Here they are, all the all-staters from the Iowa Newspaper Association. There are eight players per team, three teams per class.
INA All-State Teams
CLASS 1A FIRST TEAM
Front line — Jordan Dykstra (Rock Valley), 6-9, senior; Marcus Heemstra (Rock Valley), 6-9, senior; Eddie Diemer (Cedar Falls NU High), 6-6, senior. Back court — Ryan Powers (Calamus-Wheatland), 6-2, senior; Josh Vander Maten (Boyden-Hull), 6-3, senior; Chris Lindenmeyer (Bedford), 6-4, senior. Utility — Tim Schweitzer (Bedford), 6-7, senior; Brandon Eley (Colo-NESCO), 6-3, junior.
CLASS 1A SECOND TEAM
Front line — Brandon Doughan (Algona Garrigan), 6-2, senior; …

DES MOINES — Have you ever seen a bunch of Lions line dance?
No, that’s not a punch line to a bad joke. It’s the tale of this Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal.
The Linn-Mar Lions lived and made Clinton die at the free-throw line in their 67-60 Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal victory last night at Wells Fargo Arena.
Linn-Mar (23-1) went 24 for 30 from the charity stripe, 19 of 22 in the second half, to finally subdue a scrappy bunch of River Kings and keep its impressive quarters record intact. …

DES MOINES — The Class 4A part of the boys’ state basketball tournament begins, and the Division I coaches start showing up.
Northern Iowa’s Ben Jacobson strolled around the Wells Fargo Arena floor following Wednesday afternoon’s session. Cedar Rapids Washington wing Josh Oglesby said coaches from Florida, West Virginia and Virginia were in town to watch him play.
Well, maybe not just Oglesby. The potential future college players in action Wednesday included Linn-Mar’s Marcus Paige and Matt Bohannon, Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Jarrod Uthoff and Sioux City East’s Adam Woodbury.
Bohannon, Uthoff and Oglesby …

CEDAR RAPIDS — All the banging and crashing done against them. All the size they had to confront inside.
And the thing that doomed the Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks in their Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal was the 3-point shot. Go figure.
It was a trio of treys that were pivotal as Sioux City East rallied in the fourth quarter to end Jefferson’s season, 51-43, Wednesday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena.
“We tried to stop their inside game the whole game,” said Jeff’s Jarrod Uthoff. “Then they hit those outside shots.”
Jefferson (18-5) led …

DES MOINES — The best player in Iowa history? The best team in Iowa history?
You make the call.
Make no mistake, Harrison Barnes is a great basketball player. You don’t get handed the Morgan Wootten Award as the nation’s top prep, as he did Wednesday, without being special.
And he was unstoppable at times in the second half as his team eased to a 57-44 Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal win over Cedar Rapids Washington at Wells Fargo Arena. But without trying to sound too homerish here, if Ames is the best …

CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS
CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON (14-8) vs. AMES (24-0), 1:45 p.m.: The Warriors will be heavy underdogs to an Ames squad that won last year’s 4A title and has notched 50 wins in a row. Harrison Barnes averages 26.9 ppg and 10.5 rpg and is a North Carolina recruit. Doug McDermott, a Northern Iowa recruit and son of Iowa State basketball coach Greg, averages 20.5 ppg and 7.8 rpg. The Little Cyclones aren’t so little, going 6-8, 6-8, 6-7 and 6-4 in the starting lineup … Washington’s big two-some all …

With minimal changes in classification (it appears Storm Lake will replace Oskaloosa as the 48th school), here is a preseason rankings list for Class 4A girls’ basketball in 2010-11. These are based somewhat on mathematics, somewhat on hunch.
1. Des Moines East (25-1)
2. Ankeny (21-3)
3. Linn-Mar (26-0)
4. Pleasant Valley (20-4)
5. Iowa City High (14-9)
6. Mason City (13-8)
7. Cedar Rapids Washington (14-9)
8. Waterloo West (14-10)
9. Waukee (24-2)
10. Iowa City West (16-7)
11. Lewis Central (18-5)
12. Ames (17-8)
13. Sioux City North (15-7)
14. Bettendorf (17-5)
15. Ottumwa (10-12)
16. West Des Moines Valley (12-11)
17. Sioux City East …

THE TEAMS
Team (W-L) Apps Titles
Ames (24-0) 19 7
C.R. Jefferson (18-4) 8 1
C.R. Washington (14-8) 16 1
Clinton (17-6) 9 1
Linn-Mar (22-1) 8 3
Sioux City East (20-3) 14 2
Southeast Polk (19-3) 5 0
W.D.M. Dowling (17-7) 12 2
SCORING LEADERS Avg.
Harrison Barnes (Ames) 26.9
Kody Ingle (SEP) 23.8
Jarrod Uthoff (CRJ) 21.5
Doug McDermott (Ames) 20.5
Adam Woodbury (SCE) 17.4
Matt Bohannon (L-M) 17.4
Josh Oglesby (CRW) 16.3
Jordan Thomas (SCE) 15.7
David Johnson (Clinton) 15.5
REBOUNDING LEADERS Avg.
Adam Woodbury (SCE) 12.3
Harrison Barnes (Ames) 10.5
Jarrod Uthoff (CRJ) 10.2
Jeff Sponder (SCE) 8.8
Doug McDermott (Ames) 7.8
David Johnson (Clinton) 7.8
PREDICTIONS
Quarterfinals
Ames 65, C.R. Washington 45
Sioux City East …

DES MOINES — A semifinal stumbling block? Not any more.
Kiah Stokes controlled the battle in the paint, and top-rated Linn-Mar downed No. 5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 58-53, in a Class 4A semifinal at the girls’ state basketball tournament Friday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena.
“This has been one of our goals the entire time I’ve been here,” said Linn-Mar’s Kayla Klopfenstein. “This is nice to accomplish, but we’re not done yet.”
A semifinal casualty in 2008 and 2009, Linn-Mar (25-0) faces No. 2 Des Moines East (25-0) for the 4A title Friday …

DES MOINES — It’s usually a death sentence.
A seven-point deficit. In the fourth quarter. To Ankeny.
But Jade Rogers and the Kennedy Cougars got a last-minute reprieve.
Rogers scored eight of her game-high 14 points in the final 5:32 as fifth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy rallied for a 46-44 win over No. 4 Ankeny in a Class 4A quarterfinal at the girls’ state basketball tournament Wednesday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena.
“It was an amazing game,” said Kennedy’s Kristen Hahn. “Blowouts are fun, but these are the games you live for and remember.
“I’ll remember …