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.
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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.
The Pinning Combination with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs
Capsules for Wednesday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Linn Mar Lions rally to beat West Des Moines Dowling 62-50. Lions qualify for state tournament for first time since 2012
The fifth-ranked Cougars put the clamps and pulled away from Davenport North in the second quarter, rolling to a 62-34 victory for the Class 4A Substate 6 championship Tuesday night at Kennedy. It is the Cougars fourth straight state berth.
The drought is over for the Linn-Mar boys’ basketball team. The Lions beat West Des Moines Dowling, 62-50, Tuesday night in a Class 4A substate final basketball game, qualifying for next week’s state tournament in Des Moines. Linn-Mar hasn’t been there since 2012.
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.
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