Articles Tagged: West Liberty High School

Alburnett has been a power in Class 1A but has moved to 2A this season. The Pirates have competed with programs from all classes in recent years and will apply the same approach to this season.

Five Gazette-area 5A, 4A and 3A volleyball regional semifinals to watch Thursday. All four remaining teams in 3A Region 8 are ranked, and a 3A Region 7 showdown pits River Valley South Division co-champions Mid-Prairie and West Liberty.

Five Gazette-area 5A, 4A and 3A volleyball regional quarterfinals to watch Tuesday. Cedar Rapids Xavier begins pursuit of a 10th consecutive state-tournament berth; Anamosa welcomes Waukon in a battle of surging 3A squads.

Braden Bickford ran the opening kickoff back 90 yards for a touchdown, and West Liberty handled Tipton, 30-7, in a non-district football game Friday night at Memorial Field.

Roundup of week 1 results of Gazette-area schools

State softball: Back-and-forth Class 3A quarterfinal goes PCM’s way at the end.

Photos from the 3A Quarterfinal state softball game between West Liberty and PCM on Monday, July 21, 2025

Capsules on the nine Gazette area teams that have qualified for the Iowa high school state softball tournament, plus predictions for each class.

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.

State softball: The 2025 tournament schedule, at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge.

A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball area regional finals. Twelve games contain area teams.

The Gazette’s 2025 Male Athlete of the Year is Ryker Dengler of West Liberty. He was a five-sport athlete, winning a state track title in the 400 hurdles and excelling at football, wrestling, basketball and baseball.

The Gazette’s 2025 Male Athlete of the Year finalists: Mason Bechen of North Linn, Tiernan Boots of Lisbon, Ryker Dengler of West Liberty, Rayce Heitman of Williamsburg and Mason Woods of Iowa City West.

Softball notes: Tracking the conference softball races, and saluting the champions. The MVC Mississippi Division race should become more clear tonight. Meanwhile, Lisbon, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon and Sigourney have extended lengthy title strings.

High school softball: Mallory Wulf is perfect through 6 2/3 innings, finishes with a no-hitter in West Liberty’s RVC South-clinching win over Durant.