Linn-Mar Girls Basketball

Lions, Cougars climb in rankings

The Linn-Mar Lions and Kennedy Cougars made big jumps in the IGHSAU girls basketball rankings Friday.

The Lions climbed four spots to No. 6 in Class 5A and the Cougars jumped five spots to No. 7.

The Marion Indians fell two places to No. 6 in Class 4A. The Xavier Saints dropped out of the Class 4A rankings.

CLASS 5A
1. Waukee, 2. Johnston, 3. Ankeny Centennial, 4. Dowling Catholic, 5. Indianola, 6. Linn-Mar, 7. Kennedy, 8. Southeast Polk, 9. Iowa City High, 10. West Des Moines Valley, 11. Cedar Falls, 12. Davenport North, 13. Pleasant Valley, 14. Sioux City West, 15. Iowa City West.

CLASS 4A
1. Ballard, 2. Mason City, 3. Harlan, 4. Western Dubuque, 5. Fairfield, 6. Marion, 7. Keokuk, 8. Dallas Center-Grimes, 9. Lewis Central, 10. Bishop Heelan, 11. Waverly-Shell Rock, 12. North Scott, 13. Carlisle, 14. Pella, 15. Spencer.

No. 10 Linn-Mar girls are 4-0

DUBUQUE – Amanda Ollinger scored 12 points to lead the 10th-ranked Linn-Mar girls basketball team to a 45-17 win over Dubuque Hempstead on Tuesday.

Megan Murphy had nine points for the Lions (4-0) and Ally Johnson chipped in four assists.

Megan Gronau had eight points for Dubuque Hempstead (2-4).

LINN-MAR (45): Weaver 0 0-0 0, Simons 0 0-0 0, Lorenz 1 0-0 3, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Noggle 0 0-2 0, Akers 3 0-0 7, Frese 0 0-0 0, Lancial 2 0-1 4, Glanz 0 0-0 0, Murphy 3 0-0 9, Fensterman 0 0-0 0, Spies 2 0-0 4, Finley 3 0-0 6, Larson 0 0-0 0, Ollinger 5 1-1 12. Totals 19 1-4 45.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (17): Paulsen 0 2-2 2, Tressel 0 0-0 0, Bryte 0 0-0 0, Britter 0 2-2 2, Kluesner 0 1-2 1, Snitker 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 0-0 0, Fleckenstein 0 0-1 0, Kallaher 1 0-0 2, O’Hare 0 0-0 0, Krug 1 0-0 2, Bleymeyer 0 0-0 0, Doyle 0 0-0 0, Gronau 2 4-6 8. Totals 4 9-13 17.

Halftime – Linn-Mar 30, Dubuque Hempstead 7. 3-point goals – Linn-Mar 6 (Murphy 3, Lorenz, Akers, Ollinger), Dubuque Hempstead 0.

Ollinger sparks Lions by Wahawks

WATERLOO – Amanda Ollinger had 16 points, nine rebounds and five steals to lead the 10th-ranked Linn-Mar girls basketball team to a 46-29 win over Waterloo West on Friday.

Kamryn Finley made four 3-poniters and scored 14 points for the Lions. Alie Akers added nine points.

Linn-Mar (3-0) led just 18-15 at halftime, but pulled away with an 18-4 run in the third quarter.

Mackenzie Wehr had nine points for the Wahawks (1-3).

LINN-MAR (46): Johnson 0 0-0 0, Akers 4 0-0 9, Frese 1 0-0 2, Lancial 0 0-0 0, Murphy 2 0-0 5, Spies 0 0-0 0, Finley 4 2-4 14, Larson 0 0-0 0, Ollinger 5 5-6 16. Totals 16 7-10 46.

WATERLOO WEST (29): Robinson 4 0-0 9, Cook 1 0-0 2, Campbell 1 0-0 2, Wehr 3 0-0 9, Ceaser 2 3-6 7, Phillips 0 0-1 0. Totals 11 3-7 29.

Halftime – Linn-Mar 18, Waterloo West 15. 3-point goals – Linn-Mar 7 (Finley 4, Akers, Murphy, Ollinger), Waterloo West 4 (Wehr 3, Robinson).

Ollinger wins Metro Spotlight Award

Amanda Ollinger of Linn-Mar is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Ollinger, a 6-foot-1 senior, is one of the top basketball players in the state. She averaged 25 points in two games during the first week of the regular season and helped the 10th-ranked Lions get off to a 2-0 start.

Ollinger poured in 30 points against Waterloo East on Tuesday and followed that performance with 20 points and six steals against Muscatine on Saturday.

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