Iowa City West Triumphs Over Cedar Rapids Prairie By 44 Points

When the sportswriter opens his article about a play you set up for a slam dunk, it probably is an indication that the game wasn't that close. (KCRG video coverage at link)

Iowa City West opened the fourth quarter with an alley-oop dunk to begin the fourth. Junior guard Wyatt Lohaus stood on the right wing, outside the 3-point line, and telegraphed a lob to the left block where Jason Stewart threw it down.

It marked the Trojans’ third consecutive two-handed slam.

“Well the last one, Stewart said, ‘I almost had one.’ So we set up a little lob for him,” Iowa City West head coach Steve Bergman said. “We don’t normally do that, but that’s a play that we’d worked on all year and hadn’t run.”

Friday, it worked to perfection, just like everything else the Trojans did. Iowa City West (22-0) opened its postseason defense of its Class 4A state title with a 74-30 win over Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-17).

The West High boys have continued their dominating ways, despite losing Dondre Alexander, one of their better players, to suspension. Alexander later left the team.

Up next for West will be Cedar Rapids Jefferson on this coming Tuesday.