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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 2025

Page

14

Iowa High School Girls Basketball Playoff Preview Recap

Regional finals feature No. 15 Washington facing No. 2 Dowling after Washington’s 11 wins in 14 games and a 61-57 regional semifinal win. J.C. West meets No. 6 Prairie. Liberty led by Natalie Ramsey eyes first state berth. No. 14 City chases Des Moines return. 4A highlights include Maquoketa aiming for first state berth and CCA defending title with Lauren Walker and Avenue Lower.

C.R. Washington WDM Dowling Washington Warriors Bettendorf Lira Coumbia Samantha Becke Dowling Johnston J.C. West C.R. Prairie Prairie West State Hawks Emily Larsen Asia Beale Trojans Grace Fincham Iowa City Liberty Natalie Ramsey Bolts City Des Moines Clear Creek Amana Central DeWitt CCA Lauren Walker CCA Junior Avenue Lower

Area high school sports slate features regional finals and multiple tournaments

Girls basketball regional finals in 4A and 5A lead the schedule alongside district finals for 1A and 2A boys. State bowling in Cadillac Lanes Waterloo, college and pro games across basketball, hockey, baseball, and golf fill a busy day with Iowa and national matchups and radio listings.

Cadillac Lanes Waterloo Iowa Illinois Iowa State Oklahoma State American Rivers UCF Federal Way Wash UNI Wofford

Big Ten Michigan at Nebraska and other late college games

AP Top 25 No. 4 Houston at No. 10 Texas Tech and No. 15 Michigan at Nebraska headline several late schedule matchups across the Big Ten and Big 12 including Houston Colorado and Kansas but only partial listings remain.

Michigan Nebraska Houston Texas Tech Kansas Colorado Auburn Duke Flor Tennessee Alabam St. John’s Michigan State Iowa State Wisconsin Texas A Clemson Missouri Maryland Kentucky Memphis Louisville Purdue Marquette Arizona Saint Mary Mississippi State BYU Creighton Mississippi New Mexico Virginia Commonwealth Oregon UCLA Drake UC San Diego High Point Gonzaga Illinois Vanderbilt Utah State Yale

Class 3A Substate First Round Basketball Roundup

Cedar Rapids Xavier routed Maquoketa 74-35 and Decorah beat Clinton 77-52. Fort Madison defeated Washington 72-50. Mount Vernon 66, Fairfield 57. Several late games featured Waverly Shell Rock 96 over South Tama 37 and Charles City at Independence as Marion at DeWitt Central awaited results.

Metro/ Area Cedar Rapids Xavier Maquoketa Decorah Clinton Fort Madison Washington Iowa Mount Vernon Fairfield Benton Community Solon Waverly Shell Rock South Tama Charles City Independence Marion DeWitt Central Vinton-Shellsburg Center Point- Urbana West Delaware Cc-Amana W. Dubuque Dub. Wahlert Williamsburg Davenport Assumption

Iowa prep basketball regional finals slate listed

The schedule lists Class 5A Region 2 Region 5 Region 8 and others with matchups such as Cedar Rapids Washington at Dowling, Iowa City West at Cedar Rapids Prairie, Iowa City High at Liberty, Ames at Johnston, Ankeny at Waukee Northwest, Cedar Falls at Davenport North, Southeast Polk at Ankeny Centennial, Waukee at Pleasant Valley. Also Class 4A Regionals with Marion at Maquoketa, Clear Creek Amana at DeWitt, Waverly Shell Rock at Cedar Rapids Xavier, and more. Class 2A regional finals include Iowa City Regina Danville, Maquoketa Valley Denver, Central Lyon West Fork, and numerous other pairings at various sites.

C.R. Wash Waterloo West West Des Moines Dowling Iowa City West Davenport West Davenport Central) LLC Liberty Dave North Muscatine Waterloo East I.C. High Cedar Falls Ankeny Centennial Sioux City North Waukee Northwest Des Moines Roosevelt Sioux City West Sioux City Dallas Center Grimes Fort Dodge Ankeny Marshalltown Mason City Linn-Mar Norwalk Council Bluffs Jefferson Council Bluffs Lincoln Urbandale Ottumwa Mes Burlington North Scott Ate Dubuque D.M. East D.M. North Johnston Dub.Hempstead Bettndorf Cedar Rapids Prairie Indianola D.M. Lincoln Waukee SE Polk Adair-Casey Guthrie Center Ikm-Manning Aubucon Algona Garrigan Lake Mills Clear Lake Ankeny Christian Martensdale- St. Mary’s Indianola Bellevue Marquette Western Dubuque Boyden-Hull South O’brien Dike-New Hartford Madrid Lynnville-Sully Des Moines Lincoln Mmcra Newell-Fonda Sioux Central Remsen St. Mary’s St. Albert Denison Woodbine North Fayette Valley Aplington- Parkersburg Waterloo East State IHSAA Iowa High School Athletic Association West Des Moines Valley Cedar Rapids Kennedy Ames Cedar R Dubu MOC Floyd Valley Pell Clear Cedar Rapids Washington West Des Moines Dowling Cedar Rapids Prairie State Ames Northwes Davenport North Southeast Palk Centennial Pleasant Valley Marion Maquoketa Clear Creek Amana Central de- Witt Iowa City Regina Danville

Baylor Tops Kansas State In Big 12 Clash

Baylor defeats Kansas State 79 to 62 in a Big 12 game. No. 1 Texas dominates Georgia 57 to 26. No. 17 Baylor again beats No. 14 Kansas State 79 to 62, showcasing strong offense and defense.

Baylor Kansas State Texas Georgia

Saints chase state berth as Fandel leads comeback run

Xavier senior Libby Fandel and teammate Tom Lilly have driven a turn around for the Little Hawks. Fandel eclipsed 1,872 career points, second in Metro history, as Xavier reached the regional semifinal with a 41 point win over Decorah. Lilly retires after this season while Fandel graduates and eyes Kansas.

Waverly-Shell Rock C.R. Xavier Saints Go- Hawks Xavier Libby Fandel University of Kansas Decorah Fandel Metro MVC Mississippi Madden Wilson WSR Lizzy Frazell Saints Chase State Tom Lilly Lilly Kansas

IOWA college squads sweep in varied results

In Greenville and Wichita, Iowa schools posted wins and close tennis matches. Grinnell fell 12-8 to Greenville while Upper Iowa defeated William Jewell 7-5. Iowa routed Wichita State 4-1. Singles featured Demezkova Hayashida Pokorna and Kranholdt with wins for Iowa, while Demezkova/Vishwase and Kronholdt/Pokorna led in doubles as several matches remained unfinished.

Iowa Greenville Ill Grinnell Upper Iowa William Jewell WiChita Kan Wichita State Tereza Demezkova Xin Tong Wang WSU Dianne Hayashida Giorgia Roselli Marisa Schmidt Theodora Chantava Barbora Pokorna Tatyana Nikolenko Pia Kranholdt Kristina Kudryavtseva Anne Knuettel Nikita Vishwase Kudryavtseva Kronholdt Pokorna Rubakirova Nikolenko

Pro basketball Sunday and Monday results wrap up

New Orleans defeated San Antonio 114 to 94 while Oklahoma City beat Minnesota 130 to 123. Monday night slate included Brooklyn at Washington, Chicago at Philadelphia, Denver at Indiana, L A Clippers at Detroit, Miami at Atlanta, Minnesota at Oklahoma City, Portland at Utah, Charlotte at Sacramento. Tonight Boston visits Toronto at 6, Cleveland hosts Orlando at 6:30, Milwaukee meets Houston at 7, Phoenix plays Memphis at 7, San Antonio visits New Orleans at 7, Charlotte visits Golden State at 9, Dallas travels to Los Angeles Lakers at 9.

Blackhawks Utah Chicago MLB Diamondbacks Cubs Virginia Commonwealth Richmond CBS Sports Network Duke Miami ESPN Baylor Cincinnati ESPN2 Providence Marquette TCU West Virginia Mississippi State Alabama South Carolina Missouri ESPNU Iowa Illinois Gonzaga Santa Clara New Mexico San Diego State Crystal Palace Aston Villa USA Celtic Aberdeen Northwestern Syracuse In the Bay Golf Club Jupiter Links Golf Club New Orleans San Antonio Oklahoma City Minnesota Brooklyn Washington Philadelphia Denver Indiana L.A. Clippers Detroit Atlanta Portland Charlotte Sacramento Boston Toronto Cleveland Orlando Milwaukee Houston Phoenix Memphis Golden State Dallas L.A. Lakers

AHL Toronto 5, Chicago 2 results in hockey slate

NHL style scores show Toronto defeating Chicago 5 to 2 in a contained AHL presentation. Other games see Dallas 4, New York Islanders 3 and Calgary 3 with San Jose 2. Many late games listed include Vancouver at San Jose, Vegas at Los Angeles, Anaheim at Buffalo and more across the 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. window.

Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta NASCAR Cup Race Results

Christopher Bell leads in Atlanta Motor Speedway race with 266 laps, 40 points. Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson finish near the front. Jamie, Hamlin, Busch, Chastain, Wallace, and Nemechek also in top ten. Several drivers hit incidents or accidents ending their races early.

Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton Christopher Bell Toyota Carson Hocevar Chevrolet Kyle Larson Ryan Blaney Ford Ricky Stenhouse Jr Denny Hamlin Kyle Busch Ross Chastain Bubba Wallace John H. Nemechek Zane Smith Joey Logano Michael McDowell AJ Allmendinger Todd Gilliland Austin Dillon Riley Herbst Ryan Preece Tyler Reddick Chase Elliott Chase Briscoe BJ McLeod Shane van Gisbergen Justin Haley Josh Berry Accident Alex Bowman William Byron Austin Cindric Ty Dillon Chris Buescher Erik Jones Ty Gibbs Daniel Suarez Noah Grayson Cody Ware Cole Custer JJ Yeley Corey LaJoie Brad Keselowski

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