Girls’ basketball: Regional pairings for Class 5A and Class 4A
Girls’ basketball: Regional pairings for Class 5A and Class 4A
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier, Cedar Rapids Prairie pursue outright MVC championships Friday. Saints host Iowa City West, which has an eye on a piece of the Mississippi Division crown.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Mount Vernon replaces Cedar Rapids Prairie at No. 1; MVC Mississippi Division leader Cedar Rapids Xavier makes a big jump.
The North Fayette Valley boys’ basketball team won the Upper Iowa Conference outright Tuesday night, completing a perfect 21-0 regular season with a dominating 72-45 win over MFL/Mar-Mac. It’s the first unbeaten regular season in school history.
Girls’ basketball: Class 3A top-ranked Mount Vernon jumps on Clear Creek Amana early in a 61-42 win. Mustangs take a 19-game win streak into the postseason.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced Monday afternoon official postseason brackets for boys’ basketball in Class 1A, 2A. Top seeds in their district include Cascade in 2A and North Linn in 1A.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released boys’ basketball rankings Monday. 38 of the 40 teams in last week’s poll remain this week, with some changing of positions.
The Linn-Mar boys’ basketball team knocked off Class 4A third-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy earlier this week by two points. The No. 4 Lions got another top-10 win Friday night at home, downing No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 69-57.
Girls’ basketball: Best public-school team in Iowa City? After Liberty’s 56-51 triumph over City High, that’s still yet to be determined.
North Linn senior guard Mason Bechen is second in the state in scoring average this season. He recently surpassed 1,500 points for his career and could wind up finishing second all-time at the school. He scored 54 points Tuesday night against Starmont to break NL’s record for points in a game, one he set earlier this season at 48.
Girls’ basketball: A quick analysis of area regional pairings in 3A, 2A and 1A.
Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s final draft of mock brackets for 4A and 5A.
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.
Girls’ basketball: Regional pairings for Class 3A, 2A and 1A.
#10 Prairie routes City High 89-64 in MVC game at Prairie
Two months into her high school career, Schaffel already has established herself as one of the state's best. Entering Saturday's regional competition, she has the state's best time in the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.70) and is second in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.27).
Coe Athletics Director Steve Cook announced Wednesday that women’s wrestling will become the school’s 23rd NCAA sport. The Kohawks will begin competition for the 2026-27 season and will be led by former Coe All-American Kaleb Reeves.
Seventh-ranked Linn-Mar fell to No. 1 Waukee Northwest , 3-2, in the Class 3A girls’ state soccer championship at the Cyclone Sports Complex in Ames, Iowa Saturday, June 7, 2025.