The girls’ state basketball tournament kicked off yesterday with 1A and a couple of 2A games. First in 1A:
Exira 63 Prince of Peace (came out of Highland and Lone Tree’s regional) 57
Newell-Fonda 59 Valley Community 40
Mount Ayr 54 North Sentral Kossuth 45
Martensdale-St. Mary’s 57 Lynnville-Sully 32

2A
Manson-NW Webster 37 MFL-Mar-Mac 34
OA-BCIG 55 Lawton-Bronson 37