Jeff Johnson

These kids are just winners. Williamsburg won a state football championship this past fall, won a state track and field championship last spring. It beat Keokuk, 51-40, in a Class 3A substate final boys’ basketball game Monday night, giving it a chance now to win a title in that sport, too.

Iowa City West forward Jack McCaffery is arguably the top junior basketball player in the state. But the youngest son of University of Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery has his sights set on playing college ball elsewhere.

Eight teams clinch spots in the boys’ basketball state tournament Tuesday night, as Class 4A substate games are conducted. That includes a double-header at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Eight teams clinch spots in the boys’ basketball state tournament Monday night, as Class 3A substate games are conducted. That includes a double-header at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

North Linn won its Class 1A boys’ basketball substate final Saturday night, while Lansing Kee lost. Iowa City Regina upset Pella Christian in a 2A substate final, while North Fayette Valley and Cascade lost their games.

North Linn’s boys’ basketball program has been on an incredible run. It’s a run that continued Saturday night after a 74-59 Class 1A substate final win over West Fork. The top-ranked Lynx are in the state tournament now for an eighth consecutive year. They have been in a state championship game six straight years, with a chance to make it seven.

The Iowa City West boys’ basketball team that ended the regular season exactly a week ago with a pretty horrid double-digit loss at Dubuque Senior wasn’t the Iowa City West boys’ basketball team that played Friday night. The Trojans were relatively healthy, locked in and ended up blowing away Davenport North, 90-50, in a Class 4A substate semifinal at West.

Here is an updated look at upcoming Iowa high school boys’ basketball postseason games in all classes. There are Class 2A and 1A substate finals Saturday, Class 3A substate finals Monday.

There will be 16 teams in Class 1A and 2A clinching berths Saturday night to the boys’ state basketball tournament. Here’s a look at the substate final games involving area schools.

Marion and Maquoketa waged a memorable battle Thursday night in their Class 3A substate semifinal at Marion. The Wolves simply outlasted the Cardinals, 97-95, in four overtimes to advance to substate final Monday against Davenport Assumption

The field is set for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament and the Call It Both Ways podcast takes a class-by-class look at what to expect on this week’s episode.

Lansing Kee won the Upper Iowa Conference in boys’ basketball this season for the first time. The Hawks have three players on the league’s all-conference team, including unanimous first-teamers Jordan Cota and Dalton Mudderman.

Michael Martin and Eddie Petersen made 8 of 9 free throws in the final minute as Iowa City Regina beat Alburnett, 55-51, Tuesday night in a Class 2A district final boys’ basketball game.

The lease for the ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena in Coralville runs out at the end of this season. Team president Matt Getz said he is confident in an extension and excited about an uptick in home attendance since Christmas.

Here is a look at Monday night’s boys’ basketball postseason scoreboard and a look at the upcoming postseason schedule for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.