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How to watch and follow the 2021 Iowa high school girls' basketball state tournament

Dargan Southard
Des Moines Register

With COVID-19 significantly limiting Wells Fargo Arena attendance for the 2021 Iowa high school girls' basketball state tournament, here is how you can watch and follow the action from elsewhere.

Plays begins Monday with the Class 5A and 3A quarterfinals. The basketball wraps up Saturday with the title games in Classes 4A, 3A  2A and 1A.

How to watch on TV and online

None of the quarterfinal and semifinal games will be televised, but the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will livestream those matchups on its digital network.

Iowa PBS will televise Friday’s and Saturday’s championship games live statewide. The championship games will also be streamed live on IowaPBS.org.

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Basketball updates and analysis

We will have live updates on DesMoinesRegister.com throughout the week to bring you all the action. You can also download the Register app for updates (iPhone | Android). We will have game recaps and analysis from each day of action.

On Twitter: Reporters Dargan Southard (@Dargan_Southard), Matthew Bain (@MatthewBain_) and Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) will be at the Well throughout the week. And don't forget to follow photographers Bryon Houlgrave (@bryonhoulgrave), Kelsey Kremer (@kelsey_kremer), Brian Powers (@bpowersphoto), Zach Boyden-Holmes (@Boydenphoto) and Olivia Sun (@olivia_sun) to get your visual fix.

Be sure to also follow the main Des Moines Register Sports account (@DMRsports) and the All-Iowa Sports account (@AllIowa), as well as the Register's account (@DMRegister). The Register’s High School Insider Facebook page also will funnel all of our basketball coverage this week, along with select offerings through the Des Moines Register's Facebook page.

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2021 state tournament schedule

Class 5A

Quarterfinals: Monday, March 1

  • No. 8 Dowling Catholic vs. No. 1 Waukee (9 a.m.)
  • No. 5 Ankeny Centennial vs. No. 4 Southeast Polk (11 a.m.)
  • No. 7 Cedar Falls vs. No. 2 Johnston (1 p.m.)
  • No. 6 Iowa City West vs. No. 3 Waterloo West (3 p.m.)

Semifinals: Thursday, March 4 

10 a.m., noon

Final: Friday, March 5

7 p.m.

Class 4A

Quarterfinals: Tuesday, March 2

  • No. 8 Wahlert Catholic vs. No. 1 Glenwood (11 a.m.)
  • No. 5 North Scott vs. No. 4 Central DeWitt (1 p.m.)
  • No. 7 Harlan vs. No. 2 Ballard (3 p.m.)
  • No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar vs. No. 3 Dallas Center-Grimes ( 5 p.m.)

Semifinals: Thursday, March 4

6 p.m., 8 p.m.

Final: Saturday, March 6

1:30 p.m.

Class 3A

Quarterfinals: Monday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 2 

  • No. 8 Davenport Assumption vs. No. 1 Cherokee Washington (5 p.m. Monday)
  • No. 5 West Burlington vs. No. 4 West Lyon (7 p.m. Monday)
  • No. 7 Waukon vs. No. 2 Clear Lake (9 p.m. Monday)
  • No. 6 Roland-Story vs. No. 3 Unity Christian (9 a.m. Tuesday)  

Semifinals: Thursday, March 4

 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

Final: Saturday, March 6

11 a.m.

Class 2A

Quarterfinals: Tuesday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 3

  • No. 8 Rock Valley vs. No. 1 Maquoketa Valley (7 p.m. Tuesday)
  • No. 5 North Linn vs. No. 4 Nodaway Valley (9 p.m. Tuesday)
  • No. 7 Treynor vs. No. 2 Dike-New Hartford (10 a.m. Wednesday)
  • No. 6 Grundy Center vs. No. 3 West Branch (noon Wednesday)

Semifinals: Friday, March 5

 10 a.m., noon

Final: Saturday, March 6

4 p.m.

Class 1A

Quarterfinals: Wednesday, March 3

  • No. 8 Springville vs. No. 1 Algona Bishop Garrigan (2 p.m. Wednesday)
  • No. 5 MMCRU vs. No. 4 Exira-EHK (4 p.m. Wednesday)
  • No. 7 Kingsley-Pierson vs. No. 2 Newell-Fonda (6 p.m. Wednesday)
  • No. 6 Montezuma vs. No. 3 Saint Ansgar (8 p.m. Wednesday)

Semifinals: Friday, March 5

 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

Final: Saturday, March 6

6:30 p.m.

 Dargan Southard covers Iowa and UNI athletics, recruiting and preps for the Des Moines Register, HawkCentral.com and the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.