Jeff Johnson

Here are the upcoming Iowa high school boys’ basketball postseason games in all classes. Class 3A and 4A begins Monday, with district finals upcoming in Class 1A and 2A.

It’s set to be a historic basketball night in Iowa, so the Call It Both Ways podcast can only start this week’s episode by discussing Caitlin Clark on the verge of setting the NCAA women’s basketball scoring record. Then, it’s back to high school basketball and updates from the IHSAA and IGHSAU tournament trails.

Cascade’s Colin Rea has had his share of travails in his professional baseball career. But a good 2023 season with the Milwaukee Brewers earned him a 2024 contract and a spot in the starting pitching rotation.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets this week for the boys’ basketball postseason in Class 3A and 4A. Here’s an in-depth look at the substates containing schools from the Gazette area.

Preston Ries of Monticello and Holden Arnaman of West Branch are the boys’ basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the River Valley Conference.

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders head coach/general manager/president Mark Carlson is two wins shy of tying and three from breaking the United States Hockey League’s career coaching victories record. The Riders play three games this weekend.

Coming off a 44-win season that included making it to the NCAA tournament and winning a couple of games in it, the University of Iowa baseball team has a lot of expectations this season It also has a stacked starting pitching rotation led by first-round MLB draft hopeful Brody Brecht.

Lisbon and Central City played a Class 1A district boys’ basketball game Monday night at Lisbon in which both teams took turns going on offensive runs. In the end, a strong fourth quarter lifted the Lions to a 64-47 victory.

North Linn and Western Christian finish atop their respective classes, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its final boys’ basketball rankings of the season in Class 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Clear Lake remain top-ranked in Class 4A and 3A, which has one more set of rankings next week.

There were a few preliminary round Class 1A games Friday night, but the Iowa high school boys’ basketball postseason really gets cranking Monday night in 1A and Class 2A. Alburnett finished regular season on 14-game win streak and is a top seed in its 2A district.

Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.

The postseason in boys’ basketball is upon us. Opening-round district games in Class 1A begin Friday. Here’s a closer look at the districts and substates involving schools from The Gazette area.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team shot 70 percent from the field in the first half and went on to beat Iowa City West, 71-58, in a matchup of the first and second-ranked teams in Class 4A.

Forward Gavin Hain was a draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers who signed an ECHL contract with the Iowa Heartlanders in September. But he’s spent most of this hockey season in the American Hockey League with the Iowa Wild. He’s back in Coralville ... for now.

Top-seeded district boys’ basketball teams in Class 1A and 2A include Keota, Lansing Kee, North Linn, MFL MarMac, Monticello and Alburnett. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released all postseason brackets for the classes Monday afternoon.