Games of the Week: Week 8

As we are now getting into the homestretch of the regular season there are going to be a lot of very good games coming up. Between regularly scheduled matchups and rescheduled games you’ll be able to see a wide variety of matchups. We highlight the top ten games of the upcoming week in Iowa High School girls basketball below! Monday: Fort Madison (10-1) vs. Fairfield (5-1) Both of these teams have gotten off to a good start to their year behind good defense. Thus far this year, Fort Madison is allowing just 39.4 points a game while Fairfield is allowing 32.0 points a game this season. Fort Madison has been led by junior Malarie RossMalarieRoss6'1" | SFCentral Lee | 2022IA this season as she is scoring 21.2 points a game. Fairfield has been led by the junior duo of Hannah Simpson and Danielle BreenDanielleBreen5'6" | SGFairfield | 2022IA as they have combined for 19.6 points a game this year. Fairfield has a 20-4 edge in the all time series and has not lost to Fort Madison since 2014. Tuesday: Bishop Heelan vs. Sioux City East Bishop Heelan and Sioux City East has been a very balanced matchup over the past few years compared to the previous matchups. Bishop Heelan holds a 24-5 all time edge but Sioux City East is 4-2 over the past six games including a foiur point win earlier this year. Sophomore Kenley MeisKenleyMeis5'9" | SFBishop Heelan | 2023StateIA leads Bishop Heelan scoring 12.0 points a game while Lauryn PeckLaurynPeck5'6" | PGBishop Heelan | 2023StateIA scores 10.6 points a game. Kayla Benson has scored 15.6 points a game to lead Sioux City East. This is going to be another great game on the schedule on Tuesday. Tuesday: Southeast Polk (7-2) vs. Des Moines Roosevelt (2-0) Possibly one of the most anticipated games for Des Moines Roosevelt this season is here as they host Southeast Polk. Southeast Polk is 7-2 on the season and are led by South Dakota commit Grace LarkinsGraceLarkins5'10" | SFSoutheast Polk | 2021StateIA who scores 17.9 points a game. Southeast Polk has has some really convincing wins as of late along with a loss to Johnston. Des Moines Roosevelt will be led by a trio of players as sophomore Iowa State commit Arianna JacksonAriannaJackson5'9" | PGRoosevelt | 2023StateIA and juniors Trinity CheatomTrinityCheatom5'5" | PGDes Moines Roosevelt | 2022StateIA and Amaya DavisonAmayaDavison5'5" | PGDes Moines Roosevelt | 2022StateIA all score over 14.5 points a game. This is going to be a true test for both teams on the perimeter. Tuesday: Indianola (11-1) vs. Glenwood (9-2) Glenwood has not lost to a team from Iowa yet this year and Indianola is looking to be the team to make that happen. Indianola has gotten off to a scorching start as they’ve gotten to a quick 11-1 start to the season and putting Class 5A on notice. Senior Northwest Missouri State commit Kendall ClattKendallClatt5'10" | SGIndianola | 2021StateIA is scoring 14.8 points a game while making 43% of her shots from deep. Glenwood has been led by junior Madison CamdenMadisonCamden5'8" | SGGlenwood | 2022StateIA and sophomore Jenna HoppJennaHopp5'10" | SGGlenwood | 2023StateIA this year as they combine for 31.6 points a game this season. This game is going to be a battle. Tuesday: Osage (10-1) vs. St. Ansgar (11-0) This game is going to be a battle and the winner likely wins the Top of Iowa conference, at the very least tie at the top of the standings. These teams have already met once this year and that resulted in St. Ansgar taking a four point win on the road. Osage is led by senior Dani JohnsonDaniJohnson6'1" | PFOsage | 2021StateIA in scoring with 21.1 points a game; she will go onto play volleyball at Northern Iowa next year. Senior Hali AndersonHaliAnderson5'6" | SGSaint Ansgar | 2021StateIA leads St. Ansgar with 15.0 points a game. This is an intriguing game between two teams who have their eyes feasted on another trip to Wells Fargo. Thursday: ACGC (8-4) vs. CAM (8-3) This doesn’t have the "splash" that some of the other matchups on this list do but this is going to be a very good game nonetheless. ACGC is coming in and looking to prove that they belong this year while CAM is going to look to stop a three game slide that they’ve been on since the start of the calendar year. These teams are very close in talent so it might come down to who has the ball at the end of the game. Kylie YoungKylieYoung5'8" | SFACGC | 2021StateIA leads ACGC with 11.8 points a game while freshman Eva Steffensen leads CAM scoring 11.6 points a game. Friday: Iowa City West (4-3) vs. Iowa City High (6-2) It’s always a fun one when rivals get together. It’s even more fun when it is as storied of a rivalry like this one. Iowa City West already beat Iowa City High once this year and Iowa City High will be looking to return the favor on their home court. Senior Providence commit Audrey KochAudreyKoch5'11" | SFIowa City West | 2021StateIA is leading the charge for Iowa City West scoring 18.4 points a game while junior Emma Ingersoll-WengEmmaIngersoll-Weng5'4" | PGIowa City West | 2022StateIA is scoring 10.9 points a game. Sophomore Kelsey JoensKelseyJoens5'9" | SGIowa City High | 2023StateIA scores 20.8 points a game for Iowa City High and Omaha junior commit Eviyon RichardsonEviyonRichardson5'7" | SFIowa City | 2022StateIA pitches in 13.3 points a game. This is going to be a battle that both teams do not want to lose at all. Friday: Maquoketa Valley (14-0) vs. North Linn (11-1) This is going to be a battle between two of the best teams in 2A. Maquoketa Valley got the edge on North Linn early in the year by 18 points but this game should be a little different. Maquoketa Valley has won 14 games in a row and they look to keep that streak going on the back of their seniors. They are led by Taya TuckerTayaTucker5'9" | SFMaquoketa Valley | 2021StateIA, Emerson WhittenbaughEmersonWhittenbaugh5'10" | SFMaquoketa Valley | 2021StateIA, and Ella ImlerEllaImler5'6" | SGMaquoketa Valley | 2021StateIA who combine to score 42.4 points a game. North Linn is led by freshman Kamryn KurtKamrynKurt5'4" | PGNorth Linn | 2024IA who scores 12.0 points a game and dishes off 5.3 assists a game. She’s going to have to play her best to lead North Linn to a win. Friday: Pleasant Valley (7-4) vs. North Scott (8-1) North Scott is once again having a great season and seniors Ashley FountainAshleyFountain5'7" | SGNorth Scott | 2021StateIA and Sam Scott are a big part of that. Fountain is scoring 12.7 points a game and Scott is adding in 8.4 points a game so far this year. Sophomore Hattie Hagedorn has been red hot as she shoots the ball at a 72.7 percent rate from deep. Pleasant Valley has really gotten good play from Halle Vice this year as she has scored 12.0 points a game this season. This is going to be a very tough contested matchup as Pleasant Valley has been getting some really solid results. Saturday: Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-3) vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-4) Prairie has not fallen off a much as you’d think with the loss of all their talent last season. They’ve gotten really good minutes and production from senior Hailey Cooper as well as newcomer Catie Reittinger who scores 8.7 points a game. They are really going to want this win over an Xavier team who has been hot as of late. Lexi Turner has led Xavier with 10.8 points a game while junior Lexi Beier is scoring 10.7 points a game. Look for this one to be a battle til the very end as both teams have this one circled.