26 years later, Solon is a girls' basketball state champion once more
After a 10-point lead had vanished, third-ranked Solon regrouped and regained control in the last 6 minutes. The Spartans topped No. 1 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 54-47, for the Class 3A girls’ basketball state championship Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena.
Anna Quillin's 40 rebounds is a 3A tournament record.
Final: Solon 54, Estherville-Lincoln Central 47
Iowa signee Callie Levin tallied 27 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals to lead No. 3 Solon (24-3) to the Class 3A state title, its fourth championship and first since 1998. Hailey Miller added 14 points. Anna Quillin corralled 16 rebounds.
Haylee Stokes scored a game-high 30 points with nine rebounds and five steals for top-ranked ELC (24-3).
ELC's Haylee Stokes has set the 3A record for points in a tournament (89).
She's been splendid.
1:57 4th: Solon 51, ELC 42
Levin 3, and that feels daggerish.
End-3: Solon 37, ELC 35
Spartans 8 minutes away ... maybe.
HALF: Solon 28, ELC 22
Levin 3 and a crowd point at the horn.
End-1: Solon 14, ELC 11
Spartans with the final 6 of the quarter.
Final: Johnston 48, West Des Moines Dowling 36
Top-ranked Johnston (26-0) completed a perfect season with its third state championship in five years. Jenica Lewis scored 20 points and Aili Tanke had 15 and 13 rebounds.
Ava Zediker scored a game-high 25 for the third-ranked Maroons (21-5).
End-3: Johnston 34, Dowling 22
HALF: Johnston 25, Dowling 11
End-1: Johnston 13, Dowling 9
Boge sisters help send North Linn to the 1A title game
Sisters Macy and Molly Boge combined for 28 points, nine assists and nine steals to spur top-ranked North Linn to a 60-37 victory over No. 4 Council Bluffs St. Albert in a Class 1A semifinal at the girls’ state basketball tournament Friday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena.
Final: Newell-Fonda 60, Remsen St. Mary's 35
Newell-Fonda is in the Class 1A title game for the sixth time in seven years. Kierra Jungers totaled 14 points and 11 rebounds for the second-ranked Mustangs (24-2). Kinzee Hinders added 13 points, McKenna Sievers 12 and seven assists. Carmindee Ricke led No. 3 St. Mary's (24-1) with 12 points.
End-3: Newell-Fonda 45, Remsen St. Mary's 24
HALF: Newell-Fonda 37, Remsen St. Mary's 16
End-1: Newell-Fonda 21, Remsen St. Mary's 6
Final: North Linn 60, Council Bluffs St. Albert 37
Top-ranked North Linn (25-1) made 11 of 30 3-point attempts and advanced to the Class 1A title game. Molly Boge made four 3s and scored 16 points; Macy Boge had 12 and seven assists. Avah Underwood had a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds for No. 4 St. Albert (23-2).
End-3: North Linn 52, St. Albert 30
Lynx are 8 minutes away from the finals
HALF: North Linn 36, St. Albert 23
Macy Boge 3 to end the half. The last four Lynx buckets were from long range.
End-1: North Linn 17, St. Albert 10
North Linn goes 94 feet in 4.1 seconds. Kurt finishes. 7-0 run in final 0:44.
Saturday's Class 2A championship:
4:45 p.m. — No. 1 Dike-New Hartford (25-2) vs. No. 2 Panorama (25-1)
Final: Panorama 39, Westwood 36
Second-ranked Panorama (25-1) outscored No. 3 Westwood 16-7 in the third quarter and held on to advance to the Class 2A title game. Mia Waddle and Tyme Boettcher both scored 12 points; Boettcher also had 10 rebounds. The Rebels (22-1) couldn't get a shot off on their last possession.
End-3: Panorama 32, Westwood 25
HALF: Westwood 18, Panorama 16
End-1: Westwood 10, Panorama 9
Final: Dike-New Hartford 58, Sioux Central 44
Payton Petersen scored 28 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead top-ranked, three-time defending champion Dike-New Hartford (25-2) back to the Class 2A title game. Jadyn Petersen had seven points and 16 boards. No. 4 Sioux Central, which trailed 27-22 at halftime, got 14 points from Preslie Peterson
Capsules for Friday's games involving area teams at the Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.