder defeated Burlington’s Braxton Hutchinson by 1-0 scores in the Iowa Class 3A state tournament quarterfinals and again in the third-place match. Heysinger entered the tournament as the No. 7 seed but advanced to the semifinals before dropping a decision to West Des Moines Dowling’s sixth-seeded Cruz Gannon on Friday. He bounced back…

Bradin Lee from the East Dubuque Warriors, in a thrilling display of skill and determination, achieved a career-high of 30 points, along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. His outstanding performance was pivotal in leading East Dubuque to a 59-48 victory over Warren. Bradin’s big shots and all-around play electrified the court and…

Drake decided to go out for bowling at Dubuque Wahlert for the first time after his senior season had already started in December. On Tuesday, he exploded for a national honor count 246-279-209—734 to easily win the Class 1A state qualifier at Timber Lanes in Maquoketa.