Jeff Johnson

A great season, a great game, the all-tournament MVP ... Cedar Rapids Xavier got virtually everything, except a win, as Bondurant-Farrar rallied for a 58-55 win in the Class 3A state championship game.

The size, the tremendous point guard, it was too much for North Linn in Friday afternoon’s Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball championship basketball game. Grand View Christian claimed its fourth title in seven years with a 63-46 win.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ basketball team used a 15-0 run in the first quarter to build a lead it never relinquished Thursday afternoon, as it beat Sioux City Heelan, 72-59, in the Class 3A state tournament semifinals.

A look at Championship Friday at the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament.

Here’s a look at what happened Thursday at the boys’ state basketball tournament.

North Linn’s boys’ basketball team rallied from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter Wednesday night to stun Remsen St. Mary’s, 52-50, in a Class 1A state tournament semifinal. It’s the sixth championship game in a row for the Lynx.

Waukee, Waukee Northwest roll in Class 4A.

A look at Thursday’s games at the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament.

Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy lost to Pleasant Valley in a Class 4A boys’ state basketball tournament quarterfinal, 57-45.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ basketball team knocked off Des Moines Hoover, many people’s Cinderella, to win a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night, 49-38. The Saints are in the semifinals for the first time since 2018, the last of four straight appearances there.

Sioux City Heelan used a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter to pull away and beat Marion, 68-59, in a Class 3A state basketball tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night. The Wolves were seeking the school’s first state tourney win since 1952, losing in last year’s quarterfinals in overtime.

Top-seeded Bondurant-Farrar rolls in its Class 3A quarterfinal.

Monticello’s boys’ basketball team went cold offensively in the second half, which allowed Western Christian to post a 69-44 win in a Class 2A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday. This was Monti’s fourth straight appearance at state.

Iowa boys’ state basketball tournament: A closer look at Wednesday’s games, including the Class 4A quarterfinals and Class 1A semifinals.

One of three schools from the Little Hawkeye Conference at this year’s boys’ state basketball tournament, Pella Christian knocked off a game MFL MarMac, 61-54, in a Class 2A quarterfinal Monday night