Photos from girls basketball Cedar Rapids Prairie vs. Iowa City Liberty Friday, January 9, 2026
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Photos from girls basketball Cedar Rapids Prairie vs. Iowa City Liberty Friday, January 9, 2026
Going into Thursday night’s game at Crestwood, the Waukon boys basketball team had a 7-0 record. A move from the defunct Northeast Iowa Conference to the Upper Iowa Conference has been a boon on and off the court for the Indians.
Taylor Franck has returned to the Mustangs after a seven-game absence (leg injury). She hasn’t exactly limped back.
Jan Jensen’s midseason state-of-the-union assessment of the Hawkeyes? ‘There’s so much we can conquer.’
Girls basketball Super Ten: Clear Creek Amana stays on top; Maquoketa Valley, Solon and Springville climb aboard.
See photos as the Warriors hosted the J-Hawks for a pair of Iowa high school basketball games.
Just about a year ago, Cedar Rapids Washington’s boys basketball team built a 21-point second-half lead, including being up 16 going to the fourth quarter. Then rival Cedar Rapids Jefferson suddenly came to life, rallying from nowhere for a 65-61 win. Wash again got way ahead Tuesday night but only continued to extend its lead in what turned out to be a 68-38 win over Jeff.
Lower hit 13 of 16 shots (10 of 13 from 3-point range) in a 36-point barrage as Class 4A fourth-ranked CCA conquered 3A No. 14 Center Point-Urbana, 64-28, in a Wamac Conference cross-divisional girls basketball game Tuesday night at Center Point-Urbana High School.
The Cedar Falls boys basketball team beat Waukee Northwest, 74-69, this past Saturday at the Crossover Challenge event in Cedar Falls, which meant the highly touted clubs flip flop in the second IHSAA rankings of the season, released Monday.
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Girls basketball: Abby Neumiller hits 6-of-12 from 3-point range, and Iowa City West tops Cedar Rapids Washington, 53-45.
The Lions have been a fixture at the third-year boys basketball showcase, which features some of the premier teams from central and Eastern Iowa for intriguing non-conference matchups. Over the past two editions, Linn-Mar suffered narrow defeats to West Des Moines Valley and Ankeny.
See photos as the Lions took on the Lancers in an Iowa boys high school basketball game.
Photos from the boys basketball game between Cedar Rapids Prairie and Ankeny during the Conference Crossover Saturday, January 3, 2026.
Girls basketball: The Gazette’s first draft of 2026 regional pairings. All five classes, all 341 teams are listed here.
All records are through the holiday break.
Girls basketball: Rowan Jacobi posts 44 points, 16 rebounds in her home-court finale, a 63-37 Class 1A regional-semifinal win over Lone Tree.
These wounds matter. These nicks, cuts and abrasions are fully earned. And all Mount Vernon’s top-ranked and unbeaten 157-pound senior needed to do to reveal their deeper meaning was calmly raise his forefinger to indicate there’s merely one more match to win to finally join two of his older brothers as a state champion.
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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