Articles Tagged: Girls state basketball

Girls state basketball: One-and-done in 2022 and 2023, Iowa City Regina will make this stay an extended one. Regals battle past Maquoketa Valley, 53-47, in a Class 2A quarterfinal.

Capsules for Wednesday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

Girls state basketball: Maquoketa rallies from a 16-point deficit, but Dallas Center-Grimes gets it done at the end, 49-44.

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.

Girls state basketball: Williamsburg holds off Des Moines Christian 52-49 for its first state-tournament victory in school history.

Girls state basketball: Mount Vernon waxes West Marshall 75-19, returns to the Class 3A state semifinals. Freshman Savanna Wright hits 9 of 11 shots in a 23-point gem.

Girls state basketball: Waukee Northwest overturns a halftime deficit and sidelines Cedar Rapids Prairie, clinching an all-CIML final four in Class 5A.

Capsules for Tuesday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

Girls state basketball notes: Where will Johnston blue-chip recruit Jenica Lewis land? ‘It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing.’

Girls state basketball: Top-ranked Johnston bounces Iowa City Liberty 73-45 for its 50th consecutive win. Bolts conclude their best season in school history at 17-7.

Girls’ state basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel ranks as the second-leading scorer in Metro history. The Saints face No. 1 Sioux City Heelan in the 4A quarterfinals Tuesday. “I know this,” Xavier Coach Lilly said: “She’s not afraid of the big moment.”

The 2025 Iowa girls’ high school state basketball tournament smorgasbord: Brackets, predictions, top players and more for the coming week at Wells Fargo Arena.

Girls’ state basketball: A 21-2 advantage in second-chance points tells the tale in Newell-Fonda’s 66-48 Class 1A semifinal win over North Linn.

Girls’ state basketball: Solon’s furious, late, short-handed charge comes up just short. Sioux Center hangs on to win the Class 3A semifinal, 46-44.

Girls state basketball: Will Xavier Coach Tom Lilly step aside and leave on top? No way. “I’m coming back,” he said.