Class 1A, 2A boys' basketball district assignments

Last season, North Cedar and Cascade met in the first round of the boys' state basketball tournament. This season, they might meet just to get there.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released district assignments for all Class 1A and 2A schools Monday. That North Cedar and Cascade are in adjoining districts is one of the more notable things.

Eastern Iowa has its share of good 2A teams, so you wondered how the

IHSAA would split them up, if at all. In District 9, Cascade is joined by rival Dyersville Beckman and good clubs from Maquoketa Valley and Northeast Goose Lake. In District 10, North Cedar is joined by unbeaten Monticello and West Branch, among others. The winners of those two districts play each other in a 2A substate.