There were a few preliminary round Class 1A games Friday night, but the Iowa high school boys’ basketball postseason really gets cranking Monday night in 1A and Class 2A. Alburnett finished regular season on 14-game win streak and is a top seed in its 2A district.
Ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, Clear Creek Amana got some big moments from Lena Evans down the stretch, some big boards by both of it big girls, and held off No. 11 Marion, 66-58, in a Wamac Conference cross-division girls’ basketball game Friday night at Clear Creek Amana High School.
Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Saturday in Class 3A quarterfinals and Class 2A regional first-round games.
Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.
The postseason in boys’ basketball is upon us. Opening-round district games in Class 1A begin Friday. Here’s a closer look at the districts and substates involving schools from The Gazette area.
Girls’ basketball: Examining the regional brackets in 5A and 4A.
Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Thursday in Class 1A regional first-round games.
Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Status quo from last week to this week; Clear Creek Amana remains a firm No. 1.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team shot 70 percent from the field in the first half and went on to beat Iowa City West, 71-58, in a matchup of the first and second-ranked teams in Class 4A.
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Using its trademark balance — nine kids played, nine kids scored — Class 5A 10th-ranked Prairie set up a monster showdown by defeating Xavier, 58-47, in a girls’ basketball Tuesday night. The Hawks welcome No. 7 Cedar Falls on Thursday. The winner is guaranteed a share of the Mississippi Division championship.
Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat No. 2 Iowa City West, 71-57, in a boys’ basketball game Tuesday night in Iowa City.
Top-seeded district boys’ basketball teams in Class 1A and 2A include Keota, Lansing Kee, North Linn, MFL MarMac, Monticello and Alburnett. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released all postseason brackets for the classes Monday afternoon.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team lost a couple of weeks ago to Alburnett and slipped from first to second in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s rankings in Class 1A. The Lynx went from second to third last week despite not losing. But a 69-60 win this past Friday night at then-No. 1 Bellevue Marquette has moved North Linn back to the top spot in the class this week.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team doesn’t lose very often, so a loss a couple of weeks ago to rival Alburnett got everyone’s attention. It seems to have refocused the Class 1A third-ranked Lynx, who knocked off No. 1 Bellevue Marquette, 69-60, Friday night.
Girls’ basketball: Kobi Lietz’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sends Solon past Mount Vernon, 55-54, in a Wamac Conference East Division thriller.
And then, fittingly, there were two still standing in 2A: Alburnett’s top-seeded Eaghan Fleshman and Solon’s second-seeded Lucas Feuerbach — until Fleshman stuck a takedown in overtime to mine gold, 4-1, Saturday night at the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling meet at the Casey’s Center.
Photos from the Class 1A, 2A and 3A championship matches during the 2026 IHSAA boys’ state wrestling tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
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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