The Gazette’s 2025-26 Iowa high school girls basketball mock brackets, Take II

Below is the second draft of The Gazette’s mock pairings.

Teams were placed by the most recent IGHSAU rankings, with a couple of minor tweaks, as well as BC Moore computer ratings and geography.

Class 5A

(Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 24)

REGION 1

Des Moines North at Des Moines Lincoln, winner at Johnston

Waukee at Cedar Rapids Prairie

REGION 2

Sioux City West at Sioux City North, winner at Waukee Northwest

Southeast Polk at Indianola

REGION 3

Des Moines East at Ottumwa, winner at West Des Moines Dowling

Waterloo West at Ankeny Centennial

REGION 4

Davenport North at Des Moines Roosevelt, winner at West Des Moines Valley

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Cedar Rapids Kennedy

REGION 5

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Ames, winner at Ankeny

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City East

REGION 6

Davenport Central at Marshalltown, winner at Cedar Falls

Pleasant Valley at Bettendorf

REGION 7

Davenport West at Dubuque Hempstead, winner at Iowa City West

Dubuque Senior at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 8

Muscatine at Linn-Mar, winner at Iowa City High

Urbandale at Cedar Rapids Washington

Class 4A

(Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 24)

REGION 1

Grinnell at Newton, winner at Clear Creek Amana

Nevada at Waterloo East, winner at Independence

REGION 2

Harlan at Glenwood, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Denison-Schleswig at Lewis Central, winner at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

REGION 3

Mount Pleasant at Oskaloosa, winner at Norwalk

Winterset at Adel ADM, winner at Pella

REGION 4

Perry at Boone, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Storm Lake at Le Mars, winner at Sioux Center

REGION 5

Fort Madison at Keokuk, winner at Carlisle

Knoxville at Burlington, winner at North Scott

REGION 6

Marion at Decorah, winner at Central DeWitt

Western Dubuque at Clinton, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

REGION 7

Webster City at Mason City, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

Fort Dodge at Spencer, winner at MOC-Floyd Valley

REGION 8

Bondurant-Farrar at Ballard, winner at North Polk

Des Moines Hoover at Gilbert, winner at Solon

Class 3A

(Feb. 14, Feb. 18, Feb. 21)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Oelwein at Maquoketa

New Hampton at Osage

Bottom bracket

Charles City at Monticello

Dike-New Hartford at Alburnett

REGION 2

Top bracket

Saydel at Des Moines Christian

Clarinda at Shenandoah

Bottom bracket

Red Oak at Carroll Kuemper

Creston at Carroll

REGION 3

Top bracket

South Tama at Mount Vernon

Greene County at Benton Community

Bottom bracket

Vinton-Shellsburg at Center Point-Urbana

Iowa Falls-Alden at Roland-Story

REGION 4

Top bracket

North Fayette Valley at Dubuque Wahlert

Waukon at Crestwood

Bottom bracket

West Liberty at Tipton

Camanche at Anamosa

REGION 5

Top bracket

Albia at Williamsburg

Chariton at Washington

Bottom bracket

Fairfield at Mid-Prairie

Wilton at Davenport Assumption

REGION 6

Top bracket

Southeast Valley at Forest City

Estherville ELC at Humboldt

Bottom bracket

Eagle Grove at Clear Lake

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at Algona

REGION 7

Clarke at Monroe PCM

Van Meter at Pella Christian

Bottom bracket

Central Lee at Mediapolis

Davis County at Centerville

REGION 8

Top bracket

Okoboji at Spirit Lake

Atlantic at Ida Grove OABCIG

Bottom bracket

Sheldon at Cherokee

Western Christian at Unity Christian

Class 2A

(Feb. 14, Feb. 17, Feb. 20, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Top bracket

South Central Calhoun at Alta-Aurelia, winner at Rock Valley

South Hamilton at Ridge View

Bottom bracket

East Marshall at Colfax-Mingo, winner at Grand View Christian

South Hardin at West Marshall

REGION 2

Top bracket

Sibley-Ocheyedan at Hartley HMS, winner at Central Lyon

Marcus MMCRU at Pocahontas Area

Bottom bracket

Central Springs at Belmond-Klemme, winner at Sioux Central

West Fork at Garner GHV

REGION 3

Top bracket

West Burlington at Louisa-Muscatine, winner at Maquoketa Valley

West Branch at Bellevue

Bottom bracket

Northeast at Durant, winner at Cascade

Dyersville Beckman at MFL MarMac

REGION 4

Top bracket

Ogden at Madrid, winner at Hinton

Woodward-Granger at East Sac County

Bottom bracket

Panorama at West Central Valley, winner at Westwood

Earlham at Guthrie Center ACGC

REGION 5

Top bracket

Wapsie Valley at Sumner-Fredericksburg, winner at Denver

South Winneshiek at Jesup

Bottom bracket

Columbus Community at Danville, winner at Iowa City Regina

Lisbon at Sigourney

REGION 6

Top bracket

Interstate 35 at Central Decatur, winner at Oakland Riverside

Avoca AHSTW at Pleasantville

Bottom bracket

Cardinal at Eddyville EBF, winner at Nodaway Valley

Van Buren County at Mount Ayr

REGION 7

Top bracket

Logan-Magnolia at Tri-Center, winner at Treynor

Underwood at Southwest Valley

Bottom bracket

West Sioux at Missouri Valley, winner at West Lyon

Lawton-Branson at Mapleton MVAOCOU

REGION 8

Top bracket

Clarion CGD at Manson-NW Webster, winner at Emmetsburg

North Butler at Nashua-Plainfield

Bottom bracket

Waterloo Columbus at Union Community, winner at Grundy Center

Aplington-Parkersburg at Hudson

Class 1A

(Feb. 12, Feb. 17, Feb. 20, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Ankeny Christian at Paton-Churdan

IKM-Manning, bye

Martensdale-St. Marys at Baxter

Bottom bracket

Anita CAM, bye

Murray at Diagonal

Lamoni at Wayne

East Union at Southeast Warren

REGION 2

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Ackley AGWSR at Colo-Nesco

Kingsley-Pierson, bye

Storm Lake St. Mary’s at Fort Dodge St. Edmond

Bottom bracket

North Union, bye

South O’Brien at Harris-Lake Park

West Bend-Mallard at West Hancock

North Iowa at Mason City Newman

REGION 3

Top bracket

Council Bluffs St. Albert, bye

Essex at Sidney

Fremont-Mills, bye

Hamburg at Bedford

Bottom bracket

Coon Rapids-Bayard, bye

Ar-We-Va at Heartland Christian

Stanton at East Mills

Lenox at Griswold

REGION 4

Top bracket

Gladbrook-Reinbeck, bye

Iowa Valley at HLV-TC

Conrad BCLUW at BGM

Collins-Maxwell at Garwin GMG

Bottom bracket

Saint Ansgar, bye

North Tama at Janesville

Belle Plaine at Meskwaki

Cedar Ridge Christian at Clarksville

REGION 5

Top bracket

Lynnville-Sully, bye

Mormon Trail at Melcher-Dallas

Seymour at Pekin

Moulton-Udell at Moravia

Bottom bracket

Montezuma, bye

Fort Madison Holy Trinity at Burlington Notre Dame

New London at North Mahaska

Winfield-Mount Union at Keota

REGION 6

Top bracket

Springville, bye

Wapello at Lone Tree

Hillcrest Academy at Highland

WACO at English Valleys

Bottom bracket

Turkey Valley, bye

North Cedar at Easton Valley

Clinton Prince of Peace at Edgewood-Colesburg

Midland at Calamus-Wheatland

REGION 7

Top bracket

Dunkerton, bye

West Central at Tripoli

Cedar Valley Christian at North Linn

Don Bosco at East Buchanan

Bottom bracket

Lake Mills, bye

Riceville at Northwood-Kensett

Clayton Ridge at Bellevue Marquette

Elkader Central at Lansing Kee

REGION 8

Top bracket

Exira-EHK, bye

Woodbine at Boyer Valley

Siouxland Christian at Woodbury Central

West Monona at Glidden-Ralston

Bottom bracket

George-Little Rock, bye

Remsen St. Mary’s at Boyden-Hull

Akron-Westfield at Ruthven GTRA

Trinity Christian at Le Mars Gehlen

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com