District wrestling team assignments and host sites for all classes. Postseason begins Saturday, February 14, 2026
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District wrestling team assignments and host sites for all classes. Postseason begins Saturday, February 14, 2026
Girls basketball notes: Rowan Jacobi reaches the 2,000-point career benchmark in Springville’s regular-season finale.
While the top-seeded Reyes finished the season at 43-1 and pinned No. 2-seed Delilah Subsin of Ottumwa in two minutes for the 235 crown, improvement was needed to make it happen.
Linn-Mar’s Kate Seery was reminded of coming up shy of the finals in her past state wrestling tournament appearance. She changed that by reaching the 115-pound championship match at the Class 2A state meet Friday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Girls basketball: Friday showdowns abound in the MVC. Washington visits Kennedy, City welcomes Liberty, Iowa City West heads to Cedar Falls.
Neil James is listed at 6-foot-1, which might be stretching it. But he continually found success at the hoop Friday night, scoring 18 points on the inside as Iowa City West beat Iowa City Liberty, 73-48..
Photos from boys and girls basketball games between Iowa City West and Iowa City Liberty Friday, January 30, 2026.
The final installment of the Gazette’s area high school boys wrestling individual rankings for the 2025-26 season.
Their reward was Liberty’s first-ever Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) team title, as the two seniors used their individual championships to propel their team to the top. The Lightning dethroned back-to-back champion Cedar Falls with 238 team points.
Monday’s output upped Jacobi’s season average to 24.0 points per game. She is averaging 13.8 rebounds per contest and has posted double-doubles every game this season.
The sixth installment of the Gazette’s area high school boys wrestling individual rankings for the 2025-26 season.
More from University of Iowa’s loss to Penn State. Iowa State hosted the Harold Nichols Open, while Cornell held the Cliff Keen-Mike Duroe Invitationals. Jesup captured the team title at the Loyd Shaffer-Marion Invitational and more high school results in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Here is The Gazette’s fifth installment of area high school boys wrestling individual rankings for the 2025-26 season.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament is Wednesday through Saturday at Casey’s Center in Des Moines. Action starts with Class 3A Wednesday afternoon and 1A and 2A will begin Thursday.
The brackets have been released and here are the first-round pairings for Gazette area wrestlers in all three classes. The Class 3A state tournament begins Wednesday, while 1A and 2A start Thursday at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
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