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Iowa girls' state basketball 2021: Updated brackets, schedule, scores for all 5 classes
The Gazette
Mar. 6, 2021 11:00 am, Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 2:42 pm
Forty teams around the state have qualified for the 2021 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament, which tips off Monday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Defending state champions Johnston (5A), North Scott (4A), North Linn (2A) and Newell-Fonda (1A) are back, but none are top-ranked this year. Class 3A is guaranteed a new champion after Sioux City Heelan's loss to West Lyon in the regional finals.
Here are the brackets and updated schedule and scores via the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Class 5A
Quarterfinals — Monday, March 1
No. 1 Waukee 60, No. 9 West Des Moines Dowling 37
No. 5 Ankeny Centennial 47, No. 4 Southeast Polk 45
No. 2 Johnston 71, No. 7 Cedar Falls 64
No. 6 Iowa City West 65, No. 3 Waterloo West 63
Semifinals — Thursday, March 4
No. 1 Waukee 50, No. 5 Ankeny Centennial 29
No. 2 Johnston 52, No. 6 Iowa City West 47
Final — Friday, March 5
No. 1 Waukee 71, No. 2 Johnston 43
Class 4A
Quarterfinals — Tuesday, March 2
No. 1 Glenwood 79, Dubuque Wahlert 57
No. 6 North Scott 59, No. 4 DeWitt Central 45
No. 2 Ballard 38, No. 9 Harlan 27
No. 3 Dallas Center-Grimes 43, No. 7 Bondurant-Farrar 32
Semifinals — Thursday, March 4
No. 1 Glenwood 61, No. 6 North Scott 48
No. 2 Ballard 32, No. 3 Dallas Center-Grimes 26
Final — Saturday, March 6
No. 2 Ballard 47, No. 1 Glenwood 45
Class 3A
Quarterfinals — Monday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 2
No. 1 Cherokee 63, Davenport Assumption 43
No. 4 West Lyon 52, No. 5 West Burlington 30
No. 2 Clear Lake 45, No. 14 Waukon 24
No. 3 Unity Christian 70, No. 8 Roland-Story 42
Semifinals — Thursday, March 4
No. 4 West Lyon 52, No. 1 Cherokee 39
No. 3 Unity Christian 58, No. 2 Clear Lake 42
Final — Saturday, March 6
No. 3 Unity Christian 48, No. 4 West Lyon 31
Class 2A
Quarterfinals — Tuesday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 3
No. 1 Maquoketa Valley 51, Rock Valley 35
No. 4 Nodaway Valley 53, No. 5 North Linn 47
No. 2 Dike-New Hartford 44, No. 10 Treynor 36
No. 3 West Branch 49, No. 8 Grundy Center 33
Semifinals — Friday, March 5
No. 1 Maquoketa Valley 47, No. 4 Nodaway Valley 45
No. 2 Dike-New Hartford 57, No. 3 West Branch 47
Final — Saturday, March 6
No. 2 Dike-New Hartford 47, No. 1 Maquoketa Valley 42
Class 1A
Quarterfinals — Wednesday, March 3
No. 1 Algona Garrigan 48, No. 8 Springville 42
No. 4 Exira-EHK 60, No. 5 Marcus MMCRU 55
No. 2 Newell-Fonda 88, No. 7 Kingsley-Pierson 47
No. 6 Montezuma 50, No. 3 Saint Ansgar 45
Semifinals — Friday, March 5
No. 1 Algona Garrigan 57, No. 4 Exira-EHK 35
No. 2 Newell-Fonda 73, No. 6 Montezuma 34
Final — Saturday, March 6
No. 2 Newell-Fonda 66, No. 1 Algona Garrigan 52
Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines during the 2020 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament last February. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)