May 24, 2024
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The 2021-2022 was building to be a great year. The team had everyone returning off a 13-8 season last year. The team goals were to improve on last year’s record, win the conference, and make it to state.
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The season started off well with the Cardinals winning the first eight games of the season. The team benefited from great leadership from the four seniors: Tyke, Trey, Cauy, and Matt. The first loss of the season was to Martensdale-St. Marys. The team learned a lot from the loss and was then able to rattle off another ten wins in a row.
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Along the way, CD beat a good Mt. Ayr team at home, which set up the rematch with Martensdale-St. Marys for the conference title. The Cardinals had to beat them on the road to have a share of the conference title. The Cardinals played one of their best games of the year and dominated them to win 65-33. M-St. M ended up losing their next game, so CD won the conference title.
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In the post season, CD played Davis County in the first round and won 74-57. That earned the team the right to travel to Pella to play Pella-Christian. CD ended up losing 35-59 to a very good team.
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The team finished the season at 20-3 and had a great year. There were 16 guys out for basketball, and each one of them did a great job of getting better every day.
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Pride of Iowa All Conference 1st Team – Matthew Boothe and Trey Hullinger
Pride of Iowa All Conference Second Team – Jack Scrivner
Pride of Iowa All Conference Honorable Mention – Gunnar Smith
If you are interested in supporting the team, be sure to see a team member. They are selling tickets for Thelma’s Fried Chicken Dinner for Thursday, March 24. They are also selling POI Championship t-shirts until March 31.