The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the Class 3A and 4A substate pairings that begin July 11. The 1A and 2A districts and substates have already been released and start July 5. Here’s some matchups to of Gazette area Iowa High School Baseball teams.
“I wanted to try to get into the finals again,” Holland said. “So that was pretty motivating.”
State track and field 2025: Tracking the top boys’ individuals and teams. The Gazette’s title picks are Ankeny, Pella, Spirit Lake and Lisbon.
Photos from a 2A high school state-qualifying boys’ tennis tournament
Linn-Mar’s boys’ basketball team definitely belongs somewhere in Class 4A’s top 10. But the Lions dropped one at the ServPro Crossover Challenge to Ankeny on Saturday, 61-55, in part due to the absence of point guard Trey Wright (flu) and not getting the ball inside enough to star Davis Kern.
Linn-Mar Lions take on the Ankeny Hawks on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
Pairings were set Thursday for the 14-team, 7-game crossover event, which will be held January 4th at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse. Matchups include Cedar Falls and West Des Moines Valley, Dubuque Senior and Waukee Northwest, and Cedar Rapids Kennedy versus Johnston.
Former West Delaware Coach Jeff Voss will be inducted into the Battle of Waterloo Hall of Fame, while his son, Jake, has taken the reins of the program, competing in a bracket named after the former head coach.
Head football coaches in Class 5A, District 6 selected Iowa City West senior quarterback Jack Wallace as the district’s Most Valuable Player. Scott Chandler and his assistants at Iowa City Liberty is the Coaching Staff of the Year.
Fifth-ranked Iowa City Liberty beat No. 8 Ankeny 21-13 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football state quarterfinal game Friday night in North Liberty.
n just its seventh season as a varsity football program, Liberty advanced to the state semifinals for the first time after dispatching traditional playoff heavyweight Ankeny, 21-13, in a Class 5A state quarterfinal game Friday night.
A closer look at Friday’s Gazette-area Iowa high school football state quarterfinal games.
State volleyball, Class 5A quarterfinals: Waukee Northwest sophomore Logan Vogt said her team had never wanted to win a match so badly this entire season. After falling three times to No. 3 Ankeny in the regular season, the No. 6 Wolves swept the Hawks at state.
Waukee Northwest defeated Ankeny 3-0 in a 2024 Class 5A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal match at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Monday.
The Gazette’s roundup of the first day of the 2024 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament Monday at Xtream Arena in Coralville with quarterfinal matches in Class 5A and Class 4A.
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