Lisbon and Prince of Peace boys’ basketball entered last Tuesday night’s game (Jan. 7) chasing top-ranked Bellevue Marquette in the Tri-Rivers East.
The Lions proved to be the true No. 2, beating...
The Lisbon girls’ basketball team opened the season with a 27-point win over Clinton Prince of Peace back on Nov. 25.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Lions beat the Irish by 39 points, 69-25, and looked a...
The top-ranked Mount Vernon girls’ basketball team won a pair of blowouts last week, winning Tuesday, Jan. 7, at South Tama, 100-21, and beating Vinton-Shellsburg on Friday, Jan. 10, at home, 77-25....
While Mount Vernon boys’ basketball didn’t show up in the first IHSAA rankings of the season last week, that didn’t stop the Mustangs from adding to their win total.
“We are not bothered at...
The Lisbon boys’ basketball team can make life miserable for opponents, and they did that Friday, Jan. 3, in a 66-15 win over Midland in Wyoming.
The Lions got up 45-5 by halftime, and put the screws...
Regina came to town undefeated, ranked No. 3 in Class 2A, and as the top-scoring team in any class (76.5 points per game).
But the Regals didn’t leave that way, having gotten a big taste of top-ranked...
The calendar had to turn before the Mount Vernon boys’ basketball team lost its first game, dropping a 59-56 game to Class 5A Cedar Rapids Washington on Saturday, Jan. 4, in Mount Vernon.
“Washington...
Lisbon is trying to build its girls’ basketball program. First-year coach Jack Leighty knows the foundation should be built with defense.
“We’re not always going to shoot it well,” Leighty said....
With apologies to the North Cedar boys’ basketball team, for most of the first quarter, they looked like the Generals playing against the Globetrotters.
Lisbon roared out to a 31-4 lead after one...
No. 1 Mount Vernon dominated Solon so thoroughly in the first half Tuesday, Dec. 17, it surprised even the players.
“It kind of shocked all of us when we came out, 20-0,” Mount Vernon senior Chloe...
Whether it is geared toward the Christmas season or not, Kellen Haverback and the Mount Vernon boys’ basketball team has a motto it tries to live by.
Share the sugar.
On Tuesday, Dec. 17, there...
Lisbon girls’ basketball was a tad unstable Friday, Dec. 13, against Calamus-Wheatland, but came up with the win, 46-40, in the Lions’ Den.
Lisbon (2-3) won the first quarter, 17-5. Then lost...
