Tate Petersen scored 28 points and set Monticello’s career scoring record in his team’s 57-51 win Tuesday night over Alburnett in a Class 2A district final. Petersen, a Kirkwood recruit, has played a lot of this season with an injured shoulder.
Class 1A boys’ state wrestling finals recap: Brandon Paez captured his third state championship in four appearances. He became the seventh three-time titlist and 11th to win at least three in Lisbon’s storied tradition.
Jordan Caton scored a game-high 25 points Friday night as Class 2A ninth-ranked Alburnett survived an upset bid from Northeast, 62-58, Friday night in a district final. But the junior guard’s biggest win was when he and his three siblings were adopted six years ago.
Three standouts on the third day of the 2023 Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Class 1A boys’ state wrestling Friday recap: Brandon Paez embraced a journey from Nevada to Lisbon and now four state wrestling finals appearances.
Here are three Gazette area Class 1A wrestlers who made waves in the quarterfinals of the Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena.
Class 1A boys’ state wrestling takeaways from Thursday: Brody Neighbor avenged two previous losses to North Linn’s Cael Bridgewater, highlighting a strong quarterfinal round for Alburnett.
Alburnett senior Gunnar Keeney reached the state wrestling tournament for the third straight year, but this appearance was different. He got his hand raised, which wasn’t the case the last two seasons.
Girls’ basketball: Laney Pilcher scores, and much more (24 points, 18 rebounds, eight steals), in Jesup’s 2A regional-quarterfinal victory over Alburnett.
It’s time for the traditional Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, this year in an expanded, four-day format. K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs have a class-by-class preview on this week’s episode of the Pinning Combination.
A class-by-class synopsis of the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, including team and individual predictions.
Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Tuesday in Class 2A and 1A regional quarterfinals.
West Delaware rolled through the quarterfinals and outlasted a tough Sergeant Bluff-Luton to land in a familiar spot — the Class 2A state duals championship dual Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Mount Vernon senior suffered torn knee ligaments in football that out his final wrestling season in doubt. Younggreen has returned and improved to 8-0 after a major decision in the Mustangs’ State Duals quarterfinal win over Creston.
Xtream Arena in Coralville hosts the Iowa high school boys’ wrestling state duals tournament for the first time Saturday. Here’s a look at the schedule and brackets for all three classes, plus information on how to watch.
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