The Gazette’s 2024-25 Iowa high school girls’ basketball mock brackets, Take II

The second draft of The Gazette’s mock pairings for girls’ basketball regionals is released below.

Teams are seeded on three criteria: Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rankings (1-through-15 from last Thursday), BC Moore computer rankings (non-IGHSAU rateds) and geography.

Class 5A

(Feb. 19, Feb. 22, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Des Moines Lincoln at Marshalltown, winner at Johnston

Cedar Rapids Washington at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 2

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Council Bluffs Lincoln, winner at West Des Moines Dowling

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Ankeny

REGION 3

Sioux City North at Sioux City West, winner at Waukee Northwest

Sioux City East at Southeast Polk

REGION 4

Des Moines East at Ottumwa, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Linn-Mar at Bettendorf

REGION 5

Des Moines North at Des Moines Roosevelt, winner at Cedar Rapids Prairie

Ames at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 6

Davenport West at Dubuque Hempstead, winner at Pleasant Valley

Waterloo West at Cedar Falls

REGION 7

Muscatine at Dubuque Senior, winner at Davenport North

Urbandale at Iowa City High

REGION 8

Davenport Central at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, winner at Waukee

Indianola at Iowa City West

Class 4A

(Feb. 19, Feb. 22, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Le Mars at Sergeant Bluff-Luton, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Glenwood at Lewis Central, winner at MOC-Floyd Valley

REGION 2

Fort Dodge at Boone, winner at North Polk

Webster City at Mason City, winner at Gilbert

REGION 3

Independence at Western Dubuque, winner at Maquoketa

Waterloo East at Decorah, winner at Marion

REGION 4

Clinton at Fort Madison, winner at Central DeWitt

North Scott at Burlington, winner at Clear Creek Amana

REGION 5

Perry at Ballard, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Des Moines Hoover at Winterset, winner at Adel ADM

REGION 6

Mount Pleasant at Keokuk, winner at Norwalk

Knoxville at Oskaloosa, winner at Pella

REGION 7

Denison-Schleswig at Spencer, winner at Sioux Center

Creston at Storm Lake, winner at Carroll

REGION 8

Newton at Bondurant-Farrar, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

Grinnell at Carlisle, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Class 3A

(Feb. 15, Feb. 19, Feb. 22)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Fairfield at Mount Vernon

Central Lee at Washington

Bottom bracket

Union Community at West Delaware

Anamosa at Monticello

REGION 2

Top bracket

Eagle Grove at Estherville ELC

Greene County at Garner GHV

Bottom bracket

Iowa Falls-Alden at Clear Lake

Saydel at Van Meter

REGION 3

Top bracket

Camanche at Dubuque Wahlert

West Liberty at Tipton

Bottom bracket

Wilton at Solon

Davenport Assumption at Mediapolis

REGION 4

Top bracket

Osage at Forest City

North Fayette Valley at New Hampton

Bottom bracket

Oelwein at Hampton-Dumont/CAL

Waukon at Crestwood

REGION 5

Top bracket

Davis County at Williamsburg

Centerville at Mid-Prairie

Bottom bracket

Clarke at Monroe PCM

Chariton at Albia

REGION 6

Top bracket

Western Christian at Spirit Lake

Sheldon at Unity Christian

Bottom bracket

Southeast Valley at Algona

Okoboji at Humboldt

REGION 7

Top bracket

Ida Grove OABCIG at Cherokee

Missouri Valley at Carroll Kuemper

Bottom bracket

Red Oak at Harlan

Clarinda at Atlantic

REGION 8

Top bracket

South Tama at Roland-Story

Nevada at Center Point-Urbana

Bottom bracket

Benton Community at West Marshall

Vinton-Shellsburg at Nevada

Class 2A

(Feb. 15, Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 26)

REGION 1

Top bracket

West Burlington at Louisa-Muscatine, winner at Eddyville EBF

Pekin at Columbus Community

Bottom bracket

Cardinal at Danville, winner at Pella Christian

Van Buren County at Central Decatur

REGION 2

Top bracket

Interstate 35 at Panorama, winner at North Mahaska

Pleasantville at Guthrie Center ACGC

Bottom bracket

East Marshall at Colfax-Mingo, winner at Jesup

Alburnett at Hudson

REGION 3

Top bracket

West Branch at Lisbon, winner at Iowa City Regina

Durant at Northeast

Bottom bracket

Postville at Dyersville Beckman, winner at Cascade

Bellevue at MFL MarMac

REGION 4

Top bracket

West Monona at Avoca AHSTW, winner at Hinton

Logan-Magnolia at Exira-EHK/Audubon

Bottom bracket

Tri-Center at Nodaway Valley, winner at Treynor

Underwood at Shenandoah

REGION 5

Top bracket

Ridge View at Lawton-Bronson, winner at Rock Valley

Alta-Aurelia at Sioux Central

Bottom bracket

Grand View Christian at Manson-NW Webster, winner at Pocahontas Area

South Hardin at Ackley AGWSR

REGION 6

Top bracket

Marcus MMCRU at Central Springs, winner at Central Lyon

West Fork at Belmond-Klemme

Bottom bracket

Boyden-Hull at Hartley HMS, winner at West Lyon

Lake Mills at Emmetsburg

REGION 7

Top bracket

North Butler at South Winneshiek, winner at Denver

Dike-New Hartford at Grundy Center

Bottom bracket

Waterloo Columbus at Sumner-Fredericksburg, winner at Maquoketa Valley

Wapsie Valley at Aplington-Parkersburg

REGION 8

Top bracket

IKM Manning at Woodward-Granger, winner at Mapleton MVAOCOU

West Central Valley at Earlham

Bottom bracket

Ogden at South Hamilton, winner at Westwood

South Central Calhoun at East Sac County

Class 1A

(Feb. 13, Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 26)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Council Bluffs St. Albert, bye

Heartland Christian at Sidney

Stanton, bye

Hamburg at Fremont-Mills

Bottom bracket

Woodbine, bye

Southwest Valley at East Mills

Essex at Oakland Riverside

Griswold at Lenox

REGION 2

Top bracket

North Linn, bye

Belle Plaine at Iowa Valley

WACO, bye

Cedar Valley Christian at Hillcrest Academy

Bottom bracket

English Valleys, bye

Winfield-Mount Union at Keota

New London at HLV/Tri-County

Burlington Notre Dame at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

REGION 3

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Trinity Christian at River Valley

Kingsley-Pierson, bye

Storm Lake St. Mary’s at Woodbury Central

Bottom bracket

George-Little Rock, bye

Le Mars Gehlen at Akron-Westfield

South O’Brien at Harris-Lake Park

Remsen St. Mary’s at Ruthven GTRA

REGION 4

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Fort Dodge St. Edmond at West Hancock

Northwood-Kensett at North Union

North Iowa at West Bend-Mallard

Bottom bracket

Coon Rapids-Bayard, bye

Orient-Macksburg at Glidden-Ralston

Ar-We-Va at Boyer Valley

Paton-Churdan at Anita CAM

REGION 5

Top bracket

Riceville, bye

Tripoli at Lansing Kee

Starmont at Dunkerton

West Central at Turkey Valley

Bottom bracket

Mason City Newman, bye

Janesville at Nashua-Plainfield

Waterloo Christian at Saint Ansgar

Don Bosco at Clarksville

REGION 6

Top bracket

Mount Ayr, bye

Diagonal at Murray

East Union at Bedford

Mormon Trail at Lamoni

Bottom bracket

Martensdale-St. Marys, bye

Moravia at Southeast Warren

Moulton-Udell at Wayne

Seymour at Melcher-Dallas

REGION 7

Top bracket

Montezuma, bye

Meskwaki at BGM

Garwin GMG at Sigourney

North Tama at Baxter

Bottom bracket

Lynnville-Sully, bye

Madrid at Ankeny Christian

Collins-Maxwell at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Colo-Nesco at Conrad BCLUW

REGION 8

Top bracket

Springville, bye

Midland at Highland

North Cedar at Lone Tree

Wapello at Calamus-Wheatland

Bottom bracket

East Buchanan, bye

Easton Valley at Elkader Central

Clinton Prince of Peace at Bellevue Marquette

Clayton Ridge at Edgewood-Colesburg

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com