Girls state basketball: Williamsburg holds off Des Moines Christian 52-49 for its first state-tournament victory in school history.
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Girls state basketball: Williamsburg holds off Des Moines Christian 52-49 for its first state-tournament victory in school history.
Second-ranked Decorah led Cedar Rapids Xavier by 17 points in the third quarter of a Class 3A substate final Monday night at Decorah. But the Saints regrouped and rallied to win in overtime, 62-59.
Xavier Saints advance to state after a 62-59 overtime win over the Decorah Vikings
Girls state basketball: Wells Fargo Arena was evacuated for 20 minutes at halftime of ELC-Cherokee 3A game. The reason was believed to be a ventilation issue with one of the concession stands in the arena.
Girls state basketball: Mount Vernon waxes West Marshall 75-19, returns to the Class 3A state semifinals. Freshman Savanna Wright hits 9 of 11 shots in a 23-point gem.
Girls state basketball: Waukee Northwest overturns a halftime deficit and sidelines Cedar Rapids Prairie, clinching an all-CIML final four in Class 5A.
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The eight boys’ state basketball tournament qualifiers in Class 4A will be determined Tuesday night around the state. The winners of the eight substate final games advance next week to Des Moines.
Capsules for Tuesday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Girls state basketball notes: Where will Johnston blue-chip recruit Jenica Lewis land? ‘It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing.’
Girls state basketball: Top-ranked Johnston bounces Iowa City Liberty 73-45 for its 50th consecutive win. Bolts conclude their best season in school history at 17-7.
See photos as the Lightning took on the Dragons on day 1 of the state tournament.
Girls basketball: Rowan Jacobi posts 44 points, 16 rebounds in her home-court finale, a 63-37 Class 1A regional-semifinal win over Lone Tree.
These wounds matter. These nicks, cuts and abrasions are fully earned. And all Mount Vernon’s top-ranked and unbeaten 157-pound senior needed to do to reveal their deeper meaning was calmly raise his forefinger to indicate there’s merely one more match to win to finally join two of his older brothers as a state champion.
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.
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