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The all-time victories leader at Bellevue, he earned his first trip to the Iowa Class 1A state wrestling tournament by winning the 157-pound championship at the District 5 tournament in Monona.

Thole etched her name into Western Dubuque history on Tuesday night, when she became just the fourth girls basketball player in program history to reach 1,000 career points during the Bobcats’ 52-50 loss to Linn-Mar in Epworth, Iowa. Thole finished with 26 points after scoring 16 in the first half.

The Mustangs’ Kyle Powers, Owen Leitzen, Mason Lemm and Logan Westhoff won the Iowa state 200 freestyle relay championship in 1:23.35 on Saturday afternoon in Iowa City. And, for good measure, Westhoff, Powers, Jake Dolphin and Leitzen won the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay in 3:05.04 to secure the first state team title in program history.…

The senior forward scored 21 points to lead the Hillmen to a 93-41 victory over Prairie du Chien on Saturday in Southwest Wisconsin Conference play. In the process, he became the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,198 points. Platteville is 14-6 overall and 7-0 in league play.

The senior scored 23 points in a 68-55 victory at Alburnett on Friday night in a key Tri-Rivers Conference showdown. Litterer leads the Iowa Class 1A top-ranked Defenders in scoring with 21.7 points per game and also averages 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 60.9% from the field.

Braden was the lone Dubuque high school individual winner at the District meet winning the 200IM in 2:00.61. He also swam a lifetime best time in his 100 breaststroke finishing in 7th place in 1:02.33. Both of his times quailfy him for the state meet next weekend. His efforts helped Hempstead earn the Team District…

On Friday against city rival Wahlert, the senior became just the fourth player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark in his career. Strohmeyer has averaged 19.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game this season.

Morris avenged a loss from earlier this season to win his second second River Valley Conference wrestling championship on Saturday in West Liberty, Iowa. The senior scored a 1-0 decision over Wilton’s Owen Adlfinger to win the 132-pound crown. Morris beat Adlfinger in last year’s RVC 126-pound title match en route to a state runner-up…

Jessica is a 6′ Senior at Lancaster High School. She scored 22 points on 1/31 in a win over Richland Center. On 1/28, Jessica was 20 points away from scoring her 1000th point. With the help of her team, she was able to score 22 points on the night for a victory over Iowa Grant.…

Eve Skrocki, a sophomore at Wahlert Catholic High School, won her second consecutive Mississippi Valley Conference Girl’s Wrestling Tournament Saturday at 145 lbs. She had the most competitive bracket in the tournament, with six wrestlers ranked in the top 12 in the state. Eve finished with four first period pins in four matches, including over…