Girls' basketball: Area conference predictions

The Gazette's area conference predictions for 2017-18: 

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

1. Iowa City West

2. Linn-Mar

3. Cedar Rapids Xavier

4. Waterloo West

5. Cedar Rapids Jefferson

6. Waterloo East

7. Dubuque Wahlert

MVC VALLEY DIVISION

1. Iowa City High

2. Cedar Falls

3. Cedar Rapids Prairie

4. Cedar Rapids Washington

5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy

6. Dubuque Hempstead

7. Dubuque Senior

WAMAC EAST DIVISION

1. Western Dubuque

2. Mount Vernon

3. Anamosa

4. Maquoketa

5. DeWitt Central

6. Dyersville Beckman

7. West Delaware

8. Solon

WAMAC WEST DIVISION

1. Marion

2. Center Point-Urbana

3. South Tama

4. Clear Creek Amana

5. Williamsburg

6. Benton Community

7. Independence

8. Vinton-Shellsburg

RIVER VALLEY NORTH DIVISION

1. Cascade

2. Bellevue

3. Monticello

4. Camanche

5. North Cedar

5. Northeast

RIVER VALLEY SOUTH DIVISION

1. Iowa City Regina

2. Mid-Prairie

3. Wilton

4. West Branch

5. Tipton

6. Durant

7. West Liberty

TRI-RIVERS EAST DIVISION

1. Bellevue Marquette

2. Cedar Valley Christian

3. Easton Valley

4. Midland

5. Calamus-Wheatland

6. Lisbon

7. Clinton Prince of Peace

TRI-RIVERS WEST DIVISION

1. North Linn

2. Springville

3. Maquoketa Valley

4. Alburnett

5. East Buchanan

6. Central City

7. Edgewood-Colesburg

NORTHEAST IOWA

1. Crestwood

2. Waukon

3. Waverly-Shell Rock

4. New Hampton

5. Oelwein

6. Decorah

7. Charles City

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR EAST DIVISION

1. Sigourney

2. Iowa Valley

3. Belle Plaine

4. English Valleys

5. Tri-County

6. Keota

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR WEST DIVISION

1. Montezuma

2. North Mahaska

3. Lynnville-Sully

4. BGM

5. Colfax-Mingo

6. HLV

UPPER IOWA LARGE DIVISION

1. MFL MarMac

2. North Fayette Valley

3. Starmont

4. Clayton Ridge

5. South Winnesiek

UPPER IOWA SMALL DIVISION

1. Lansing Kee

2. Elkader Central

3. Turkey Valley

4. West Central

2017-18 Girls' basketball preview

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• Statewide rankings for all five classes

• Area players to watch

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