Sat. Night and Late Scores

[EastIowaHawk]

Some notable scores from Friday and mostly Saturday night, Dec. 7:

Grinnell 56, Oscaloosa 52
Vinton-Shellsburg 58, Solon 56
CR Kennedy 68, Dav. North 51, all Friday night

Algona Garrigan 77, MC Newman 29
CBAL 51, DM Hoover 50 in 2 OT
Dubuque Hempstead 95, Clinton 46. School record number of points
Easton Valley 73, Bellevue 51
Grinnell 49, Benton Comm. 46
Linn-Mar 45, Bettendorf 43
Pleasant Valley 45, Mt. Pleasant 27
So. O'Brien 56, Sheldon 28
West Fork 51, Forest City 46
Iowa City Liberty 58, CPU 37
Decorah 57, Western Dubuque 55
CR Xavier 50, Waverly-Shell Rock 35

 

[EastIowaHawk]

And the big upset:

Cedar Rapids Prairie (thought by some to be a "weak team") 52, MAC predicted champ North Scott 44.

In all fairness, this early in the year there are a lot of teams which have a bunch of inexperienced players, ill players (flu and virus going around), and especially injured and recovering football players, which make for some interesting contests. Some teams, like Western Dubuque, are down a couple of key starters- Peyton Quagliano and Calvin Harris- for example. I'll wager that it's the same in West Des Moines and elsewhere. And it may affect the smaller schools the hardest- to lose a key player. We may have a better idea about some teams after the holidays.

 

[SSG T]

Baxter 55, Clarksville 35
Cole Damman 23 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast, 5 steals. He's averaging 27.7 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast and 4 steals per game.