DES MOINES — Make it 13 straight. If you are a Class 1A girls state basketball qualifier, when the brackets come out, you better hope you are not paired with Newell-Fonda. The second-seeded Mustangs 23-2) have now won 13 consecutive quarterfinal games and are 18-4 overall in school ...
DES MOINES — Sometimes the final score of a game isn’t indicative of what took place on the court. That’s exactly how the Bishop Garrigan girls (23-2 overall) felt after their 64-42 victory over Lansing Kee (17-8) in the opening round of the Class 1A basketball tournament on Wednesday ...
DES MOINES — The Emmetsburg girls dropped a heartbreaking 45-42 decision to Denver here Tuesday night in the Class 2A quarterfinals. Up by eight at the half, the E-Hawks were unable to regroup after the Cyclones took control in the third quarter. With the win, Denver (23-2 overall) ...
DES MOINES — When the girls state tournament brackets come out in March, it’s become common practice to see what line Newell-Fonda is on. The second-ranked Mustangs have been to nine straight tournaments, and this year, they enter as the second seed in Class 1A. “We have strong solid ...
DES MOINES — The Bishop Garrigan girls do not take qualifying for the state tournament for granted. The top-ranked (Class 1A) Golden Bears punched their seventh consecutive trip to the elite eight with a defensive-minded approach vs. Lake Mills in the regional championship. Now, they look ...
The 11th-ranked Iowa Central men have relied on their offense all season. But on Wednesday night with the season on the line, it was the defense that made all the big plays. Iowa Central erased a 15-point deficit and claimed the Region 11-B Tournament title inside a jam-packed Hodges ...
