Conference News

Blood, Sturtz top all-Metro bowling

Rylee Blood of Prairie and Hunter Sturtz of Jefferson have been honored as the Athletes of the Year on the all-Metro bowling teams, as selected by the Metro coaches.

Prairie girls claimed three of seven spots on the all-Metro first team with Blood, Ashley Sundstrom and Sabrina Keiper. Shania Christensen of Washington, Bre Smith of Marion, Mekena Diercks of Linn-Mar and Jamie Milota of Kennedy also made the first team.

Alex Diercks of Linn-Mar, James Jambois of Kennedy, Matt Galloro of Prairie, Jarrett Steward of Marion, Jacob Fulton of Xavier and Charlie Hart of Xavier joined Sturtz on the all-Metro first team for boys.

Don Willfong of Prairie was named the girls Coach of the Year and Mat Fowler of Jefferson was named the boys Coach of the Year.

Second Team Girls

Kaitlyn Early (Prairie), Alexis Tschantz (Linn-Mar), Jade Klinefelter (Prairie), Alexis Smith (Marion), Megan Kitzmiller (Jefferson), Tanya Zaugg (Xavier).

Second Team Boys

Chase Donner (Jefferson), Nathan Williams (Linn-Mar), Ryan Wyant (Linn-Mar), Bert Goodwin (Kennedy), Shawn Wille (Prairie), Dakota Timmerman (Marion).

Honorable Mention Girls

Jefferson - Allie Schirmer, Hailey Kimble
Kennedy - Alyssa Wiedemeier, Abbie Haller
Linn-Mar - Abbie Smith, Brittni Krause
Marion - Aleann Romo, Alicia Steepleton
Prairie - Mikayla Hite, Ashley Grady
Washington - Ella Wake, Lucy Forster
Xavier - Cheyanne Crane, Ella Schrader

Honorable Mention Boys

Jefferson - Riley Walton, John Gardner
Kennedy - Max Hiatt, Nick Green
Linn-Mar - Jacob Wheaton, Alex Barnett
Marion - Dylan Nash, Nate Meister
Prairie - Lucas Galloro, Brendan Poock
Washington - Donovan Trimble, John Taylor
Xavier - Jackson Schuster, Michael Buenzow

Area college basketball standings

COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDINGS
(As of 2/21)

ICCAC CONFERENCE
Men's Standings

Conf./All

Southwestern        9-2 24-5
Kirkwood            8-2 23-4
Iowa Lakes          8-2 21-7
Ellsworth           4-6 13-13
Iowa Central        3-7 9-11
NIACC               2-8 15-12
DMACC               2-9 15-12

Women's Standings
Conf./All

* Kirkwood           12-0 25-4
NIACC               9-3 17-10
DMACC               8-4 22-6
Iowa Central        8-4 13-7
Iowa Lakes          5-7 16-12
Southeastern        4-8 16-12
Southwestern       2-10  9-16
Ellsworth          0-10  3-21

* - clinched title

IOWA CONFERENCE
Men's Standings

Conf./All

*Dubuque            11-3, 18-6
*Wartburg            8-6 15-10
*Simpson             8-6 15-10
*Loras               8-6 13-12
*Central             7-7 16-9
*Buena Vista         5-9 10-15
Coe                 5-9 10-15
Luther              4-10 5-20

* - made playoffs

Women's Standings

Conf./All

*Luther             11-3 19-6
*Loras               10-4 17-8
*Wartburg            9-5 19-6
*Buena Vista         8-6 14-11
*Simpson             8-6 15-10
*Coe                 5-9 14-11
Dubuque            4-10 9-16
Central            1-13 4-21

* - made playoffs

ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS
Men's Standings

Rochester              23-5
Mount Mercy            22-7
College of Ozarks      19-7
York                   21-8
Central Christian      17-10
Fisher                 16-11
Washington Adventist   13-11
Johnson & Wales        15-15
Northern New Mexico    13-13
Indiana Northwest      14-15
Clarke                 13-15
Wilberforce            10-15
Lincoln Christian       8-17
HINU                    7-20

Women's Standings

College of Ozarks      25-3
HINU                   20-6
Indiana Northwest      21-8
Clarke                 17-11
Mount Mercy            16-13
Rochester              16-14
Johnson & Wales        14-16
Washington Adventist   11-13
York                    8-13
Northern New Mexico    11-19
Fisher                  7-16
Ashford                 9-21
Central Christian       8-22
Lincoln Christian       5-16

Area college basketball standings

AREA COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Through (2/5)

ICCAC DIVISION II MEN

Southwestern      6-0 20-3
Kirkwood          5-1 19-3
Iowa Lakes        4-2  15-7
DMACC             2-4  15-7
Ellsworth         2-4 11-10
NIACC             1-5 13-9
Iowa Central      1-5  7-9

ICCAC DIVISION II WOMEN

Kirkwood          7-0  20-4
Iowa Central      6-1  11-4
DMACC             5-2  19-4
NIACC             4-3  12-10
Southeastern      3-4  15-8
Iowa Lakes        2-5  13-10
Southwestern      1-6  7-12
Ellsworth         0-7 3-18

IOWA CONFERENCE MEN

Dubuque           7-2 14-6
Loras             6-3 11-9
Central           5-4 14-6
Simpson           5-4 12-8
Wartburg          5-4 12-8
Buena Vista       3-6 8-12
Luther            3-6 4-16
Coe               2-7 7-13

IOWA CONFERENCE WOMEN

Luther            8-1 16-4
Loras             7-2 14-6
Buena Vista       6-3 12-8
Simpson           5-4 12-8
Wartburg          4-5 14-6
Coe               4-5 13-7
Dubuque           1-8 6-14
Central           1-8 4-16

AII D2 MEN

Rochester              20-5
Mount Mercy            19-6
College of Ozarks      16-5
Central Christian      15-5
York                   15-8
Fisher                 14-9
Clarke                 12-11
Johnson & Wales        13-13
Northern New Mexico    11-12
Washington Adventist    9-10
Wilberforce            10-12
Indiana Northwest      11-14
Lincoln Christian       6-15
HINU                    6-16

AII D2 WOMEN

College of Ozarks      18-3
HINU                   17-5
Indiana Northwest      17-7
Clarke                 14-10
Rochester              13-11
Mount Mercy            12-12
Johnson & Wales        12-14
Washington Adventist    7-11
York                    6-10
Central Christian       8-14
Fisher                  6-11
Northern New Mexico     9-18
Ashford                 7-18
Lincoln Christian       2-13

Area girls basketball standings

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE

Valley Division

Cedar Falls 9-0, 15-1

Kennedy 8-1, 15-2

Linn-Mar 7-2, 12-4

Iowa City West 6-3, 10-6

Jefferson 6-3, 8-8

Wahlert 2-7, 7-9

Dubuque Senior 1-9, 2-15

Mississippi Division

Iowa City High 8-1, 13-2

Washington 5-4, 11-6

Xavier 4-5, 8-9

Prairie 4-6, 9-8

Hempstead 2-7, 5-11

Waterloo West 2-7, 4-11

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