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Iowa high school girls basketball state rankings by class
Here is a look at this week’s High School on SI Top 10 Iowa high school girls basketball rankings by class for the week of Feb. 3:
1. Johnston (16-0)
Previous rank: 1
The Dragons will put their perfect record on the line against Ankeny Centennial in a rematch after roasting West Des Moines Valley.
2. West Des Moines Dowling (15-3)
Previous rank: 2
No trouble for the Maroons against Ankeny as they move towards a showdown with Waukee Northwest.
3. Waukee Northwest (14-3)
Previous rank: 5
Four straight and 10 of 12 around losses to Johnston for the Wolves.
4. Davenport North (14-3)
Previous rank: 6
After handling Davenport Central, North got by Bettendorf, 67-53.
5. Cedar Rapids Prairie (14-2)
Previous rank: 3
Riding high, the Hawks were stuffed by Cedar Falls, 53-47.
6. Pleasant Valley (13-4)
Previous rank: 4
After a loss to Central DeWitt, the Spartans rebounded, reeling off two straight convincing wins.
7. Iowa City High (12-4)
Previous rank: 10
The Little Hawks get Cedar Rapids Prairie next with Iowa City Liberty on the horizon.
8. Ankeny Centennial (10-6)
Previous rank: 7
The Jaguars were clipped at Waukee, 57-53, falling to 3-3 in their last six.
9. Bettendorf (13-4)
Previous rank: 8
Bettendorf hung tough with Davenport North before seeing its five-game win streak come to an end.
10. Iowa City West (12-6)
Previous rank: Not ranked
The Trojans knocked off Iowa City Liberty, 47-36, improving to 7-4 in their last 11.
1. North Polk (16-1)
Previous rank: 1
There were no lingering effects from the loss to Ankeny Centennial, as the Comets crushed Winterset, 66-34.
2. Waverly-Shell Rock (16-2)
Previous rank: 2
The Go-Hawks will see some interesting teams here next, taking on Denver and Aplington-Parkersburg.
3. Dallas Center-Grimes (14-3)
Previous rank: 3
A couple of nice wins over Newton and Oskaloosa for the Mustangs, who host Norwalk next.
4. Sioux City Bishop Heelan (15-2)
Previous rank: 4
The Crusaders have reeled off six straight since their last loss. .
5. Norwalk (17-1)
Previous rank: 5
The Warriors are set to face Dallas Center-Grimes, riding a seven-game win streak since they last played.
6. Maquoketa (16-1)
Previous rank: 6
Four in a row for Maquoketa, who has one tough test left in Iowa City High.
7. Sioux Center (16-2)
Previous rank: 8
The Warriors knocked off both Central Lyon and West Lyon last week, stretching their run to seven in a row.
8. Carlisle (14-3)
Previous rank: 9
The Wildcats were able to get by Gilbert after stomping Ballard.
9. Cedar Rapids Xavier (14-4)
Previous rank: 10
Six in a row for the Saints, including several against 5A schools.
10. Central DeWitt (15-2)
Previous rank: 7
The Sabers moved up to face Davenport North, suffering a loss before bouncing back to win three in a row.
1. Mount Vernon (16-1)
Previous rank: 1
The Mustangs close the year with some key games against the likes of Center Point-Urbana and Clear Creek-Amana.
2. Des Moines Christian (15-3)
Previous rank: 4
The Lions have won 15 in a row, allowing under 23 points in each of the last three.
3. Williamsburg (17-2)
Previous rank: 5
These Raiders are red-hot, knocking off Clear Creek-Amana around several easy wins.
4. PCM (17-2)
Previous rank: 6
Eight in a row by the Mustangs, who rolled Perry and Nevada, allowing just 37 points.
5. Cherokee (14-2)
Previous rank: 7
Cherokee flexed its might in a win over Estherville-Lincoln Central, adding to key wins over Spirit Lake and Storm Lake as of late.
6. Estherville-Lincoln Central (15-3)
Previous rank: 2
The Midgets fell for the first time in 2025, losing at Cherokee, 50-44.
7. Forest City (18-1)
Previous rank: 3
For the first time this year, the Indians lost, suffering a 49-40 defeat at Waverly-Shell Rock.
8. Harlan (14-3)
Previous rank: 8
The Cyclones keep adding up wins, as they have now scored seven in a row.
9. Dubuque Wahlert (14-2)
Previous rank: 9
A key date with Cedar Rapids Prairie is on the horizon for Wahlert, who has won four in a row.
10. Algona (15-3)
Previous rank: 10
The win streak hit double figures last week for the Bulldogs.
1. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (18-0)
Previous rank: 1
Two more convincing wins for the Rockets, who appear poised for a strong postseason run again.
2. Hinton (17-0)
Previous rank: 2
Hinton will try to put a cap on a perfect regular season, as they have two games left.
3. Rock Valley (15-1)
Previous rank: 3
The Rockets rolled last week, blasting all three opponents they faced.
4. Iowa City Regina (16-1)
Previous rank: 4
It was business as usual for the Regals in wins over Tipton and West Branch.
5. North Mahaska (17-2)
Previous rank: 5
Three straight wins by North Mahaska now since the loss to Montezuma.
6. MVAOCOU (17-1)
Previous rank: 6
Before regionals start, the Rams will try to secure a conference tournament title.
7. Denver (17-1)
Previous rank: 8
The Cyclones have rebounded since their first loss, picking up convincing wins in the process.
8. Treynor (15-2)
Previous rank: 9
After the loss to Atlantic late last month, the Cardinals showed their might, winning three straight.
9. Central Lyon (12-4)
Previous rank: 7
Following a hard-fought win over West Lyon, Central Lyon could not get past Sioux Center, 53-50.
10. Maquoketa Valley (17-1)
Previous rank: 10
The 17-game win streak came to a halt at the hands of 1A state contender North Linn, 44-37.
1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (16-1)
Previous rank: 1
The Saintes bounced back from their first loss last week, topping Atlantic, 53-43.
2. Newell-Fonda (13-2)
Previous rank: 2
Make it seven in a row for the Mustangs, as they continue to march towards the postseason.
3. North Linn (16-1)
Previous rank: 3
It was a postseason-like environment as the Lynx tipped Maquoketa Valley, 44-37.
4. Riceville (16-1)
Previous rank: 4
Sweet 16 for the Wildcats featured an easy win over Waterloo Christian.
5. Algona Bishop Garrigan (17-2)
Previous rank: 5
Stage is now set for the rematch with Forest City, who topped the Golden Bears last month, 64-59.
6. Montezuma (13-4)
Previous rank: 7
The Braves continue to build momentum towards a meeting with Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont later this month.
7. Riverside (17-2)
Previous rank: 9
Nobody has scored over 32 against the Wildcats in their last four games.
8. Mount Ayr (18-1)
Previous rank: 6
The Raiders were stunned by Lenox, 60-50, but quickly got back on track with a 70-22 drubbing of Southeast Warren.
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (15-3)
Previous rank: 8
The Rebels saw their win streak come to a halt at the hands of Aplington-Parkersburg on the road.
10. Woodbine (14-4)
Previous rank: Not ranked
Four in a row for the Tigers since a tough loss to Carroll.
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Zach Lahn projected to win Iowa GOP governor primary, upsetting Trump’s pick in a state Democrats hope to flip
Zach Lahn will win the Republican primary for Iowa governor, CBS News projects, overcoming a Trump-backed congressman and setting up a November contest against Democrat Rob Sand that could be one of this year’s most competitive gubernatorial races.
Lahn — a farmer and businessman who has touted his ties to the “Make America Healthy Again” movement — prevailed over a crowded GOP field on Tuesday. Sand, who serves as state auditor, ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed.
His victory bucks the recent winning streak of Trump-backed candidates and marks an upset over Rep. Randy Feenstra, who didn’t attend any primary debates and was viewed by many observers as a frontrunner. President Trump endorsed Feenstra last week, calling him “MAGA all the way,” and several top Iowa GOP figures backed him.
Feenstra conceded late Tuesday night, saying in a speech surrounded by his family that the outcome “wasn’t what I wanted.”
Describing himself as a sixth-generation Iowan, Lahn owns a family farm and runs the agriculture, real estate and technology investment firm Homeplace Ventures. He previously worked for the conservative group Americans for Prosperity. He’s running on a populist-inflected platform that he branded “Iowa First” and has said he wants to boost local ownership of farmland, stem the flow of younger Iowans out of the state and address Iowa’s high cancer rate.
“I fear every day we are losing the Iowa we love,” Lahn said in his victory speech Tuesday, castigating out-of-state investors that he says “treat Iowa land like it’s a commodity instead of our inheritance.”
Lahn was endorsed last year by MAHA Action, a group founded by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and he picked up support from the late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Action last week. He was also endorsed by former Rep. Steve King, who was known for incendiary comments about race before Feenstra ousted him in a 2020 primary.
Three other candidates also ran: former Iowa Department of Administrative Services Director Adam Steen, state Rep. Eddie Andrews and former state Rep. Brad Sherman.
Lahn will now face Sand, a two-term state auditor who defeated a GOP incumbent in 2018 after working in the state attorney general’s office.
Sand has focused his campaign on government accountability and faulted Republicans for the state’s economic issues, while pitching universal pre-K and criticizing a school voucher program introduced by GOP officials. He has also sought to cultivate a moderate image on social issues, as Republicans try to cast him as a liberal in centrist’s clothing.
In a campaign video late Tuesday, Sand said Republican voters are “welcome in this campaign,” adding that the state’s political system is “broken” and “all you would get with Zach Lahn it is more of the same.”
Once considered a swing state, Iowa has trended sharply red in recent years as Democrats increasingly struggle on rural Midwestern terrain. Mr. Trump won the state three times in a row, including by a 13-point margin in 2024, and GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds won reelection by 18 points four years ago. Iowa hasn’t elected a Democratic governor in two decades, and Sand is the only statewide elected Democrat, after he won reelection by fewer than 3,000 votes in 2022.
But Democrats are hopeful that a challenging political environment for Republicans, both nationally and in Iowa, could make them more competitive in the midwestern state. The Cook Political Report has rated the Iowa gubernatorial race a tossup, one of five states with that distinction this year, and the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics says the race leans red.
Reynolds — who has led the state since 2017 — has one of the lowest approval ratings of any governor nationwide. Iowa farmers also struggled last year after the trade war with China caused Beijing to cut American soybean imports, pushing down prices of one of Iowa’s most widely grown crops, and the war with Iran has caused a run-up in fuel and fertilizer prices.
Reynolds declined to run for reelection this year, setting up Iowa’s first gubernatorial election without an incumbent in the race since 2006.
Lahn lent his campaign $2 million last year, but is heading into the general election at a fundraising disadvantage. His campaign had just over $700,000 on hand as of mid-May, compared to nearly $18.3 million for the Sand campaign. Sand’s wife runs a sizable food and health products company founded by her family called the Lauridsen Group, and the Democrat’s campaign coffers have been bolstered by millions in contributions from his in-laws.
Sand raised about $9.7 million between the start of the year and mid-May, just over $3 million of which came from members of his wife’s family. Lahn raised just under $1 million.
Beyond the governor’s race, Iowa also has an open Senate contest after Ernst declined to seek reelection, drawing interest from Democrats, though Republicans likely have a sizable edge. Democrats are also heavily targeting two of Iowa’s four House seats, including the 1st District, where incumbent GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won by fewer than 1,000 votes in 2024.
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