Updated Jan. 26: The Gazette’s final 2023 Iowa high school girls’ basketball mock regional brackets.
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Updated Jan. 26: The Gazette’s final 2023 Iowa high school girls’ basketball mock regional brackets.
Sophomore starter Dylan Penning died unexpectedly last week, but his Iowa Valley boys’ basketball team is playing on in honor of him. The Tigers won their first game since his death Tuesday night against Sigourney with a huge fourth-quarter rally.
Watch or listen to the January 19, 2023, Prep Basketball Podcast as Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder discuss the latest talking points in Iowa high school basketball.
Girls’ basketball notebook: With 1,554 points, Jenna Twedt is the new career scoring leader at Benton Community.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Jan. 18): The top nine remain the same, led by North Linn; Cascade rejoins the list at No. 10.
Photos from Solon’s 78-58 win over Mount Vernon in boys’ basketball on Tuesday night.
Photos from Solon’s 56-50 win over Mount Vernon in girls’ basketball on Tuesday night.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy moved to the No. 1 spot in Class 4A in this week’s Iowa High School Athletic Association rankings and looked the part Tuesday night by going up to Dubuque and disposing of eighth-ranked Dubuque Senior, 66-44.
Girls’ basketball: Class 3A No. 3 Solon sinks 22 of 23 from the free-throw line, rallies past No. 13 Mount Vernon, 56-50.
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Cedar Rapids Kennedy is the new top-ranked team in Class 4A, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association has announced its weekly poll. The Cougars (10-0) play No. 8 Dubuque Senior (10-1) on Tuesday night. Cedar Rapids Xavier lost twice last week and has been moved down from third to first in Class 3A. North Linn remains second in 1A, Alburnett inches to sixth in 2A.
Alburnett’s boys’ basketball team went to 2-0 against River Valley Conference opponents this season with an impressive 64-37 win over Cascade at Saturday’s Wells Fargo Advisors Shootout at Coe College. The Pirates are ranked seventh in Class 2A.
The Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys’ basketball team has rolled its opponents so far this season. Over a 10-0 start, the Cougars’ average win is by over 30 points per game. Kennedy beat Dubuque Wahlert at home Friday night, 86-55.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Dubuque Wahlert 86-55 in an Iowa high school boys’ basketball game Friday.
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s interior defense stymies Center Point-Urbana in a Wamac Conference West Division showdown, 55-34.
Girls’ basketball: Kamryn Kurt hit 7 of 7 from long range and crossed the 1,000-point threshold. North Linn is 12-0 after a 72-52 win over Iowa City Regina.
University of Northern Iowa dumped Missouri, proving that the McLeod Center is becoming a tough place for visitors to win. Upper Iowa’s Ethan Doty placed at the Midwest Classic. Seven Kohawks place at the North Central Invitational and high school results in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
K.J. Pilcher talks with Dick Briggs about the Iowa wrestling from High School to college
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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