Articles Tagged: Alburnett High School

14-year-old Reggie Mitchell, a freshman-to-be at Alburnett, already has first win at Hawkeye Downs Speedway and sits fourth in the Hobby Stock standings.

State track and field, Class 1A girls Saturday: Jalyssa Blazek blazed a new golden path for the Turkey Valley Trojans, powering to the program’s first girls’ running event titles in the 800 and 1,500 meters.

Photos from Friday’s Iowa high school state track and field events at Drake Stadium.

Alburnett’s Lacey Neighbor injured her right knee in the state-qualifying meet, but still notched a second-place finish in the Class 1A girls’ long jump at the state track and field championships.

Recapping Thursday’s Gazette area conference track and field highlights.

Photos from day 1 of the 2022 Drake Relays.

Photos from the 2022 Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational track and field meet.

Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was: David Carr led the Cyclones, becoming the program’s 16th three-time conference champion and one of eight automatic NCAA qualifiers for Iowa State. UNI had seven automatic qualifiers, including Parker Keckeisen, who won his second Big 12 crown and extended the Panthers’ conference reign at 184.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck got a ton of second, third, and even fourth-chance points to knock off Alburnett in a Class 1A boys’ basketball district final Tuesday.

Brandon Paez avenged his only loss of the season to become one of two Lisbon state wrestling titlists Saturday night, joining Cade Siebrecht.

Lisbon heavyweight Wyatt Smith wrestled behind a state medalist his first two years. The junior stepped into the lineup this season and won his state debut Thursday.

Andrew Ossman’s two free throws with 18 seconds left in overtime gave Alburnett a 64-62 win over New London in a good boys’ basketball game Monday night.

The top-ranked pound-for-pound wrestler in the Class of 2002, Kylie Welker, was the first signee for the Iowa women’s wrestling program. Soon after, Bettendorf’s Ella Schmit and Wyoming Seminary Prep’s (Pa.) Reese Larramendy followed, showing the talent is already flocking to the Iowa program.

Austin Hilmer scored 29 points as North Linn boys’ basketball rolled to an 85-49 win at Alburnett. It’s the team’s fourth-straight win after seeing a 107-game regular-season win streak snapped.

Alburnett freshman Rowdy Neighbor demonstrated his rough and ready side, dominating his way to the 106-pound title and joining teammate Carson Klostermann as champion at Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s J-Hawk Invitational. Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter earned the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler award.