Wednesday’s release of the Class 4A and 5A postseason brackets completed the list of girls basketball teams wondering what route lay before them in playoff action.
Perry (8-12) will host Des Moines Hoover (1-19) Feb. 16 in the first round of the Class 4A Region 7 bracket. The winner will visit ADM (10-11) Feb. 19. Perry defeated DMH, 56-22, in their first game of the season before falling, 59-40, in Adel Dec. 20.
The winner of Webster City at Boone visits top-ranked DC-G Feb. 19 in the top half of the bracket. The Regional Final will be hosted by the highest remaining seed Feb. 22. All games are 7 p.m. starts.
Play begins in 2A Region 7 Saturday, with Madrid (2-19) visiting Woodward-Granger (7-14). The winner visits No. 13 Nodaway Valley Tuesday, with Earlham hosting Van Meter in the other bottom-half quarterfinal.
Sixth-ranked Panorama (20-1) awaits the winner of Interstate-35 (6-12) and Colfax-Mingo (7-14), in Panora, Tuesday. Pleasantville visits Central Decatur in the other quarterfinal.
Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) and Panora will be semifinal host sites Feb. 18, with the Regional Final Feb. 23 at a site to be determined.
Panorama has reached the Regional Final in three consecutive seasons, with a possible rematch with Nodaway Valley awaiting. The Wolverines hit a half-court shot at the buzzer to give the visiting Panthers their only loss of the season.
All games start at 7 p.m. All records are as of Feb. 9.
