Iowa high school girls’ basketball: Mock regional pairings

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release regional pairings the week of Jan. 22 (3A-2A-1A) and the week of Jan. 29 (5A-4A).

Here are The Gazette's first mock brackets (top regional seed denoted with an asterisk), updated Jan. 11:

Class 5A

Region 1

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

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at West Des Moines Valley

Region 2

Des Moines Roosevelt at Fort Dodge (winner at Johnston*)

Urbandale at Indianola

Region 3

Marshalltown at Waterloo West (winner at Waukee*)

Des Moines East at Cedar Rapids Prairie

Region 4

Sioux City North at Sioux City East (winner at Southeast Polk*)

Sioux City West at Ankeny Centennial

Region 5

Des Moines Lincoln at Ottumwa (winner at Iowa City High*)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Dubuque Hempstead

Region 6

Dubuque Senior at Linn-Mar (winner at Cedar Falls*)

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Cedar Rapids Washington

Region 7

Davenport Central at Burlington (winner at Iowa City West*)

Ankeny at Ames

Region 8

Davenport West at Muscatine (winner at Pleasant Valley*)

Davenport North at Bettendorf

Class 4A

Region 1

Spencer at Webster City (winner at Le Mars*)

Storm Lake at Sioux City Heelan (winner at Sergeant Bluff-Luton)

Region 2

Carroll at Harlan (winner at Lewis Central*)

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

Region 3

Perry at Winterset (winner at Boone*)

Des Moines Hoover at Knoxville (winner at Denison-Schleswig)

Region 4

Norwalk at Carlisle (winner at Mason City*)

Newton at Ballard (winner at Pella)

Region 5

Waterloo East at Bondurant-Farrar (winner at Grinnell*)

Charles City at Waverly-Shell Rock (winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier)

Region 6

Independence at Decorah (winner at Center Point-Urbana*)

Oskaloosa at Clear Creek Amana (winner at Fairfield)

Region 7

Clinton at DeWitt Central (winner at North Scott*)

Dubuque Wahlert at Maquoketa (winner at Western Dubuque)

Region 8

Washington at Iowa City Liberty (winner at Marion*)

Fort Madison at Keokuk (winner at Mount Pleasant)

Class 3A

Region 1

MOC-Floyd Valley at Sioux Center*

Ida Grove OA-BCIG at East Sac County

Atlantic at Red Oak

Creston at Shenandoah

Region 2

Estherville ELC at Cherokee*

Sheldon at Spirit Lake

Humboldt at South Central Calhoun

Pocahontas Area at Algona

Region 3

Saydel at Roland-Story*

Gilbert at Chariton

Greene County at Carroll Kuemper

Clarke at North Polk

Region 4

South Hardin at Osage*

Clarion CGD at Southeast Valley

Hampton-Dumont at Forest City

Garner GHV at Iowa Falls-Alden

Region 5

Vinton-Shellsburg at Clear Lake*

Union Community at Oelwein

Benton Community at New Hampton

Waterloo Columbus at South Tama

Region 6

Williamsburg at Nevada*

Eddyville EBF at Albia

Monroe PCM at West Marshall

Centerville at Mid-Prairie

Region 7

West Delaware at Crestwood*

North Fayette Valley at Waukon

Northeast at Monticello

Dyersville Beckman at Anamosa

Region 8

Tipton at Davenport Assumption*

Solon at Mount Vernon

West Liberty at Camanche

Davis County at Central Lee

Class 2A

Region 1

Hartley HMS at Rock Valley (winner at West Sioux*)

Sibley-Ocheyedan at Central Lyon (winner at West Lyon)

Lake Mills at South O'Brien (winner at North Union)

Belmond-Klemme at Okoboji (winner at Central Springs)

Region 2

Boyden-Hull at Alta-Aurelia (winner at Western Christian*)

Hinton at Woodbury Central (winner at Unity Chritian)

Fort Dodge St. Edmond at Manson-NW Webster (winner at Emmetsburg)

Eagle Grove at Ridge View (winner at Sioux Central)

Region 3

Lawton-Bronson at Mapleton MVAO-COU (winner at Logan-Magnolia*)

Woodward-Granger at West Central Valley (winner at IKM-Manning)

Missouri Valley at Avoca AHSTW (winner at Underwood)

Guthrie Center ACGC at Tri-Center (winner at Council Bluffs St. Albert)

Region 4

Southwest Valley at Sidney (winner at Treynor*)

Clarinda at Mount Ayr (winner at Nodaway Valley)

Van Meter at Wayne (winner at Des Moines Christian)

Interstate 35 at Martensdale-St. Marys (winner at Earlham)

Region 5

Ogden at Pleasantville (winner at Panorama*)

Colfax-Mingo at Madrid (winner at Pella Christian)

Conrad BCLUW at South Hamilton (winner at Grundy Center)

East Marshall at Hudson (winner at Aplington-Parkersburg)

Region 6

Wapsie Valley at South Winneshiek (winner at Cascade*)

Clayton Ridge at Sumner-Fredericksburg (winner at MFL MarMac)

Nashua-Plainfield at Saint Ansgar (winner at Dike-New Hartford)

Starmont at Denver (winner at Maquoketa Valley)

Region 7

Lisbon at Jesup (winner at North Linn*)

Alburnett at East Buchanan

Belle Plaine at Highland (winner at Sigourney)

Cardinal at Van Buren (winner at Pekin)

Region 8

North Cedar at West Branch (winner at Iowa City Regina*)

Columbus Community at Danville (winner at Wilton)

Durant at Wapello (winner at Bellevue)

Louisa-Muscatine at West Burlington (winner at Mediapolis)

Class 1A

Region 1

Newell-Fonda*, bye

Harris-Lake Park at George-Little Rock

Ruthven GTRA, bye

West Bend-Mallard at Marcus MMCRU

Westwood, bye

Trinity Christian at Siouxland Christian

Remsen St. Mary's at Le Mars Gehlen

West Harrison at Akron-Westfield

Region 2

Kingsley-Pierson*, bye

Whiting at Clay Central-Everly

West Monona, bye

River Valley at Ar-We-Va

Boyer Valley, bye

Coon Rapids-Bayard at Heartland Christian

Woodbine at Glidden-Ralston

Oakland Riverside at East Mills

Region 3

Ackley AGWSR*, bye

Gladbrook-Reinbeck at North Butler

Janesville, bye

Waterloo Christian at Dunkerton

Algona Garrigan, bye

Rockford at Paton-Churdan

Latimer CAL at Colo-Nesco

Storm Lake St. Mary's at Mason City Newman

Region 4

Exira-EHK*, bye

Audubon at Grand View Christian

Iowa Christian Academy at Anita CAM

Baxter at Collins-Maxwell

Montezuma, bye

BGM at Garwin GMG

HLV at Lynnville-Sully

North Tama at Meskwaki

Region 5

Central Decatur*, bye

South Page at Stanton

Diagonal, bye

Lenox at Lamoni

Murray, bye

Orient-Macksburg at East Union

Bedford at Fremont-Mills

Essex at Griswold

Region 6

West Hancock*, bye

Northwood-Kensett at North Iowa

Clarksville, bye

Riceville at Don Bosco

Lansing Kee, bye

Tripoli at Edgewood-Colesburg

West Central at Bellevue Marquette

Elkader Central at Turkey Valley

Region 7

North Mahaska*, bye

Iowa Mennonite at Tri-County

English Valleys, bye

Keota at Iowa Valley

Seymour, bye

Moulton-Udell at Moravia

Twin Cedars at Southeast Warren

Mormon Trail at Melcher-Dallas

Region 8

Springville*, bye

Calamus-Wheatland at Central City

Easton Valley, bye

Clinton Prince of Peace at Midland

Cedar Valley Christian, bye

Lone Tree at WACO

New London at Winfield-Mount Union

Burlington Notre Dame at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

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