The girls’ basketball pairings are out, and for the first time, North Tama is in the postseason as a 2A team. This is the only time of the year it matters, since the regular season is played in conferences and all teams are plugged into a postseason bracket. There’s still a third of a season left to go, but a so-far losing record and class bump make a return to the state tournament doubtful.
Ten of the 12 teams in Region 3 are members of the North Iowa Cedar League, which North Tama left a decade(!) ago because its enrollment was lagging compared to the rest. The other two are NT and Iowa Valley, which is in the South Iowa Cedar League.
Based on the BEDS numbers, North Tama is the 10th-smallest Class 2A girls’ basketball school, six above the cutoff. North Mahaska, last year’s Class 1A champion, is second-smallest, and along with NT is in the awkward position of being in Class 2A girls’ basketball and Class A football simultaneously.