Jeff Linder

Rivalry Saturday: Scott DeJong earns his 700th career victory in Ankeny Centennial’s 39-26 win over Pleasant Valley.

Rivalry Saturday: North Linn veterans make winning plays late, and the Lynx stretch their win streak to 27 with a 52-51 win over Riceville in a 1A top-five thriller.

Rivalry Saturday: Emily Larsen nails five first-half 3-pointers, and Cedar Rapids Prairie hold off Sioux City Heelan, 59-54, to win Bruce Dall’s debut with the Hawks.

Rivalry Saturday: No. 2 Mount Vernon avenges a Class 3A state-semifinal loss to No. 1 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 52-42.

Rivalry Saturday: Maquoketa Valley rallies from 9-point third quarter deficit, tops Montezuma, 38-35.

Rivalry Saturday: Williamsburg builds a 20-point lead, then holds off Monticello, 53-47, behind two late 3-pointers by Carly Rich.

Girls’ basketball: Reigning state champions Clear Creek Amana and North Linn take 26-game win streaks into Rivalry Saturday challenges.

Girls’ basketball: Tom Lilly will retire as Cedar Rapids Xavier coach following the 2024-25 season

What to know about Thursday and Friday’s Iowa women’s basketball games vs. Rhode Island and BYU.

Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes take unbeaten record, new ranking to Cancun Challenge. They’ll face Rhode Island on Thursday, BYU on Friday.

Freshman Addie McLaughlin scored 26 in her varsity girls’ basketball debut, and 2A No. 9 Iowa City Regina played its “most complete game” in Mary Rogers’ six years, a 79-59 whipping of Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Women’s basketball: Iowa allows four points in the second quarter, five in the third and puts a chill on Washington State, 72-43.

What to know about Sunday’s Iowa women’s basketball game vs. Washington State.

Women’s basketball: Glitz is down, grit might be up for this year’s reinvented, undefeated Hawkeyes.

Girls’ basketball: IGHSAU releases its preseason state rankings. Johnston, Sioux City Heelan, Estherville ELC, Eddyville EBF and Algona Garrigan are No. 1.