The 2025 Iowa boys’ high school state basketball tournament smorgasbord: Brackets, predictions, top players and more for the coming week at Wells Fargo Arena.
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The 2025 Iowa boys’ high school state basketball tournament smorgasbord: Brackets, predictions, top players and more for the coming week at Wells Fargo Arena.
Girls’ state basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s ‘overdogs’ send Tom Lilly out as a state champion. Libby Fandel (36 points, 14 rebounds) is fantastic one final time, and the Saints claim the Class 4A crown, 66-47, over North Polk.
Capsules for Saturday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Cedar Rapids Xavier senior Jean Ngoma was the state runner-up at 215 pounds in Class 3A, earning his second state medal and posting a 38-1 record. he was voted All-Metro Athlete of the Year for boys’ wrestling.
Girls state basketball notes: Sifting through the top contenders for Miss Iowa Basketball 2025. Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel has elevated her resume at the state tournament this week.
Girls state basketball: Down five at halftime, Cedar Rapids Xavier motors past Norwalk 70-60. The Saints will face North Polk for the Class 4A championship at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Cedar Rapids-Marion All-Metro boys’ basketball team has been revealed
Capsules for Thursday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Girls state basketball: Libby Fandel’s record performance (37 points, 25 rebounds) carries Cedar Rapids Xavier past No. 1 Sioux City Heelan, 71-57, in a Class 4A quarterfinal.
Second-ranked Decorah led Cedar Rapids Xavier by 17 points in the third quarter of a Class 3A substate final Monday night at Decorah. But the Saints regrouped and rallied to win in overtime, 62-59.
Xavier Saints advance to state after a 62-59 overtime win over the Decorah Vikings
The eight boys’ state basketball tournament qualifiers in Class 4A will be determined Tuesday night around the state. The winners of the eight substate final games advance next week to Des Moines.
Capsules for Tuesday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
The Hawkeyes trailed by as many as 18 points against Illinois, but failed to complete the comeback for a second-straight game.
Pantini's talents have spread to other areas over the years. He can be heard announcing Coe football, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey and Cedar Rapids Kernels baseball, but his No. 1 priority has always been announcing for Linn-Mar.
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