A conference title in its back pocket, Maquoketa Valley boys hoops team wants to make a long postseason run

Maquoketa Valley head boys basketball coach Eric Conner talks to his team prior to the beginning of its Class 1A district quarterfinal Monday night at Delhi against Central City. Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DELHI - Eric Conner approached his Maquoketa Valley boys basketball team, which was sitting on the bench during a timeout between the first and second quarters. He was mostly calm. No fire, no brimstone, no four-letter words from him. Conner just simply reminded his guys, who were involved in a very tight Class 1A district quarterfinal Monday night against Tri-Rivers Conference mate Central City at that...