Lynsey Barnard shuffled into her home after 11 p.m. Tuesday, tired from a long, late bus ride, yet content with a winning outcome. Her cell phone buzzed. It was Tessa Driscoll, one of her top players.

Here are 20 candidates for your voting consideration to be the Iowa girls basketball 5A preseason ... Grom was a force in scoring and rebounding racking up 342 points to go with her 212 rebounds.

With the game tied 38-38 against Orient-Macksburg in the Iowa class 1A regionals, Springer caught the rebound off a Bulldogs ... for the Iowa high school girls basketball Player of the Year ...

DES MOINES, IOWA – The top two seeds in the Class 4A field got scares but were able to survive and advance at the girls state tournament ... hoping for an offensive rebound and desperation ...

DOWLING ON THE OTHER SIDE LOOKING TO BE THE FIRST TEAM TEAM ALL YEAR TO DELIVER THE DRAGONS AND L WELLS FARGO ARENA WAS ROCKING, PACKED TO THE GILLS FOR THIS GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL GAME.