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West Des Moines Valley, Ankeny, Bettendorf advance to Class 4A semifinals of the 2024 Iowa boys’ state basketball tournament.

Bettendorf beat No. 7 Iowa City West 55-52 in overtime in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate final Tuesday night at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids to advance to the state tournament.

There were multiple times Tuesday night where it felt like Iowa City West’s boys’ basketball team was on the verge of putting away Bettendorf in their Class 4A substate final at Alliant Energy PowerHouse. But the Trojans never did, and ended up losing in overtime, 55-52.

The last eight spots in the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament were earned Tuesday night in Class 4A substate finals. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s scores, plus the 4A state tournament bracket and schedule released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Eight teams clinch spots in the boys’ basketball state tournament Tuesday night, as Class 4A substate games are conducted. That includes a double-header at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Here is a class-by-class breakdown of the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Don Bosco won the last four matches to beat top-seeded Alburnett for the Class 1A title. Creston won its first title since 2007, winning the final match for a 36-33 win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Southeast Polk rolled through the 3A field

The seven-game MVC-CIML Shootout boys’ basketball event went down Saturday at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids. In one of the marquee games of the inaugural event, defending Class 4A defending champion West Des Moines Valley used a fourth-quarter spurt to down Linn-Mar in a matchup of the second and fourth-ranked teams. Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy also beat No. 7 Waukee.

The MVC-CIML Crossover Shootout event is January 6 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids. It features seven games, most of them pitting a school from the Central Iowa Metro League against one from either the Mississippi Valley Conference or Mississippi Athletic Conference

West Delaware Coach had an interesting analogy to describe his team. They resemble farm dogs chasing passing cars, trying to run down their best performances. The Hawks won the South Winn Invitational and hits a challenging stretch of duals this week.

Bradley Hill has grown from a young Hawkeye fan to a state and national champion wrestler at Bettendorf High School to a starter for No. 4 Iowa. The redshirt freshman will take the mat again for Friday’s home dual against Columbia on Friday night, beginning at 7.

Who will advance to the UNI-Dome? Those 28 state semifinal spots will be determined this week. We preview the Iowa high school state football quarterfinals on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

All seven classes will compete in the Iowa high school football postseason Friday. Here are some of the Gazette-area’s Round of 16 games.

Class 5A eighth-ranked Bettendorf ran, defended the run and whipped No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 35-8, at rainy John Wall Field on Friday.

See photos from Cedar Rapids Prairie’s football game against Bettendorf