Champions with Kasternek, Coach Becker

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IOWA REPORTS
SE Polk beat Des Moines Lincoln for the first time ever in the five player era on Tuesday.

#2 Norwalk had a rough week.

Ankeny Christian has improved its scoring output.

All from the Des Moines Register.

LAST WEEKEND
Ballard took a measure of revenge against Cedar Rapids Washington 75-60. CRW beat Ballard in a game earlier in the year. From the TriCounty Times.
Last night CRW beat CR Kennedy 79-60.

photo: Action on the floor with Micha Mims (#11 red-CRW) battling another seated figure for the ball. Photo by David Chase.

GAME TODAY
Dunkerton and GMG are expected to burn the twine and blow out the scoreboard tonight. From the Marshalltown Times Republican.

Sioux City North will be taking part in the Tournament of Champions today and Saturday in South Sioux City, Nebraska. One of the teams there is Lincoln Southeast who now have Marissa Kasternek available for action. Kasternek moved in from Crete, Nebraska, but the NHSAA ruled twice that she could not play. She now meets eligibility requirements. Kasternak, a junior, averaged over 18 ppg last year and has made a verbal already to North Carolina State. From the Sioux City Journal and Omaha World Herald.

FEATURE
Carroll Kuemper coach Shelley Becker is featured in the Des Moines Register. Becker has been confined to a wheelchair since 1984.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Micha Mims of Cedar Rapids Washington is the Mississippi Valley girls basketball athlete of the week.

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