Iowa high school girls’ state basketball 2023: Brackets, predictions, top players and more.
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Iowa high school girls’ state basketball 2023: Brackets, predictions, top players and more.
Scores and more from Saturday’s Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate finals.
The North Linn boys’ basketball team beat Wapsie Valley, 72-51, Saturday night in a Class 1A substate final game to advance to the state tournament for a seventh consecutive year.
Jeff Hrubes has been an assistant coach at Cedar Rapids Kennedy for 25 seasons. He was a starter for the last Cougars team that won a state championship, coached his son at the school, as well as some fathers and their sons. This undefeated Cougars team went to 21-0 with a blowout win over Davenport West in a 4A substate semifinal Friday.
No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Davenport West 97-46 in a Class 4A boys’ basketball substate semifinal game Friday.
There are eight substate final games Saturday night in Class 1A and 2A, including games involving Gazette-area schools North Linn, MFL MarMac and Monticello.
WIth Decorah having the ball and threatening to take a lead in the final minute, Marion guard Payton Hodges stole a pass and turned it into a layup that gave his Wolves a 71-68 edge with 1:07 left. That ended up being the final score of this Class 3A substate semifinal boys’ basketball game.
Fifth-ranked Iowa City Regina defeated No. 12 Mediapolis in a 55-54 overtime thriller. The Class 2A girls’ basketball regional final win put the Regals in the state tournament for the second consecutive season and the seventh in the last 11 years.
Girls’ basketball: North Linn makes it eight state trips in 10 years with a 69-40 romp over Montezuma.
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Scores and more from Thursday’s Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals.
North Linn beat Montezuma 69-40 in a Class 1A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional final Thursday.
Tate Petersen scored 28 points and set Monticello’s career scoring record in his team’s 57-51 win Tuesday night over Alburnett in a Class 2A district final. Petersen, a Kirkwood recruit, has played a lot of this season with an injured shoulder.
Clear Creek Amana’s defensive adjustment paid off Tuesday night. In front of an energized crowd, the No. 7-ranked Clippers defeated No. 10 North Scott, 61-46, in a Class 4A girls’ basketball regional final.
It sure wasn’t easy, but Cedar Rapids Xavier sprung itself free in the final two minutes and topped Western Dubuque in a Class 4A girls’ basketball regional final. The Saints’ bid for a title repeat lives on.
Scores and more from Tuesday’s Class 5A and 4A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals, plus a look at the IGHSAU state tournament brackets.
Paustian’s effort has paid dividends in his first two weeks of high school competition. Paustian remained unbeaten, pinning Marion’s Lucas Stearns for the 150-pound title Saturday at the Mount Vernon Invitational.
Independence crowned three champions, receiving titles from Braylen Bieber and Carter Eddy to along with Carey’s 126-pound championship and the Mustangs finished third in the team race with 307 points Saturday at home.
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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