Cedar Rapids Xavier earned a trip to the Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball touranment with a 54-46 regional final win over Western Dubuque.
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Cedar Rapids Xavier earned a trip to the Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball touranment with a 54-46 regional final win over Western Dubuque.
Girls’ basketball: Sharpshooting North Linn, Montezuma collide in a Class 1A regional final.
Mount Vernon’s boys’ basketball has had lots of players miss games this season for one thing or another. But the Mustangs are fairly healthy as the Class 3A postseason hits, and a 63-32 squashing of Crestwood in a substate opener Monday night proveds MV will be one tough out the rest of the way.
Mount Vernon beat Crestwood 63-32 in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ basketball quarterfinal game Monday night.
The final Class 3A and 4A polls in boys’ basketball were released Monday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Cedar Rapids Kennedy ends the regular season ranked No. 1 in Class 4A.
Girls’ basketball: Despite a 5-18 record, surging Western Dubuque has another upset (and a state-tournament berth) on its mind. Bobcats take on reigning 4A champion Cedar Rapids Xavier.
Cedar Rapids Washington senior wing Traijan Sain has the look of a college basketball player, the game of a college basketball player. But for whatever reason, recruiting has been slow for him. He has put that aside right now in order to help his team in the postseason, which begins Monday.
The Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ basketball team was scheduled to host Marion in a Class 4A regional semifinal, but a scoreboard issue moved the game to Marion. The change appeared to throw the Saints off early, but an early second-half surge led by senior Kyla Mason and sophomore Libby Fandel allowed the defending state champions to hold off the Wolves, 54-47.
Girls’ basketball: ‘Spectacular’ Jenna Twedt scores 33 points to lead No. 4 Benton Community past West Liberty, 53-44, in a Class 3A regional final.
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Scores and more from Saturday’s Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals, plus regional semifinals in 5A and 4A.
North Linn senior Tate Haughenbury has been selected as the Most Valuable Player in boys’ basketball this season in the Tri-Rivers Conference West Division, it was announced Saturday. North Linn had four first-team picks and the Coach of the Year in Mike Hilmer.
Jordan Caton scored a game-high 25 points Friday night as Class 2A ninth-ranked Alburnett survived an upset bid from Northeast, 62-58, Friday night in a district final. But the junior guard’s biggest win was when he and his three siblings were adopted six years ago.
Girls’ basketball: Montezuma is an explosive 3-point-shooting team, but Friday night, the inside play of Kallie Robison was key in a 45-42 Class 1A regional-semifinal win over Springville.
Montezuma beat Springville 45-42 in a Class 1A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional semifinal game Friday.
Michael Molony of Dyersville Beckman has been named River Valley Conference North Division Coach of the Year. Blazers senior Padraig Gallagher is one of six unanimous selections for the all-division first team.
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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