Girls basketball mock pairings

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release girls' basketball regional pairings Monday for Class 4A and 5A (the other three classes were released last Monday).

Here are my final mock brackets for the larger two classes:

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CLASS 5A

Region 1

Sioux City North at Sioux City East (winner plays at Sioux City West)

Urbandale at Waukee

Region 2

Des Moines Lincoln at Des Moines Roosevelt

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

Region 3

Mason City at Johnston

Ankeny at Ames (winner plays at Ankeny Centennial)

Region 4

Marshalltown at Cedar Rapids Jefferson (winner plays at Linn-Mar)

Des Moines North at West Des Moines Valley

Region 5

Waterloo East at Waterloo West (winner plays at Cedar Falls)

Cedar Rapids Washington at Iowa City High

Region 6

Clinton at Pleasant Valley

Dubuque Hempstead at Dubuque Senior (winner plays at Cedar Rapids Kennedy)

Region 7

Davenport Central at Bettendorf (winner plays at Davenport West)

Cedar Rapids Prairie at Iowa City West

Region 8

Burlington at Muscatine (winner plays at Ottumwa)

Des Moines East at Southeast Polk

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CLASS 4A

Region 1

Storm Lake at Spencer (winner plays at Humboldt)

Denison-Schleswig at LeMars (winner plays at Sioux City Heelan)

Region 2

Adel ADM at Creston (winner plays at Lewis Central)

Glenwood at Winterset (winner plays at Harlan)

Region 3

Carroll at Boone (winner plays at Dallas Center-Grimes)

Webster City at Fort Dodge (winner plays at Perry)

Region 4

Oskaloosa at Knoxville (winner plays at Indianola)

Des Moines Hoover at Norwalk (winner plays at Ballard)

Region 5

Clear Creek Amana at West Delaware (winner plays at Cedar Rapids Xavier)

Vinton-Shellsburg at Charles City (winner plays at Waverly-Shell Rock)

Region 6

Washington at Fairfield (winner plays at Pella)

Newton at Grinnell (winner plays at Carlisle)

Region 7

Maquoketa at DeWitt Central (winner plays at Marion)

Dubuque Wahlert at Decorah (winner plays at Western Dubuque)

Region 8

Keokuk at Mount Pleasant (winner plays at North Scott)

Fort Madison at Davenport Assumption (winner plays at Davenport North)

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