Marion beat Maquoketa 97-95 in four overtimes in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate semifinal game Thursday night at Marion.
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Marion beat Maquoketa 97-95 in four overtimes in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate semifinal game Thursday night at Marion.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Decorah were ranked No. 1 in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s first boys’ basketball poll of the season back in late December. They have ended the regular season ranked No. 1 in their respective classes.
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.
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.
Ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, Clear Creek Amana got some big moments from Lena Evans down the stretch, some big boards by both of it big girls, and held off No. 11 Marion, 66-58, in a Wamac Conference cross-division girls’ basketball game Friday night at Clear Creek Amana High School.
Girls’ basketball: Examining the regional brackets in 5A and 4A.
Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Status quo from last week to this week; Clear Creek Amana remains a firm No. 1.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team lost a couple of weeks ago to Alburnett and slipped from first to second in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s rankings in Class 1A. The Lynx went from second to third last week despite not losing. But a 69-60 win this past Friday night at then-No. 1 Bellevue Marquette has moved North Linn back to the top spot in the class this week.
Despite an overtime loss at West Des Moines Valley, Cedar Rapids Prairie continues to climb in The Gazette’s area high school girls’ basketball Super Ten rankings.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy notched an impressive 60-43 win Saturday afternoon over fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley to put a stranglehold on the top spot in Class 4A in this week’s Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings. The other No. 1s remain the same: Bellevue Marquette in 1A, West Lyon in 2A and Clear Lake in 3A.
Marion, led by senior Jacob Shaffer, took home first place in Saturday’s 18-team (all classes) Independence Baker Tournament at Cadillac XBC in Waterloo. The Wolves have big goals for the postseason.
See photos from the 2024 Wamac Conference boys’ wrestling tournament at Williamsburg High School. Mount Vernon claimed its first team title.
The Class 4A boys’ rankings saw a big shake-up this week (though Cedar Rapids Kennedy is still the clear No. 1) and that leads this episode of Call It Both Ways, a podcast about Iowa high school basketball.
Iowa State and Iowa remained at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, and UNI climbed to No. 12 in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association NCAA Division I dual rankings. American Rivers Conference well represented in NCAA D-III poll.
Women’s basketball: Emely Rodriguez is ‘still day-to-day,’ and still a member of the Hawkeyes ‘as of right now’
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