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TROY MILLS– It takes a team to come out on top.
That’s exactly what the Solon varsity wrestlers proved last weekend at the North Linn Varsity Lynx Invitational. All the Spartans showed up to wrestle Saturday, Dec. 17, in Troy Mills, taking first place ahead of Williamsburg.
“Anytime you can get all 14 wrestlers to place and score points as a team, that’s a great thing,” said Solon Head Coach Blake Williams. “That’s how you’re going to win tournaments like that– getting contributions from all 14, not just the champions.”

By Chris Umscheid
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TIFFIN– Vikings have been celebrated in popular lore as a band of ruffians pillaging and plundering all in their path. Tuesday, Dec. 13, the Vikings of Vinton-Shellsburg lived up to that moniker as they rolled over the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers, 73-38, in a WaMaC conference varsity match up in Tiffin.

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VINTON– After three losses to ranked teams, the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity girls got back on the winning track Tuesday, Dec. 13, with a 50-17 win over the Vikettes of Vinton-Shellsburg in Vinton.
CCA took a 15-7 lead after the first period and were up, 30-11, at halftime. The Creek Girls completely shut down the Vikettes in the third period, taking the quarter, 15-0, for a 45-11 lead going into the final period.

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TROY MILLS– Clear Creek Amana’s (CCA) Clipper wrestlers traveled to the frozen northern edge of Linn County and North Linn High School Saturday, Dec. 17, for the 2016 Lynx Invitational. The Clippers finished 10th in a 13-team field led by champion Solon (236.5 points). WaMaC rivals Williamsburg and Center Point-Urbana were second (218.0) and fifth (118.5), respectively, while the host Lynx were fourth (119.0).
Quinn Murphy had the best day for CCA with a third-place showing at 138 pounds.

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IOWA CITY– Athletic contests between Iowa City High and Iowa City West High are usually high-drama affairs with the atmosphere of a regional final. However, the West High Trojans rolled over their rivals, 78-27, Tuesday, Dec. 13, at home in rather anticlimactic fashion.
The game started close with West edging ahead by two baskets for a 20-16 lead at the end of the first period. The rest of the game was solidly and decisively West High’s as they held the Little Hawks to two points in the second period, seven in the third and two points in the final eight minutes.