Girls' basketball 2016-17: Picking the conferences

Girls' basketball conference and divisional projections for 2016-17, by The Gazette's Jeff Linder:

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

1. Iowa City West, 2. Linn-Mar, 3. Waterloo West, 4. Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 5. Cedar Rapids Xavier, 6. Dubuque Wahlert, 7. Waterloo East.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION

1. Cedar Falls, 2. Iowa City High, 3. Cedar Rapids Washington, 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 6. Dubuque Hempstead, 7. Dubuque Senior.

WAMAC EAST DIVISION

1. Mount Vernon, 2. Western Dubuque, 3. Anamosa, 4. DeWitt Central, 5. Solon, 6. West Delaware, 7. Maquoketa, 8. Dyersville Beckman.

WAMAC WEST DIVISION

1. Marion, 2. Center Point-Urbana, 3. Clear Creek Amana, 4. Benton Community, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Independence, 7. South Tama, 8. Vinton-Shellsburg.

RIVER VALLEY NORTH DIVISION

1. Camanche, 2. Bellevue, 3. Cascade, 4. Monticello, 5. Northeast, 6. North Cedar.

RIVER VALLEY SOUTH DIVISION

1. Iowa City Regina, 2. Mid-Prairie, 3. West Branch, 4. Tipton, 5. Durant, 6. Wilton, 7. West Liberty.

TRI-RIVERS EAST DIVISION

1. Easton Valley, 2. Bellevue Marquette, 3. Calamus-Wheatland, 4. Cedar Valley Christian, 5. Midland, 6. Clinton Prince of Peace.

TRI-RIVERS WEST DIVISION

1. Springville, 2. North Linn, 3. Maquoketa Valley, 4. Alburnett, 5. Central City, 6. Lisbon, 7. East Buchanan.

NORTHEAST IOWA

1. Waverly-Shell Rock, 2. Crestwood, 3. Waukon, 4. New Hampton, 5. Oelwein, 6. Decorah, 7. Charles City.

SICL EAST DIVISION

1. Belle Plaine, 2. Sigourney, 3. Iowa Valley, 4. Tri-County, 5. English Valleys, 6. Keota.

SICL WEST DIVISION

1. Montezuma, 2. Lynnville-Sully, 3. HLV, 4. Colfax-Mingo, 5. BGM, 6. North Mahaska.

UPPER IOWA LARGE DIVISION

1. Clayton Ridge, 2. Edgewood-Colesburg, 3. North Fayette Valley, 4. MFL MarMac, 5. South Winneshiek.

UPPER IOWA SMALL DIVISION

1. Turkey Valley, 2. Lansing Kee, 3. Starmont, 4. Elkader Central, 5. West Central.

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