Mock 4A/5A girls' basketball regional pairings

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released its girls basketball regional pairings for Class 1A, 2A and 3A, and will send out assignments for 4A and 5A on Monday.

In the meantime, here are my final projected brackets for the two larger classes:

Class 5A

Region 1

Fort Dodge at Sioux City West

Sioux City East at Sioux City North (winner at West Des Moines Valley)

Region 2

Des Moines Roosevelt at Waukee

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (winner at West Des Moines Dowling)

Region 3

Ames at Ankeny Centennial

Des Moines North at Urbandale (winner at Johnston)

Region 4

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Southeast Polk

Marshalltown at Ankeny (winner at Iowa City High)

Region 5

Dubuque Hempstead at Pleasant Valley

Dubuque Senior at Waterloo West (winner at Cedar Falls)

Region 6

Cedar Rapids Washington at Linn-Mar

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Cedar Rapids Prairie (winner at Iowa City West)

Region 7

Burlington at Ottumwa

Des Moines Lincoln at Des Moines East (winner at Indianola)

Region 8

Muscatine at Bettendorf

Davenport Central at Davenport West (winner at Davenport North)

Class 4A

Region 1

Spencer at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (winner at Le Mars)

Glenwood at Sioux City Heelan (winner at Lewis Central)

Region 2

Storm Lake at Denison-Schleswig (winner at Boone)

Webster City at Harlan (winner at Nevada)

Region 3

Des Moines Hoover at Perry (winner at Ballard)

Carroll at Adel ADM (winner at Dallas Center-Grimes)

Region 4

Bondurant-Farrar at Knoxville (winner at Carlisle)

Norwalk at Winterset (winner at Pella)

Region 5

Charles City at Mason City (winner at Waverly-Shell Rock)

Decorah at Waterloo East (winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier)

Region 6

Oskaloosa at Keokuk (winner at Fairfield)

Newton at Clear Creek Amana (winner at Grinnell)

Region 7

Washington at Fort Madison (winner at Mount Pleasant)

Independence at Benton Community (winner at Marion)

Region 8

Clinton at DeWitt Central (winner at North Scott)

Dubuque Wahlert at Maquoketa (winner at Western Dubuque)

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