Statewide coverage of IGHSAU girls basketball championships continues today/tonight on Iowa PBS with Paul Yeager BJ Schaben L A Leonard Elle Ruffridge Brad Wells on the call for 4A, 2A, & 1A titles. Also: great drone shots of Des Moines lit up pink for the weekend

Today's basketball coverage kicks off with our 2 PM pregame show: youtube.com/watch?v=PBaZKr… #iahsbkb Stay with us for the matchups: 2:30 PM - 4A - @xaviersaints vs North Polk Activities 4:45 PM - 2A - Central Lyon Girls Basketball vs Hinton Blackhawks 7 PM - 1A - N-F Schools vs Saint Albert Schools

Fun day on tap on ⁦Iowa PBS⁩ ⁦IGHSAU⁩ State 🏀 Championships 4A ⁦Xavier High School⁩ Vs ⁦North Polk Girls Basketball⁩ all starting at 2pm #iahsgbb

Thank you for watching our coverage of IGHSAU state basketball. Our Iowa PBS onair crew of BJ Schaben L A Leonard Brad Wells and Elle Ruffridge are wonderful humans as well. And now have a hall of famer among us.... #iahsbkb

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Coaching legend Scott DeJong of Ankeny Centennial Girls Basketball has retired after 37 seasons, the last 12 at Centennial. He won more than 700 games in his career and holds the Iowa record with 7 state championships. We'll have much more coming later.

For years we’ve seen teams rally around a motto…Saint Albert Schools took it to a new level. “Ride the Wave” CONGRATS!

From Jefferson, Iowa to the biggest stage in college basketball - the Spalding Arena Renegade is the official backstop of the NCAA and Final Four. @spalding

Good column from Eric Pratt. “None of this strikes me as sustainable, and it won’t take much more for fans to get fed up. Some already are. Everything we’ve loved about college athletics is either being tainted or taken.” 👇🏻 messengernews.net/sports/local-s…

🚨#BREAKING: A wild report from the National Weather Service confirms that an Indiana Amish community that was hit by a tornado on April 3rd... ...had already completed ALL of the roof repairs ON THE SAME DAY SO DAMAGE COULD NOT EVEN BE ESTIMATED BY THE NWS Read that again.

I don’t get it…why are so many HC positions at quality schools open?

🏀Welcome Coach Chapman! We’re thrilled to welcome Coach Craig Chapman as the new head coach of Roland-Story Girls Basketball! Exciting things ahead—let’s go, Norsemen!

My clothes are divided into 3 categories: 1. Summer 2. Winter 3. Just in case I lose weight.

He has RISEN indeed!

Breaking: Ames voted 6-0 tonight to join the Little Hawkeye Conference starting in 2026-27.

Great day to be a 🐦 not so much for the 🐈‍⬛

JBS USA to build huge new sausage-making facility in Perry theperrynews.com/jbs-usa-to-bui… via @ThePerryNews

The MC22 crew never ceases to amaze me with all the interesting and intriguing information they find for every broadcast. Last night they truly found some artifacts 😉 They are truly the best! Beth Haag (Cubfn23) Lance Herbold L A Leonard 💙

Home run robbery by Waukee’s Sophie Goerish. #SCtop10 quality play.

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