Girls Basketball Playoff scores from Tuesday --
Class 2A --
Maquoketa Valley 60, Beckman Catholic 33 (Wildcats host MFL MarMac on Friday in the Regional Semifinal)
Cascade 60, Durant 43 (Cougars play at Regina in the Regional Semifinal on Friday)
Class 1A --
East Buchanan 60, Ed-Co 53
Playoff basketball continues tonight on KDST as the Western Dubuque girls play at Independence for a class 4A first round matchup at 7 pm. The winner will advance to play at Marion on Saturday. In class 3A girls games tonight, Monticello plays at Wahlert, and West Delaware goes to West Marshall.
The high school bowling state qualifying tournaments were held Monday and Tuesday. Here are local state qualifiers –
Girls class 1A – Amelia Schnieders & Natalie Palmer (West Delaware)
Girls class 2A – Lanie Kennicker (Western Dubuque)
Boys class 1A – Quinn Thomas (Monticello) Jase Turnis & Brady Hartke (West Delaware)
Boys class 2A – Ethan Potter & David Pettera (Western Dubuque)
The girls & boys team and individual state bowling tournaments will be held next Monday through Wednesday at Cadillac XBC in Waterloo.
The boys state wrestling tournament begins this morning at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Here is today’s schedule –
9 a.m. – Class 3A 1st & 2nd round & 1st round Consolation matches
1:30 p.m. – Class 1A 1st & 2nd round & 1st round Consolation matches
6:00 p.m. – Class 2A 1st & 2nd round & 1st round Consolation matches
Here are the number of qualifiers from local schools in each class –
1A – Beckman Catholic (3), Cascade (3), Maquoketa Valley (4), Starmont (3)
2A – Anamosa (8), Monticello (1), West Delaware (10)
3A – Western Dubuque (10)
In men’s college basketball last night, #8 Iowa State beat Colorado 79-65. Here are college games scheduled for tonight --
Men --
Oregon @ Iowa (7:30 on BTN)
Northern Iowa @ Belmont (6:30 ESPN+)
Illinois-Chicago @ Drake (6:30 ESPN+)
Women --
Southern Illinois @ Drake (6:00 ESPN+)
Missouri State @ Northern Iowa (6:00 ESPN+)