Prairie Boys Basketball

Kennedy hosting Hall of Pride event

Four Metro boys basketball teams will participate in an Iowa Hall of Pride Challenge event at Kennedy High School on Saturday, Nov. 29.

There will be a series of four regulation 32-minute games, but the contests are considered scrimmages and will not count on a team's record for the 2014-15 campaign.

The Linn-Mar Lions will face the Marion Indians in the first game at 1:30 p.m. Wapsie Valley faces Vinton-Shellsburg in the second game at 3 p.m.

The final two games match Cedar Rapids Prairie against Aplington-Parkersburg at 4:30 p.m. and Kennedy against Center Point-Urbana at 6 p.m.

The Kennedy Men's Basketball Parent Support Group is hosting the event.The sponsors are Cedar Rapids Toyota, Transamerica and General Mills.

All eight teams will participate as bell-ringers for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive. The Kennedy Support Group also will make a donation to the Hall of Pride scholarship fund.

Mims faces 90-day transfer rule

Michael Mims will have to wait for 90 class days to elapse before he's eligible to compete in varsity athletics at Xavier High School, according to IHSAA rules.

Mims, an all-conference basketball player, has transferred from Prairie High School to Xavier High School and began attending classes on Monday, according to a story in Tuesday's Gazette.

Mike Winker, the activities director at Xavier, told the Metro Sports Report they have not counted the number of class days that will elapse from Monday through the start of the basketball season.

Mims, a 5-foot-9 point guard, averaged 13.7 points for Prairie this past season as a junior.

Carter tops all-Metro basketball team

Kennedy senior A.J. Carter has been named the Athlete of the Year on the 2014 All-Metro Boys Basketball Team, as selected by the Metro coaches.

Jon McKowen of Kennedy was named the Metro Coach of the Year in his first season with the Cougars.

Jacob Olson of Jefferson, Adam McDermott of Xavier, Jordan Bohannon of Linn-Mar, Michael Mims of Prairie, Jared Printy of Washington and Nic Uhlir of Linn-Mar joined Carter on the first team.

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5 Metro boys make all-MVC hoops

Five players from the Metro area have received first-team honors on the 2014 Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball team.

Adam McDermott of Xavier, Jordan Bohannon of Linn-Mar and Mike Mims of Prairie were named first team all-conference in the Valley Division.

A.J. Carter of Kennedy and Jacob Olson of Jefferson were named first team all-conference in the Mississippi Division.

All five players are guards. McDermott, Bohannon and Carter were unanimous selections.

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