Monday was the first day of the week-long state girls basketball tournament in Des Moines. The day opened with 5A #8 Dowling Catholic giving #1 Johnston everything they could handle and closed with 3A #2 and defending runner-up West Lyon returning the semifinals. One upset on the day, #6 Waterloo West, punched its semifinal ticket by beating #3 Ankeny Centennial.
Day 1 saw all four Class 5A quarterfinals and three of the four Class 3A quarterfinals
5A
#1 Johnston 47 #8 Dowling Catholic 38
#4 Pleasant Valley 52 #5 Iowa City, City High 47
Winners play in semifinal 1
#2 West Des Moines Valley 49 #7 Des Moines Roosevelt 44
#6 Waterloo West 67 #3 Ankeny Centennial 59
winners play in semifinal 2
3A
#1 Unity Christian 40 #8 Davenport Assumption 37
#4 ELC 49 #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 34
winners play in semifinal 1
#2 West Lyon 38 #7 Roland-Story 23
winner will play the winner of #3 Ballard vs. #6 Center Point-Urbana in semifinal
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Tuesday March 1st schedule
3A
10:00 AM #3 Ballard vs. #6 Center Point-Urbana
4A
11:45 AM #1 Dallas Center-Grimes vs. #8 Benton
1:30 PM #4 Xavier vs. #5 Central DeWitt
3:15 PM #2 Glenwood vs. #7 Bondurant-Farrar
5:00 PM #3 Bishop Heelan vs. #6 Waverly Shell Rock
2A
6:45 PM #1 Dike-New Hartford vs. #8 South Central Calhoun
8:30 PM #4 Panorama vs. #5 Regina Catholic
