DES MOINES - You never want to accept defeat, but one area team probably did a little more Friday than the other one.A 80-56 loss to Danville in the Class 1A state tournament consolation game finished North Tama's most successful boys' basketball season. This was ...

Monday's games at the boys' state basketball tournament:CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALNo. 5 Lone Tree (25-1) vs. No. 4 Boyden-Hull (22-3)Time: 2 p.m.Tournament history: This is Lone Tree's sixth state tourney trip, its first since 2007, when it finished third. The Lions won the Class 1A state ...

Monday (All games begin at 7 p.m.) CLASS 3A SUBSTATE FINALS Sioux City Heelan (16-7) vs. MOC/Floyd Valley (19-4) at LeMars Clear Lake (16-7) vs. Waverly-Shell Rock (19-4) at Mason City Crestwood (17-5) vs. Vinton-Shellsburg (23-0) at Cedar Falls Marion (12-11) vs. Davenport Assumption (17-6) at Clinton Mount Pleasant (18-5) vs. Solon ...

Nov. 26 - First official date for competitionNov. 27 - First Metro dual: Maquoketa, Marion at C.R. WashingtonDec. 1 - First weekend of tournament competitionDec. 8 - Five Seasons Duals hosted by C.R. Kennedy and C.R. WashingtonJan. 26 - Mississippi Valley Conference tournament at C.R. Washington; ...

 DES MOINES — Still as seemingly bewildered as his players, Dennis Geraghty tried to put as positive a spin on it as he could. Head coaches are supposed to do that.“They’ll be considered the second-best team in Western Dubuque history,” Geraghty said, softly. “No doubt ...

 DES MOINES — A basketball team that slogged, stuttered and stumbled its way through nearly three full quarters Friday night suddenly, stunningly flipped a switch. And gets a state championship because it did.Mount Vernon rallied from a 15-point deficit in the third quarter to win ...

 DES MOINES — Who says Sioux City East is only Adam Woodbury and four other guys?Leading by a point, the Black Raiders saw their star center foul out with just under three minutes to go in the second overtime of their Class 4A state tournament ...

 DES MOINES — It may be Linn-Mar’s decade, but this is Iowa City West’s year. At least it will be if the Trojans can win one more game.A prodigious fourth-quarter output and incredible second-half shooting allowed West to beat back its Mississippi Valley Conference rival, ...

 DES MOINES — No four-peat. Not even close.You’ve got to give Sioux City Heelan its rightful due for a run of championship basketball that bordered on the absurd. But it’s over, thanks to the Western Dubuque Bobcats.“We had 22 straight playoff wins. That’s nothing to ...

 DES MOINES -- Not a dominant individual game for Adam Woodbury, but a good game. A good team game.The Iowa Hawkeyes signee scored 12 points and had 12 rebounds as Sioux City East held off West Des Moines Valley, 66-60, in a Class 4A state ...