Postseason is upon us.
Newton High’s boys are at the state swim meet Saturday while NHS wrestling along with Lynnville-Sully, Colfax-Mingo, Collins-Baxter/Maxwell and Prairie City-Monroe’s wrestlers are competing in district tournaments.
On the line for area high school wrestlers are berths in the 2015 Iowa High School Wrestling State Championships, Feb. 19-21. The top two wrestlers in each weight class at district tournaments qualify for the state tournaments.
Oh, the weekend of action continues.
Colfax-Mingo, CMB and PCM girls open basketball regional tournament play Saturday.
Lynnville-Sully’s girls, who suffered their first loss of the season in their regular-season finale Tuesday, await a second-round opponent in Class 1A regional play on Tuesday in Sully. The Hawk girls finished ranked 10th in the final Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Class 1A basketball poll, which came out Thursday.
Friday brings the conclusion of Newton High girls’ regular season. The Cardinal girls and boys play at Norwalk to wrap up Little Hawkeye Conference play. Newton’s boys have two more non-conference games next week to finish up the regular season.
Newton’s girls and Norwalk girls have identical overall records of 5-15. The Cardinals are a game ahead of the Warriors in the LHC standings at 4-7 to 3-8. Norwalk’s boys are 12-6 overall and 8-3 in conference play while Newton’s boys are 7-11 and 2-9.
The Cardinal girls open Class 4A substate tournament action Wednesday at Grinnell. The Cardinal boys begin Class 4A substate play Feb. 23 at Ankeny.
Speaking of Little Hawkeye Conference action, Newton High’s bowling teams are at Oskaloosa Friday going after LHC tournament titles. The Cardinal girls and boys head to Class 2A bowling district tournament action Tuesday at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines.
Colfax-Mingo’s boys open Class 1A district basketball tournament play Monday. Lynnville-Sully in Class 1A while PCM and CMB boys begin district basketball action Thursday.
Just think, Iowa high school track practice for girls and boys begin Monday. A month later the rest of the spring sports get practices under way.
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