Articles Tagged: Monticello High School

High school cross country: Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman blazes to a 15:12 clocking at the Prairie Invitational, winning by 25 seconds. Monticello freshman Mary Grace Lyons makes an early impression.

Roundup of week 1 results of Gazette-area schools

High school baseball all-conference selections are being released. The first set are the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi and Valley divisions. Keep checking in for more.

The Gazette’s 2025 Female Athlete of the Year finalists: Libby Dix and Chloe Meester of Mount Vernon, Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Jayden Kuper of Monticello and Noelle Steines of Tipton.

Regina Regals blanked the Monticello Panthers 5-0 in their River Valley Conference soccer match

Girls basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel selected as Miss Iowa Basketball 2025.

North Fayette Valley’s boys’ basketball team ran the table in the regular season but has never been included in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s rankings this season and was given a ‘2’ seed in its district. The TigerHawks beat top-seeded Aplington-Parkersburg in a Class 2A district final Tuesday night and are a win away from their first state tournament appearance.

Cascade’s Jackson Lieurance and Iowa City Regina’s Will Litton are Players of the Year in their respective divisions of the River Valley Conference, it has been announed. Cascade’s Nate McMullen and Regina’s Paul Rundquist are division Coaches of the Year.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Saturday in Class 3A regional quarterfinals and 2A regional first-round games.

Despite being defending state champion, advancing to a state championship game seven years in a row and having one of the top players in the state in his class (Mason Bechen), North Linn was left out of the first couple of the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Class 1A poll after a 20-point loss to Dunkerton a couple of weeks ago. The Lynx are back in this week for the first time this season at No. 10. All of the No. 1s remain the same in Cedar Falls, Huxley Ballard, Western Christian and Bellevue Marquette.

Cedar Falls remained atop Class 4A in the second Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings of the season. Huxley Ballard (3A), Western Christian (2A) and Bellevue Marquette (1A) stay at No. 1 in their respective classes, as well.

Girls’ basketball: A downhill slope remains slippery in terms of participation in Iowa. Six schools, including Central City, aren’t playing a varsity schedule, and last year’s statewide number of 6,179 is a 38-percent decrease from 2007-08.

Tim Lambert has led the Monticello boys’ basketball program for 26 years. His brother Todd, has been by his side most of the way. They have three children each (two boys and a girl) who all are the same ages. This season is the eighth consecutive and final season that the brothers get to coach a son and nephew.

The Gazette’s 2024 all-area volleyball team: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester repeats as player of the year; Mustangs Coach Maggie Willems is coach of the year.

Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.