Iowa high school girls’ basketball 2022 mock regional brackets, 2nd edition

We’re less than a week from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union beginning to announce pairings for the 2022 basketball postseason.

Expect brackets Feb. 2 or 3 in the smaller three classes, Feb. 9 or 10 for the larger two.

Here is the second installment of mock brackets from The Gazette ... all five classes, all 354 teams.

The postseason begins Feb. 10, with it culminating at the state tournament, Feb. 28-March 5 at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines.

We are mirroring the method in which the Union seeds 5A basketball. Instead of the traditional 1-4-5 on one side of the bracket and 2-3 on the other, the Union prefers the approach of 1-5 on one side and 2-3-4 on the other.

Our brackets are assembled by using IGHSAU rankings for the top 15 teams, and a combination of Varsity Bound and BC Moore rankings for the rest of the field in each class.

Class 5A

REGION 1

Des Moines East at Johnston

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Waukee, winner at Sioux City East

REGION 2

Ames at Waterloo West

Dubuque Hempstead at Dubuque Senior, winner at Cedar Falls

REGION 3

Ottumwa at Ankeny Centennial

Davenport Central at Linn-Mar, winner at Cedar Rapids Washington

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Des Moines Roosevelt

Sioux City North at Des Moines North, winner at Waukee Northwest

REGION 5

Davenport West at Iowa City West

Bettendorf at Davenport North, winner at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 6

Marshalltown at West Des Moines Dowling

Urbandale at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, winner at Southeast Polk

REGION 7

Muscatine at Pleasant Valley

Cedar Rapids Prairie at Cedar Rapids Kennedy, winner at Iowa City High

REGION 8

Des Moines Lincoln at West Des Moines Valley

Sioux City West at Fort Dodge, winner at Ankeny

Class 4A

REGION 1

Storm Lake at Le Mars, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Webster City at Humboldt, winner at Spencer

REGION 2

Denison-Schleswig at Carroll, winner at Glenwood

Creston at Lewis Central, winner at Adel ADM

REGION 3

Boone at Mason City, winner at North Polk

Charles City at Gilbert, winner at Bondurant-Farrar

REGION 4

Perry at Carlisle, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Des Moines Hoover at Winterset, winner at Norwalk

REGION 5

Knoxville at Pella, winner at Grinnell

Newton at Clear Creek Amana, winner at Benton Community

REGION 6

Western Dubuque at Decorah, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Waterloo East at Marion, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

REGION 7

Fairfield at Oskaloosa, winner at Indianola

Mount Pleasant at Solon, winner at Keokuk

REGION 8

Clinton at Maquoketa, winner at DeWitt Central

Burlington at Fort Madison, winner at North Scott

Class 3A

REGION 1

MOC-Floyd Valley at West Lyon

Southeast Valley at Ida Grove OABCIG

Clarion CGD at Cherokee

Iowa Falls-Alden at Pocahontas Area

REGION 2

Algona at Unity Christian

Sheldon at Sioux Center

Oelwein at Clear Lake

New Hampton at Hampton-Dumont/CAL

REGION 3

Red Oak at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Clarinda at Shenandoah

Greene County at Harlan

Clarke at Atlantic

REGION 4

Garner GHV at Estherville ELC

Okoboji at Spirit Lake

Crestwood at Forest City

North Fayette Valley at Waukon

REGION 5

Saydel at Ballard

Monroe PCM at Chariton

Albia at Williamsburg

Mid-Prairie at Eddyville EBF

REGION 6

South Tama at Roland-Story

Independence at Mount Vernon

Union Community at West Marshall

Nevada at Des Moines Christian

REGION 7

Anamosa at Center Point-Urbana

West Delaware at Dubuque Wahlert

Northeast at Vinton-Shellsburg

Camanche at Monticello

REGION 8

Tipton at West Liberty

Washington at West Burlington

Davis County at Centerville

Central Lee at Davenport Assumption

Class 2A

REGION 1

West Sioux at Rock Valley, winner at Central Lyon

Western Christian at Boyden-Hull

Missouri Valley at Lawton-Bronson, winner at Hinton

Logan-Magnolia at West Monona

REGION 2

Alta-Aurelia at Hartley HMS, winner at Sibley-Ocheyedan

IKM-Manning at Mapleton MVAOCOU

Manson-NW Webster at Emmetsburg, winner at West Hancock

Sioux Central at South Central Calhoun

REGION 3

Southwest Valley at Avoca AHSTW, winner at Treynor

Earlham at Underwood

Interstate 35 at Pleasantville, winner at Nodaway Valley

Pella Christian at Central Decatur

REGION 4

Central Springs at Lake Mills, winner at Denver

Osage at Sumner-Fredericksburg

Eagle Grove at Belmond-Klemme, winner at Aplington-Parkersburg

West Fork at North Union

REGION 5

Ogden at Madrid, winner at Panorama

Woodward-Granger at West Central Valley

Carroll Kuemper at East Sac County, winner at Ridge View

Guthrie Center ACGC at Van Meter

REGION 6

Starmont at South Winneshiek, winner at Dike-New Hartford

Waterloo Columbus at MFL MarMac

Postville at Clayton Ridge, winner at Cascade

Dyersville Beckman at Bellevue

REGION 7

North Cedar at Alburnett, winner at Jesup

Hudson at Wapsie Valley

Colfax-Mingo at East Marshall, winner at Grundy Center

South Hardin at South Hamilton

REGION 8

Columbus Community at Cardinal, winner at Iowa City Regina

Van Buren County at Pekin

Durant at Louisa-Muscatine, winner at Mediapolis

Danville at Wilton, winner at West Branch

Class 1A

REGION 1

Top bracket

Marcus MMCRU, bye

Harris-Lake Park at South O’Brien

North Iowa at Ruthven GTRA

West Bend-Mallard at Northwood-Kensett

Bottom bracket

Trinity Christian at Storm Lake St. Mary’s

George-Little Rock at Kingsley-Pierson

Siouxland Christian at Remsen St. Mary’s

Le Mars Gehlen at Akron-Westfield

REGION 2

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Paton-Churdan at River Valley

Ar-We-Va at Coon Rapids-Bayard

Oakland Riverside at Glidden-Ralston

Bottom bracket

Whiting at Westwood

West Harrison at Woodbury Central

Heartland Christian at Woodbine

Tri-Center at Boyer Valley

REGION 3

Top bracket

Exira-EHK, bye

Diagonal at Mount Ayr

Griswold at Audubon

Murray at Lamoni

Bottom bracket

Essex at Stanton

Sidney at Lenox

Bedford at Council Bluffs St. Albert

Fremont-Mills at East Mills

REGION 4

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Rockford at Mason City Newman

Colo-Nesco at Ackley AGWSR

Fort Dodge St. Edmond at Ankeny Christian

Bottom bracket

Valley Lutheran at Riceville

Nashua-Plainfield at Waterloo Christian

Janesville at Saint Ansgar

North Butler at Clarksville

REGION 5

Top bracket

Orient-Macksburg at North Mahaska

Twin Cedars at Lynnville-Sully

East Union at Anita CAM

Tri-County at Grand View Christian

Bottom bracket

Moravia at Martensdale-St. Marys

Melcher-Dallas at Mormon Trail

Seymour at Southeast Warren

Moulton-Udell at Wayne

REGION 6

Top bracket

North Linn, bye

North Tama at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Garwin GMG at Meskwaki

Conrad BCLUW at Collins-Maxwell

Bottom bracket

Don Bosco at Elkader Central

Lansing Kee at West Central

Tripoli at Turkey Valley

Dunkerton at Edgewood-Colesburg

REGION 7

Top bracket

Springville, bye

Cedar Valley Christian at Lisbon

Hillcrest Academy at Winfield-Mount Union

WACO at Iowa Valley

Bottom bracket

BGM at Montezuma

Sigourney at Belle Plaine

HLV at Baxter

Keota at English Valleys

REGION 8

Top bracket

Burlington Notre Dame, bye

Lone Tree at Wapello

New London at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

Rivermont Collegiate at Highland

Bottom bracket

Easton Valley at East Buchanan

Clinton Prince of Peace at Calamus-Wheatland

Bellevue Marquette at Maquoketa Valley

Midland at Central City

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com