Jeff Linder

North Linn ambushed Edgewood-Colesburg with a 24-2 second-quafter run and advanced to its sixth consecutive girls’ state basketball tournament with a 66-34 win in a Class 1A regional final.

No. 4 Iowa faces another hostile crowd Thursday at No. 14 Indiana. It’s a must-get if the Hawkeyes are to accomplish one of their key goals — a Big Ten regular-season championship.

Previewing Wednesday’s 2A and 1A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals: North Linn makes its 13th consecutive appearance, a 1A battle with Edgewood-Colesburg.

Grace Hannam anchored the back of Cedar Falls’ smothering defense, and the seventh-ranked Tigers turned back No. 11 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 45-35, in a Class 5A girls’ basketball regional final Tuesday night at Cedar Falls High School.

Preps: Jean Berger announces her upcoming retirement as IGHSAU executive director.

Seven area girls’ basketball teams are involved in Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals Tuesday. Six of them are making lengthy road trips.

Benton Community’s triangle-and-two stymied Monticello, 42-35, and the Bobcats earned their third consecutive girls’ state basketball tournament appearance.

No. 6 Iowa City Regina got a 3-pointer, a steal and a basket — all in the final 8 seconds of regulation — and topped Maquoketa Valley in overtime, 61-53, in a Class 2A girls’ basketball regional semifinal Friday night at Regina High School.

Benton Community hosts Monticello in a Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional-final showdown Saturday. Solon, Mount Vernon and Center Point-Urbana also chase state-tournament berths.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Friday in Class 2A and 1A regional semifinals.

Caitlin Clark’s career-high 49 points in Iowa’s 106-89 win over Michigan boosted her career total to 3,569 and past Kelsey Plum’s 3,527.

Caitlin Clark became the leading scorer in NCAA Division-I women’s basketball history Thursday night during Iowa’s game against Michigan.

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.

Once 2-10, Center Point-Urbana now is one win from the girls’ state basketball tournament after upending West Delaware in a Class 3A regional semifinal

Caitlin Clark is a virtual slam-dunk to become the leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball history Thursday, when the fourth-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes (22-3 overall, 11-2 Big Ten) host Michigan (16-9, 7-6).