Saturday's Class 4A championship game:
2:30 p.m. — No. 1 Clear Creek Amana (25-0) vs. No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock (25-0)
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Final: Waverly-Shell Rock 41, Sioux City Heelan 37
Sydney Bienemann made two free throws with 1:11 to go and No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock (25-0) held on to beat No. 3 Sioux City Heelan (23-2) in a Class 4A semifinal. Bienemann had seven points and 15 rebounds. Katelyn Eggena scored a game-high 16 points.
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Clear Creek Amana holds on, will play for the 4A state title
Top-ranked CCA came out a-blazing to start the second half, built an 11-point lead, then hung on for dear life at the end. The Clippers held off No. 5 North Polk, 50-48, in a 4A semifinal Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena.
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End-3: Waverly-Shell Rock 31, Heelan 28
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HALF: Waverly-Shell Rock 22, Heelan 15
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Final: Clear Creek Amana 50, North Polk 48
No. 5 North Polk (23-3) rallied from an 11-point third-quarter deficit to pull within one with 1:02 remaining, but top-ranked Clear Creek Amana (25-0) survived in a Class 4A semifinal. The Comets missed a possible go-ahead layup on their penultimate possession and the Clippers secured a missed free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining to advance to their first state championship game.
Ava Locklear had 17 points and seven rebounds for CCA, Averie Lower 16 and seven. Lower's breakaway layup with 3.5 seconds to go ended up being the winning margin.
Campbell Schulz and Abby Tuttle both scored 15 points for North Polk.
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Solon makes its first girls’ state basketball championship game since 1998
Third-ranked Solon held No. 2 DMC to seven field goals (in 36 attempts), forced the Lions into 26 turnovers, and rolled to a Class 3A semifinal win, 49-25, at the girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
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End-3: CCA 43, North Polk 36
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HALF: North Polk 28, CCA 26
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Friday's Class 3A championship game:
8 p.m. — No. 1 Estherville-Lincoln Central (24-2) vs. No. 3 Solon (23-3)
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Final: Solon 49, Des Moines Christian 25
Mia Stahle scored 14 points and third-ranked Solon (23-3) limited No. 2 DMC (24-2) to 20-percent shooting in a Class 3A semifinal game.
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Mount Vernon's run ends in the state semifinals
Top-ranked Estherville-Lincoln Central held No. 4 Mount Vernon to a season-low scoring output and won Thursday’s Class 3A semifinal, 45-37.
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HALF: Solon 25, Des Moines Christian 10
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End-1: Solon 10, Des Moines Christian 6
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Final: Estherville-Lincoln Central 45, Mount Vernon 37
Top-ranked ELC (24-2) held No. 4 Mount Vernon (22-4) to 29.2-percent shooting and advanced to the Class 3A final. Haylee Stokes totaled 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Rylee Yager had 14 points and 12 boards.
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End-3: ELC 40, Mount Vernon 22
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HALF: ELC 28, Mount Vernon 12
Anderson 3 at the horn, and it's all ELC at intermission.
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End-1: ELC 12, Mount Vernon 5
Yager and Stokes 6 points apiece. Mustangs 2-10 FG.
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Friday's Class 5A championship:
6 p.m. — No. 1 Johnston (25-0) vs. No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling (21-4)
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Final: West Des Moines Dowling 59, Cedar Falls 48
Ava Zediker scored 22 points and Ellie Muller added 19 and 13 rebounds to send third-ranked Dowling (21-4) to the Class 5A title game. Grace Knutson led No. 7 Cedar Falls (23-2) with 20 points.
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End-3: Dowling 50, Cedar Falls 36
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HALF: Dowling 24, Cedar Falls 23
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Final: Johnston 74, Waukee 33
Jenica Lewis scored 22 points and Aili Tanke had 19 and 11 rebounds as top-ranked Johnston (25-0) rolled to the Class 5A championship game. It was the Dragons' third win over Waukee (19-5) this season. The regular-season margins were 18 and 13.
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End-3: Johnston 61, Waukee 31
Just too good.
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HALF: Johnston 39, Waukee 24
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End-1: Johnston 17, Waukee 12
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Capsules for Thursday's games involving area teams at the Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.