Iowa high school girls basketball: 2026 regional pairings (5A, 4A)

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released girls basketball regional pairings Thursday for Class 5A and Class 4A.

Brackets were posted in 3A, 2A and 1A last week.

Here they are, in bracket order:

Class 5A

(Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Des Moines East at Urbandale, winner at Johnston

Ottumwa at Indianola

REGION 2

Des Moines North at Linn-Mar, winner at Waukee Northwest

Pleasant Valley at Bettendorf

REGION 3

Des Moines Lincoln at Marshalltown, winner at West Des Moines Dowling

Waukee at Cedar Rapids Kennedy

REGION 4

Davenport North at Dubuque Hempstead, winner at Cedar Falls

Des Moines Roosevelt at Ankeny Centennial

REGION 5

Sioux City West at Sioux City North, winner at Ankeny

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City East

REGION 6

Davenport Central at Dubuque Senior, winner at Cedar Rapids Washington

Waterloo West at Cedar Rapids Prairie

REGION 7

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Southeast Polk, winner at West Des Moines Valley

Ames at Iowa City High

REGION 8

Muscatine at Davenport West, winner at Iowa City West

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Iowa City Liberty

Class 4A

(Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Denison-Schleswig at Harlan, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Le Mars at Sergeant Bluff-Luton, winner at Spencer

REGION 2

Boone at Webster City, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Fort Dodge at Ballard, winner at Pella

REGION 3

Perry at Lewis Central, winner at Norwalk

Western Dubuque at Waterloo East, winner at Independence

REGION 4

Mount Pleasant at Oskaloosa, winner at Clear Creek Amana

Burlington at North Scott, winner at Clinton

REGION 5

Bondurant-Farrar at Newton, winner at Carlisle

Winterset at Glenwood, winner at Adel ADM

REGION 6

Keokuk at Fort Madison, winner at Central DeWitt

Grinnell at Marion, winner at Solon

REGION 7

Mason City at Decorah, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

Knoxville at Gilbert, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

REGION 8

Des Moines Hoover at Nevada, winner at North Polk

Storm Lake at MOC-Floyd Valley, winner at Sioux Center

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