Jeff Linder

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.

Girls’ basketball: A five-time state-championship coach (four at Dike-New Hartford), Bruce Dall inherits a team at Cedar Rapids Prairie that was 16-5 last season and returns its top four scorers.

Girls’ basketball 2024-25: Preseason area Super Ten teams to watch. Mount Vernon, Clear Creek Amana, Cedar Rapids Prairie look like three of the area’s best.

Girls’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season, including six first-team all-staters.

Women’s basketball: Iowa holds Kansas to four points in the first quarter, improves to 5-0 with a 71-58 victory at Sioux Falls.