The high school football season enters the final weeks of the regular season. Gazette staff breaks down what teams are in most need of a win, most reliable kickers, which district is still up for grabs and what will high school football be like in 25 years.
Mount Vernon falls to Davenport Assumption in boys’ substate regional final 5-0 Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Division leads are at stake in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Another big Upper Iowa Conference matchup occurs. Tri-Rivers Conference has a battled between division leaders and Dyersville Beckman visits the Quad Cities. Here is a look at some notable games this week.
Assignments for district singles and doubles tournament were released on Friday by Iowa High School Athletic Association
Williamsburg is looking for fifth State Duals berth when it hosts West Liberty and Anamosa in a Class 2A regional dual Tuesday night. The Raiders are ranked third with a 27-1 record.
Benton Community’s Class 2A second-ranked Brenden Heying defeated Anamosa’s No. 3 Austin Scranton and West Delaware’s No. 4 Brent Yonkovic to claim the 190-pound title at the Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational on Saturday.
The Iowa City West Trojans take on the Assumption Knights
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.
State volleyball, Class 3A quarterfinal: West Delaware closed out Davenport Assumption to get a semifinal showdown with tradition-rich Western Christian on Wednesday.
West Delaware beat Davenport Assumption 3-1 in a Class 3A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal match Tuesday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
The Gazette’s roundup of Tuesday’s Iowa high school state volleyball tournament matches at Xtream Arena in Coralville, quarterfinal matches in Class 3A, 2A and 1A.
Iowa high school vollleyball regional finals are Tuesday in 3A, 4A and 5A, and Anamosa and Monticello look for a state-tournament breakthrough.
Sorting out the Gazette-area Iowa high school football playoff hopefuls in Class 5A, 4A and 3A as Week 9 approaches, plus a look at select games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Navon Shabazz is the Iowa men’s basketball team’s first commitment from the Class of 2026. He’ll play for a prep school in Des Moines after helping Davenport Assumption to the Class 3A state title last March.
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