Girls' basketball 2010-11: A look at the area leagues

Here's a preliminary set of predictions for the area girls' basketball conferences next year:

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

1. Linn-Mar, 2. Iowa City High, 3. Cedar Rapids Washington, 4. Waterloo West, 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 6. Dubuque Senior, 7. Waterloo East.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION

1. Iowa City West, 2. Dubuque Wahlert, 3. Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 4. Cedar Rapids Xavier, 5. Cedar Falls, 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 7. Dubuque Hempstead.

WAMAC EAST DIVISION

1. DeWitt Central, 2. Mount Vernon, 3. Solon, 4. Anamosa, 5. Maquoketa, 6. West Delaware, 7. Western Dubuque, 8. Dyersville Beckman.

WAMAC WEST DIVISION

1. Williamsburg, 2. Benton Community, 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 4. Center Point-Urbana, 5. Waterloo Columbus, 6. Marion, 7. Independence, 8. Clear Creek Amana.

CEDAR VALLEY

1. West Branch, 2. Iowa City Regina, 3. Wilton, 4. Tipton, 5. Mid-Prairie, 6. Durant, 7. North Cedar, 8. West Liberty.

BIG EAST

1. Clinton Prince of Peace, 2. Preston, 3. Camanche, 4. Northeast, 5. East Central, 6. Bellevue Marquette, 7. Bellevue, 8. Lisbon, 9. Andrew, 10. Midland, 11. Calamus-Wheatland.

NORTHEAST IOWA

1. Charles City, 2. Waverly-Shell Rock, 3. Crestwood, 4. Waukon, 5. Decorah, 6. New Hampton, 7. Oelwein.

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR

1. North Mahaska, 2. Lynnville-Sully, 3. Iowa Valley, 4. Belle Plaine, 5. Keota, 6. Montezuma, 7. English Valleys, 8. BGM, 9. Sigourney, 10. HLV, 11. Tri-County.

TRI-RIVERS

1. Maquoketa Valley, 2. North Linn, 3. Monticello, 4. Edgewood-Colesburg, 5. Cascade, 6. Central City, 7. Springville, 8. Alburnett, 9. Starmont, 10. East Buchanan.

UPPER IOWA

1. South Winneshiek, 2. MFL MarMac, 3. Valley Community, 4. Sumner-Fredericksburg, 5. Postville, 6. Turkey Valley, 7. Elkader Central, 8. North Fayette, 9. Lansing Kee, 10. West Central, 11. Clayton Ridge.