There are five Class 4A substate semifinal basketball games on tap Friday night involving schools from Cedar Rapids (Marion) and Iowa City.
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There are five Class 4A substate semifinal basketball games on tap Friday night involving schools from Cedar Rapids (Marion) and Iowa City.
After falling one game short of the state tournament in each of their first three varsity campaigns, the Trojans’ upperclassmen had one last shot to get to Des Moines.
Girls basketball: Eight games will determine area state-tournament representation in 5A and 4A.
Iowa City West’s Diego Robertty reached the championship match in his first opportunity and Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Louden Bloxham made a run to the title bout in his last chance. Both finished as state runners-up at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Saturday at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
Iowa City West Diego Robertty and Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Louden Bloxham were victorious in semifinal bouts at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Friday night at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
Cascade’s Bryce Carroll beat Fort Dodge St. Edmond’s Matthew Crimmins in the 144-pound quarterfinal to earn his first medal Friday at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament. He has been inspired by his dad, Bob, who was diagnosed with cancer last year.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Louden Bloxham suffered a leg injury that kept him off the mat up to a month of the state tournament. He turned the hurt into hardware with a win in the 190-pound quarterfinal of the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Thursday at Casey’s Center ini Des Moines.
Iowa City West freshman Diego Robertty needed just 43 seconds for a pin in his Class 3A state wrestling tournament debut Wednesday at Casey’s Center in Des Moines. He has carried on the family tradition that includes two Olympian parents.
Here is a breakdown, including top qualifiers, synopsis and predictions, of each class at the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament Wednesday through Saturday at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
District wrestling team assignments and host sites for all classes. Postseason begins Saturday, February 14, 2026
Girls basketball notes: Rowan Jacobi reaches the 2,000-point career benchmark in Springville’s regular-season finale.
While the top-seeded Reyes finished the season at 43-1 and pinned No. 2-seed Delilah Subsin of Ottumwa in two minutes for the 235 crown, improvement was needed to make it happen.
Linn-Mar’s Kate Seery was reminded of coming up shy of the finals in her past state wrestling tournament appearance. She changed that by reaching the 115-pound championship match at the Class 2A state meet Friday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Joshua Jefferson, the fourth-ranked Cyclones’ dextrous and dominant 6-9, 240-pound senior forward, does so many things well, it’s difficult to highlight a single positive trait above all the others.
There are 16 boys basketball substate final games on tap in the state of Iowa on Saturday. That would be eight each in Class 1A and 2A. Those 16 winners qualify for the state tournament.
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