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In last night’s basketball games:

Wapello scored an 80-71 victory over Central Lee in the Class 2A district championship game.

New London defeated Notre Dame in a 55-49 win in

The Danville Bears girls basketball team gave it their all, but couldn’t get past Iowa City Regina in a Class 2A regional tournament final Monday night. Final Score 55-43 in favor of Iowa

First-year Iowa State Wrestling coach Kevin Dresser came to Iowa State to turn it into a program that could finally beat Iowa, however Sunday’s meet proved that will take more than one

In college basketball:

In a gym packed full of pink, the SCC Blackhawks were able capture a 73-52 win over Illinois Central.
No. 22 Michigan beat Iowa 74-59 on Wednesday

In girls basketball last night:

In a class 2A regional quarterfinal games, Mediapolis scored a 67-60 win over Van Buren.
Danville got a 48-43 victory of Sigourney.

In Class 1A

In last night’s scores:

Central Lee’s vasity boys basketball team advanced past Columbus in a 2A district quarterfinal game with a 78-52 win.
Van Buren also advanced with a

The United States has come away with a bronze medal in team figure skating during Day 3 of the Winter Games. The Americans led Italy by four points heading into the ice dancing finale. The Italian

Scores from around the area yesterday:

Pekin 55, West Burlington 46
Van Buren 67, Danville 76

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No. 7 rated Texas Tech shut down Iowa State with a 76-58 loss Wednesday night.

Texas Tech is the first Big 12 team to reach 20 wins overall and is tied with No. 10 Kansas atop the conference