Here are The Gazette’s initial 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
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Here are The Gazette’s initial 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
Iowa State, University of Northern Iowa won tournaments last weekend. Iowa had four champions in Wisconsin. Competition for the boys’ high school season has started, while the girls’ season has hit full throttle, including the annual Dan Gable Donnybrook.All this and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
High school volleyball: Iowa City Regina’s Reese Naeve is the area player of the year; Iowa City West’s Jaedynn Evans is honored as the top coach.
University of Northern Iowa’s Wyatt Voelker has made the jump from Big 12 Conference champion and NCAA qualifier at 197 pounds last season to starting heavyweight this season.
Iowa City Liberty quarterback Reece Rettig has been named the Class 5A football player of the year by the Iowa Football Coaches Association. There are 45 players from The Gazette area that are first-team players in their respective classes.
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Regina play for titles in Class 3A and Class 1A, respectively.
All-state volleyball: Iowa City Regina’s Reese Naeve is a member of the eight-player Elite team, and Springville’s Rowan Jacobi is the Class 1A player of the year
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Newton face off in a Class 4A Iowa high school football playoff semifinal at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. It is one of four games Thursday.
See photos from the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school football playoffs.
Dubuque Wahlert lost a regular-season game to West Delaware. The Golden Eagles have won seven games since, including a 27-6 victory over the Hawks in the Class 3A state quarterfinals Friday night at Brown Field in Manchester.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs have reached the state quarterfinals. Teams across the state in all classes will compete for a chance to play at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls next week.
Results and stats from the playoffs of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
High school football teams play in the Iowa High School Athletic Association playoffs. All seven classes will compete in the Round of 16 for a spot in the state quarterfinals.
Paustian’s effort has paid dividends in his first two weeks of high school competition. Paustian remained unbeaten, pinning Marion’s Lucas Stearns for the 150-pound title Saturday at the Mount Vernon Invitational.
Women’s basketball: Hannah Stuelke -- and the rest of Iowa’s post posse -- regain their mojo in Iowa’s 102-68 victory over Lindenwood.
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