The 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament continues Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines with six more semifinal games. Stay up to date with scores, stats and more here throughout the day.
The Western Christian Wolfpack defeated the Monticello Panthers 69-44 in the Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball quarterfinals.
Monticello’s boys’ basketball team went cold offensively in the second half, which allowed Western Christian to post a 69-44 win in a Class 2A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday. This was Monti’s fourth straight appearance at state.
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There was a bit of an upheaval at the top in Class 2A this week in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s official boys’ basketball rankings. Western Christian moved up from to the top spot after losses by previous No. 1 Central Lyon and No. 2 Aplington-Parkersburg. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Bondurant-Farrar and Grand View Christian remained atop their respective classes.
Western Christian beat Dike-New Hartford to win the Class 2A state volleyball championship.
Second-ranked Western Christian rallied from fifth-set deficits of 13-9 and 14-11 and knocked off No. 1 Dike-New Hartford in a Class 2A title-match thriller, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21, 13-25, 16-14, at the state volleyball tournament Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena.
Western Christian was business-like in dismantling Eddyville EBF, 25-16, 25-21, 25-11 in a Class 2A state volleyball semifinal Wednesday at Xtream Arena. The Wolfpack will get another crack at Dike-New Hartford, which has won the last two 2A crowns.
Western Christian swept Eddyville EBF in a Class 2A Iowa high school state volleyball semifinal.
No. 2 Western Christian came into Tuesday's Class 2A quarterfinal match with No. 8 Sumner-Fredericksburg as a prohibitive favorite. The Wolfpack left the court following the match victorious, but not without some anxious moments.
Western Christian beat Sumner-Fredericksburg in a Class 2A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal.
North Linn’s football team lost starting quarterback Tate Haughenbury to mononucleosis at the end of the regular season. But the Lynx still have won two playoff games, including 28-14, Friday night over Mason City Newman. North Linn is in the quarterfinals for the second time in school history.
Iowa City Liberty, Marion, Mount Vernon, Dike-New Hartford and North Tama are No. 1 in The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school volleyball rankings.
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