State GBB: Our predictions

Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG picks the winners at the 2013 girls state basketball tournament:

CLASS 5A

QuarterfinalsCedar Rapids Washington 48, Ankeny 45Southeast Polk 52, Muscatine 48Des Moines East 46, West Des Moines Dowling 37Iowa City West 55, Mason City 53

SemifinalsSoutheast Polk 61, Cedar Rapids Washington 54Des Moines East 54, Iowa City West 48

ChampionshipDes Moines East 47, Southeast Polk 46

CLASS 4A

QuarterfinalsBenton Community 44, Harlan 39Waverly-Shell Rock 53, Winterset 46Cedar Rapids Xavier 39, Lewis Central 31Sioux City Heelan 62, Dubuque Wahlert 44

SemifinalsBenton Community 49, Waverly-Shell Rock 47Sioux City Heelan 47, Cedar Rapids Xavier 42

ChampionshipSioux City Heelan 53, Benton Community 47

CLASS 3A

QuarterfinalsDavenport Assumption 64, Red Oak 37Cascade 37, Bondurant-Farrar 33MOC-Floyd Valley 57, Mid-Prairie 43Estherville-Lincoln Central 56, Spirit Lake 45

SemifinalsDavenport Assumption 52, Cascade 35MOC-Floyd Valley 60, Estherville-Lincoln Central 53

ChampionshipDavenport Assumption 65, MOC-Floyd Valley 59

CLASS 2A

QuarterfinalsWestern Christian 72, Pella Christian 49Aplington-Parkersburg 45, Panorama 41Lawton-Bronson 60, Iowa City Regina 46IKM-Manning 54, Maquoketa Valley 43

SemifinalsWestern Christian 66, Aplington-Parkersburg 48Lawton-Bronson 64, IKM-Manning 59

ChampionshipWestern Christian 57, Lawton-Bronson 44

CLASS 1A

QuarterfinalsNewell-Fonda 65, Villisca 41Ar-We-Va 48, Bellevue Marquette 34Burlington Notre Dame 60, Colo-Nesco 52Central Lyon 62, Earlham 43

SemifinalsNewell-Fonda 57, Ar-We-Va 49Central Lyon 60, Burlington Notre Dame 55

ChampionshipNewell-Fonda 51, Central Lyon 47