This was the most successful boys’ basketball team in the history of Decorah High School. The Vikings finished the regular season ranked No. 1, made it to the state tournament for the second time in three years. Davenport Assumption owned overtime in a 61-53 Class 3A semifinal Thursday. Still, the future of the program appears bright.
No. 9 Davenport Assumption beat top-ranked Decorah, 61-53 in overtime in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
The North Linn Lynx grabbed a lead at halftime and kept extending it in the second half en route to a 67-51 win over Winfield-Mount Union in a Class 1A boys’ state basketball semifinal. North Linn will play in its unprecedented seventh consecutive state championship game Friday afternoon at 1 against Bellevue Marquette.
Top-ranked North Linn beat Winfield-Mount Union 67-51 in a Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Here is a look at Thursday’s schedule at the Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. And an in-depth look at the games involving Gazette-area schools.
West Des Moines Valley, Ankeny, Bettendorf advance to Class 4A semifinals of the 2024 Iowa boys’ state basketball tournament.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team exorcised its demons from last year’s stunning state tournament quarterfinal loss to Pleasant Valley by shooting its way past Dallas Center-Grimes, 66-45, Wednesday in another Class 4A quarter.
Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Dallas Center-Grimes 66-45 in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament quarterfinal game Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Waverly-Shell Rock beat Pella in overtime in a thriller of a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night. Other winners Tuesday included Davenport Assumption, Hudson, Unity Christian and MOC-Floyd Valley
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Top-ranked Decorah beat Williamsburg 66-42 in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament quarterfinal game Tuesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Decorah’s boys’ basketball team didn’t win a game in its three previous appearances at the state tournament. But the Vikings used a huge run in the second and third quarters to dominate Williamsburg, 66-42, Tuesday afternoon in a Class 3A quarterfinal.
Here is a look at Wednesday’s schedule at the Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. And an in-depth look at the games involving Gazette-area schools.
Girls’ basketball: Callie Levin of Solon is Miss Iowa Basketball 2024, headlining a list of 13 area first-team all-staters selected by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association.
Western Christian proved why it’s top ranked and top seeded in Class 2A, beating Iowa City Regina, 56-34, Monday night in a state tournament quarterfinal at Wells Fargo Arena. Regina ends its first season under first-year head coach Paul Rundquist with a 17-7 record and a lot of hope for the future.
Mehlert struck for three near-fall points in the first tiebreaker to beat North Polk’s Charlie Boelman, 7-4, and grasp gold at the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling meet Saturday just as his dad did 26 years ago.
Blake Williams has been blessed with all three as a competitor at Decorah and Wartburg, and a 400-plus win head coaching career at Solon and Cedar Rapids Prairie.
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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