Five top Iowa girls basketball Class 2A 1A quarterfinals preview
Jeff Linder profiles key matchups as Class 2A and 1A regional quarterfinals unfold across the state led by top-ranked Regina and North Linn. Notable showdowns include Wapsie Valley at MFL MarMac and English Valleys against Iowa Valley, with rise of young rosters and standout scorers shaping the night.
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Iowa Valley
Lydia Kriegel
HSV
Tri-County
Tigers
English Valleys
Ben Lamparek
Iowa City
Regina
North Linn
Regals
Bellevue
North Tama
Maquoketa Valley
Montezuma
Springville
Wapsie Valley
MFL
Turkey Valley
Lansing
Kee
Upper Iowa
MarMac
Rankings steady as playoffs near in Iowa high school boys basketball
Iowa High School Athletic Association releases new rankings and postseason brackets for Class 3A and 4A. Cedar Falls leads 4A with a 17-2 record and substate hosting. Linn-Mar rises to 2nd in 4A with an 11 game win streak in a substate containing Dowling and Washington. Decorah stays 2nd in 3A behind Clear Lake, while Knoxville Ballard and Solon are seeded in 3A substate groups. First round byes go to top two seeds in each substate, with games Feb 24 and 28 dates noted.
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Turkey Valley
Addison Steinlage
Isabella Sitka
Addison Winters
Rylee Mudderman
Kee
Edgewood-Colesburg
Buchanan
Ed-Co
Buccaneers
East Buchanan
Tri-Rivers
Bucs
Laynee Hogan
Peyton Rose
Grace Long
Lilee Boriskey
Hillcrest Academy
Highland
Kamryn Fink
Huskies
Ravens
Cedar Rapids
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Cedar Falls
Davenport Central
Iowa City West
Linn-Mar
Prairie
Decorah
Vikings
Cedar Rapids Xavier
Dubuque Wahlert
Xavier
Clear Lake
Knoxville
Huxley Ballard
Storm Lake
Solon
Mount Vernon
CCA
Waverly Shell Rock
Marion
Payson Nietert
Ankeny
LaMarious Clark
Alliant Energy
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Otzelberger expects gritty rebounding to power ISU past Colorado
ISU aims for a third win over Colorado relying on daggers and hammers after Chatfield produced key offensive boards and a decisive 10-0 run. Otzelberger notes rebounding as the team’s season pillar with 18-1 when outrebounding foes and predicts more hard-nosed plays tonight.
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Jackson
ISU
Colorado
Cyclones
Buffaloes
UCF
Boulder
Otzelberger
Tad Boyle
Chatfield
Cincinnati
Iowa Faces No 3 UCLA After Narrow Big Ten Deficit
Iowa battles No 3 UCLA after a slow start and late surge that sent the game to overtime. McMahon scores 25, Cambridge a career high 16, while Iowa clings to a 69-57 lead before free throws and Olsen’s theatrics push the contest to OT and leave the Hawkeyes tied for 10th in the Big Ten with three games left.
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McMahon
Kennedy Cambridge
Hawkeyes
Ohio State
Addison O’grady
Olsen
Iowa
UCLA
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