The 2011 Iowa Youth Basketball State Championship for grades 5-9 will be conducted by Pacesetter Sports at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls on Saturday, March 26, (boys) and Sunday, March 27, (girls) at the Recreation Center, which features eight wooden courts with rectangular glass boards.  

All teams are guaranteed 3 games in the state tournament.  Each age/gender division will be limited to the first sixteen teams to register.  There are no divisions by class or school size.  All players must either attend the same school or live in the same school district.  Smaller schools may combine as long as their combined high school enrollment for grades 9-12 is not greater than 400 students. 

The champion and runner-up from the Iowa state tournament will be invited to play in the Great Four-State Tournament at the Target Center in Minneapolis in July and August competing against the top teams from South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota.  Iowa teams won one of the ten “Great State” titles in 2010:  New Hampton 7th grade boys.

6th Boys
Champions: DSM (51)
Runner-Up: Grinnell (15)
Third: Mount Ayr

7th Boys
Champions: New Hampton (44)
Runner-Up: Waterloo (39)
Third: Algona/West Hancock?

8th Boys
Champions: Des Moines North (64)
Runner-Up: Monticello (42)
Third: Waterloo/Council Bluffs?
Consolation: Lamoni

9th Boys
Champions: Nevada (48)
Runner-Up: MFL Marmac (41)
Third: Cedar Falls
Consolation: Murray

6th Girls
Champions: Mason City
Runner-Up: Davenport (Showtime)

7th Girls
Champions: Clear Creek
Runner-Up: Sioux City East

9th Girls
Champions: Esterville (45)
Runner-Up: North Polk (31)
Third: Sioux City West
Consolation: Newell-Fonda (8th grade)