Mike Condon

Regional singles and doubles are first step to state tournaments in October

With the fall season debut, all three ranked programs will host every step of the regional bracket on their road to the Oct. 6-7 state tournament.

Iowa High School Football: Cannon Davis hit Jack Wessel with a pair of scoring passes and the Bettendorf defense held off a late drive from Prairie to head home with a 14-11 upset win over Class 5A No. 6 Prairie.

Defending Class 1A state champion and top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier will be part of a nine-team field at Grinnell. The Saints feature two-time defending state singles champion Gabi Fleming. Area schools Marion, Mount Vernon, South Tama also are in the regional

Instead of doubling in tennis and golf, the Warrior senior is playing tennis in new season and swimming

Xavier started fast. After stopping the Bobcats on their first drive, the Saints needed just eight plays to score but could never quite put away visiting Western Dubuque.

Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks and the Linn-Mar Lions endured a two-hour weather delay on Friday night at Linn-Mar Stadium. Once things got started, Coach Kyle Knock's Hawks struggled early, turning the ball over twice.

With the anticipated completion of the Prairie Summit YMCA pool in the spring of next year, all signs are pointing to Cedar Rapids Prairie having its own swim teams for both girls and boys, beginning with the 2026-27 school year.

Coming off a 6-4 campaign in 2024 that ended with a first-round playoff loss to Don Bosco, the 2025 edition of the Orioles has the potential to match or even surpass the 11-1 finish posted by the 2013 team.

Cedar Rapids Xavier are looking to repeat their Class 1A title from the spring and a look at individual players from the Gazette-area to keep an eye out for.

After being part of the spring season since the sport's inception in 1956, tennis has been moved to the fall and practices began on Monday. Here is a preview of the upcoming season and the thoughts of changing from spring to fall.

Gabi Fleming takes down Heather Fleming in tie-breaker in women’s final; Anthony Schulte beats his brother in men’s final

Home-runs by Koranda and Barnes in the fifth inning helped propel Linn-Mar to a 8-2 victory over Iowa City Liberty to win the regional final.

Linn-Mar defeated Class 3A No. 3 Mount Vernon in Friday's quarterfinal round, then blanked Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 7-0, in the Linn-Mar/Alburnett Softball Invitational semifinal played on Saturday.

The culture that is tennis at Cedar Rapids Xavier was on display Tuesday in Waterloo the Saints were looking to make one final piece of history.