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.
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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.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Decorah were ranked No. 1 in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s first boys’ basketball poll of the season back in late December. They have ended the regular season ranked No. 1 in their respective classes.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets this week for the boys’ basketball postseason in Class 3A and 4A. Here’s an in-depth look at the substates containing schools from the Gazette area.
Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Wednesday in Class 5A and 4A regional quarterfinals and 3A regional semifinals.
North Linn and Western Christian finish atop their respective classes, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its final boys’ basketball rankings of the season in Class 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Clear Lake remain top-ranked in Class 4A and 3A, which has one more set of rankings next week.
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Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team shot 70 percent from the field in the first half and went on to beat Iowa City West, 71-58, in a matchup of the first and second-ranked teams in Class 4A.
Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat No. 2 Iowa City West, 71-57, in a boys’ basketball game Tuesday night in Iowa City.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team lost a couple of weeks ago to Alburnett and slipped from first to second in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s rankings in Class 1A. The Lynx went from second to third last week despite not losing. But a 69-60 win this past Friday night at then-No. 1 Bellevue Marquette has moved North Linn back to the top spot in the class this week.
West Liberty’s Silvia Garcia-Vasquez placed third at state last year with her lone loss coming to Sioux City North’s runner-up Molly Sek. She got revenge Thursday, pinning the top seed in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union 115-pound state quarterfinals. Garcia-Vasquez was joined in the quarterfinals by sisters, Dionni and Bricsia.
Sigourney’s Reanah Utterback has placed at the IHSAA state tournament. She is competing in the IGHSAU state tournament this season and opened with two pins quicker than a minute Thursday morning.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy notched an impressive 60-43 win Saturday afternoon over fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley to put a stranglehold on the top spot in Class 4A in this week’s Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings. The other No. 1s remain the same: Bellevue Marquette in 1A, West Lyon in 2A and Clear Lake in 3A.
The West Michigan Whitecaps had the best overall record in minor league baseball after the regular season. The Caps won all four playoff games, including 3-1 Tuesday night over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium to win the 2025 Midwest League championship. West Michigan finished 96-39 overall, playoffs included.
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