IHSAA releases 2019 boys' basketball substate assignments for Class 3A, 4A

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Iowa High School Athletic Association released boys' basketball substates for Class 3A and 4A Friday, and the power seems to be split up.

Defending champion Cedar Falls is the favorite in 4A Substate 3, though Linn-Mar, Waterloo East and Waterloo West are capable teams. CF is ranked eighth by The Gazette.

In 4A-4, you have two very good teams in third-ranked Bettendorf and No. 7 Dubuque Senior. In Class 4A Substate 5, top-ranked North Scott is joined by Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Muscatine, Dubuque Hempstead and Pleasant Valley.

4A-6 is the other Eastern Iowa substate and consists of ninth-ranked Iowa City West, fifth-ranked Davenport Central, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Davenport West, Ottumwa and Burlington.

In Class 3A, the Gazette area has schools in four substates as well. Metro mates Marion and Cedar Rapids Xavier have been split up for a second straight year, with Marion in a substate that features top-ranked Maquoketa, among others.

Xavier is in an evenly matched substate with no ranked teams.

Postseason assignments for Class 1A and Class 2A were released last week.

Class 4A

Substate 1: Council Bluffs Jefferson, Council Bluffs Lincoln, Lewis Central, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West

Substate 2: Ames, Des Moines Lincoln, Des Moines North, Marshalltown, Mason City, Urbandale

Substate 3: Cedar Falls, Iowa City High, Linn-Mar, Waterloo East, Waterloo West, Western Dubuque

Substate 4: Bettendorf, Cedar Rapids Washington, Clinton, Davenport North, Dubuque Senior, Iowa City Liberty

Substate 5: Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Dubuque Hempstead, Muscatine, North Scott, Pleasant Valley

Substate 6: Burlington, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Davenport Central, Davenport West, Iowa City West, Ottumwa

Substate 7: Ankeny, Des Moines Roosevelt, Indianola, Southeast Polk, West Des Moines Dowling, West Des Moines Valley

Substate 8: Ankeny Centennial, Des Moines East, Des Moines Hoover, Fort Dodge, Johnston, Waukee

Class 3A

Substate 1: Humboldt, Le Mars, MOC-Floyd Valley, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Sioux City Heelan, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Substate 2: Algona, Charles City, Clear Lake, Decorah, Hampton-Dumont/CAL, Iowa Falls-Alden, Waverly-Shell Rock, Webster City

Substate 3: Benton Community, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Center Point-Urbana, Clear Creek-Amana, Davenport Assumption, Vinton-Shellsburg, West Delaware, West Liberty

Substate 4: Anamosa, DeWitt Central, Dubuque Wahlert, Independence, Maquoketa, Marion, Mount Vernon, Solon

Substate 5: Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, South Tama, Washington (Iowa)

Substate 6: Ballard, Bondurant-Farrar, Carlisle, Grinnell, Knoxville, Nevada, Newton, Pella

Substate 7: Adel ADM, Boone, Clarke, Dallas Center-Grimes, Gilbert, North Polk, Norwalk, Saydel

Substate 8: Atlantic, Carroll, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan, Perry, Winterset

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