DES MOINES -- Lawton-Bronson was on the verge of winning by knockout.It settled for victory by decision.Down 19 points in the fourth quarter, Iowa City Regina pushed the second-ranked Eagles to the end before running out of time. Lawton-Bronson escaped, 71-67, in a Class 2A ...

 Capsules on area teams that have qualified for the girls state basketball tournament:BENTON COMMUNITY (Class 4A)Coach -- Laurie Donald (9th year, 160-54)Top players -- UNI signee Madison Weekly (5-7, sr.) leads the Bobcats in scoring (18.8 points per game), assists (3.3) and steals (4.6). She ...

Monday's games at the girls state basketball tournament:CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALIowa City Regina (19-4) vs. No. 2 Lawton-Bronson (24-1)Time: 8:30 p.m.Tournament history: Regina is making its third trip and its first since 2003. Lawton-Bronson is here for the fourth time.Coaches: Regina Coach Clark Anderson is 58-13 ...

(MONDAY'S SCORES)IOWA CITY -- Close game. Big shot. Potentially dangerous celebration.Jordyn Lehman hit a tie-breaking basket with 20 seconds left, and Iowa City Regina upended fourth-ranked North Linn, 43-41, in a Class 2A regional final girls' basketball game Monday night at West High School."I got ...

As Cascade advanced to the girls' state basketball tournament, the Cougars' rooting section was a Tri-Rivers Conference melting pot.In addition to hundreds of folks from Cascade, there were players and parents from Maquoketa Valley. And from North Linn. They were rooting for their friendly foes, ...

Iowa City Regina's Daniel Gaffey held on late to beat Ryley Howell of Wapello 3-2 to win the 1A-220-pound state championship. Gaffey becomes Regina's first state champion since Steve Rogers in 1984. Here's video of the final period and the celebration:

DES MOINES — The clock ticked toward zeroes, but Iowa Valley’s Logan Lofthus failed to flinch.The score: 4-2, in favor of his foe, Taylor Lehman of Clarion-Goldfield, in Friday’s 138-pound Class 1A state wrestling tournament semifinal.The rousing comeback: Complete after the unranked, but undaunted Lofthus ...

IOWA CITY – The formula for winning on the road begins with withstanding the initial storm of energy the home team receives from its crowd. Friday night, Iowa City Regina threw a tsunami at Highland, and the Huskies never recovered.The Regals buried their first six ...

Iowa City Regina's Daniel Gaffey advanced to the 1A-220 finals with a win over Maquoketa Valley's Ryan Parmely on Friday in Des Moines. The match was one of the best of the tournament so far. Gaffey will wrestle Wapello's Ryley Howell, who pinned his way ...

MOUNT VERNON -- That's one way to kill a rally.Class 3A 12th ranked Mount Vernon held 2A No. 13 Iowa City Regina scoreless for the first seven-plus minutes of the fourth quarter and won, 41-32, in the Rivalry Saturday girls' basketball finale Saturday night at ...