Iowa High School Sports

Follow along for sporadic updates of Gazette area wrestlers and teams throughout the first day of the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Wednesday in Class 5A and 4A regional quarterfinals and Class 3A regional semifinals.

Class 4A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys’ basketball team appeared it might have a cakewalk Tuesday when it was discovered Cedar Rapids Xavier would have three starting players out ill. But the short-handed Saints hung around most of the game, a fourth-quarter run giving the Hawks a 57-42 victory.

3A #10 Xavier Saints vs. 4A #10 Prairie Hawks

Girls’ basketball: East Buchanan battles past Ed-Co, 60-53, in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal. Buccaneers prevail despite 24 points, 17 rebounds from the Vikings’ Lilee Boriskey.

Mount Vernon junior Jase Jaspers has posted runner-up finishes in his first two seasons. He entered his third state tournament as the top seed at 144 pounds in Class 2A, attempting to claim his first championship at the boys’ state wrestling tournament Wednesday through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

The 2025 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament is Wednesday through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Here’s a look at the schedule and how you can watch the action.

Here are five storylines to follow during the 2025 Iowa High School Athletic Association traditional state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.