Girls state basketball: Four years after 1-20, Mount Vernon completes a steady climb to the summit. Mustangs top Dubuque Wahlert 47-36 for the Class 3A championship.
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Girls state basketball: Four years after 1-20, Mount Vernon completes a steady climb to the summit. Mustangs top Dubuque Wahlert 47-36 for the Class 3A championship.
See photos as the Mustangs defeated the Golden Eagles to win their second title.
Capsules for Saturday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Girls state basketball: Newell-Fonda scores the final 11 points, and tops North Linn, 48-38, in a Class 1A semifinal.
Girls state basketball: Iowa City Regina’s run ends in the Class 2A semifinals, 51-45 to Hinton. The Blackhawks will face Central Lyon in an all-Northwest Iowa championship game.
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.
Capsules for Friday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
University of Northern Iowa senior 141-pounder Cael Happel stopped pressuring himself and learned to enjoy competing, which helped him reach the Big 12 tournament finals a year ago. He is looking for his third NCAA tournament berth as the No. 2 seed at the conference tournament this weekend at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
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.
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