Class 1AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 8North Linn 77, South Winneshiek 52             Montezuma 64, Lake Mills 61 (ot)Martensdale-SM 51, Easton Valley 45 (ot)    Grand View Christian 54, Remsen St.

 DES MOINES (March 9) -- Led by first-teamer Macy Emgarten of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, four area student-athletes were recognized this week on the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association’s 2021 Girls Basketball All-State teams. Emgarten, a 5-foot-11 junior, was named to the Class 1A First Team while teammate Quinn Grubbs, a 5’5” sophomore, was named to the Class 1A Second Team.

 HARLAN (March 5) -- The Harlan Community School District’s second annual Special Olympics Iowa Unified Champion Schools Inclusion Game was a huge success last Friday night at the HCHS gymnasium. The event featured two basketball games.

More area photos from the Girls State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena (March 1-6)
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton SpartansClass 1A State Semi-finalist • 24-1 Final RecordState Results: def. MMCRU 60-55; lost to Bishop Garrigan 57-35
Harlan Community CyclonesClass 4A State Qualifier • 17-6 Final RecordState Results: lost to Ballard 38-27

 DES MOINES (March 5) -- A remarkable season came to a close Friday afternoon for a determined team that just kept on doing “more with less.” Facing top-ranked Algona Bishop Garrigan in the Class 1A state semifinals, the No.

 DES MOINES (March 5) -- With five seconds left in Friday’s state semifinal loss to Bishop Garrigan, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton head coach Tom Petersen called one final timeout. Guard Tatum Grubbs, the lone senior on the Spartans’ eight-girl roster, had just scored a breakaway layup after making a 3-pointer less than two minutes earlier. It was a 30-second timeout, and Petersen spent most of those seconds giving Grubbs a heartfelt embrace as E-

 DES MOINES (March 6) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore Quinn Grubbs was one of six players named to the Class 1A All-Tournament Team following the championship game of the 2021 Girls State Basketball Tournament Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. In two state tourney games last week, Grubbs totaled 33 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals.

 DES MOINES -- Attending the state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena has become somewhat of a tradition for the Rodger and Beth Rasmussen family of Elk Horn. In 2011, the Rasmussen’s two sons - Ryon, a senior at the time, and Dayton, a junior - were key members of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s boys basketball state qualifier. Starting in 2015, oldest daughter Maggie went to the state tournament three years in a row - making the semifina

Class 5AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 1Waukee 60, Dowling Catholic 37       Johnston 71, Cedar Falls 64    Ankeny Centennial 47, SE Polk 45    Iowa City West 65, Waterloo West 63Semifinal Scores: Thursday, March 4Waukee 50, Ankeny Centennial 29    Johnston 52, Iowa City West 47Championship Game: Friday, March 5#1 Waukee 71, #2 Johnston 43Second state title for Waukee (13-1); Johnston finishes 18-2

    DES MOINES (March 3) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton may not be the tallest team at the Class 1A girls state basketball tournament, or the most athletic...

    DES MOINES (March 2) -- On the defensive side of the ball, the Harlan Community girls looked every bit the part of a state semifinal-caliber team. Offensively, the Cyclones simply struggled to put the ball in the basket against perhaps the top defensive squad in all of Class 4A. Second-ranked Ballard was as good as advertised inside Wells Fargo Arena, using two different presses to force 15 turnovers and holding HCHS to 29 percent shooting

Class 5AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 1Waukee 60, Dowling Catholic 37       Johnston 71, Cedar Falls 64    Ankeny Centennial 47, SE Polk 45    Iowa City West 65, Waterloo West 63Semifinals: Thursday, March 410:00 a.m. - #1 Waukee (11-1) vs. #5 Ankeny Centennial (16-2)12:00 p.m. - #2 Johnston (17-1) vs. #6 Iowa City West (14-3)Championship Game: Friday, March 5, 7:00 p.m.

    DES MOINES (March 2) -- When the Harlan Community girls basketball team played at Ballard last January, it was a night to quickly forget. The Cyclones lost 58-20, making only 7-of-31 total field goals while the Bombers hit 9-of-21 threes and had 20 steals defensively. On Tuesday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena, HCHS (17-5) will get another shot at Ballard (21-1) when the two teams meet in a Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal game at 3:0

 DES MOINES (March 3) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton is making its fifth trip in seven years to the Girls State Basketball Tournament this week.

 ATLANTIC (Feb. 24) -- For the first 13 minutes of Wednesday’s Class 2A, Region 5 final, anything that could go wrong for the AHSTW girls basketball team... went wrong. A case of Murphy’s law began even before the opening tip when the Lady Vike bench was assessed a technical foul for an incorrect entry in the scorebook.