The Alburnett Pirates didn't panic. Two plays after Class A No. 4 North Linn took a 13-9 lead, Mason Neighbor connected with Grayson Carolan on a 75-yard touchdown pass with 2:02 remaining, giving Alburnett a 16-13 upset win.
A dozen Gazette-area Week 1 Iowa high school football games to watch, including the Iowa City High vs. Iowa City Liberty battle at Kinnick Stadium.
Previews and predictions for the Gazette area Class A Iowa high school football districts.
Here are five Class 2A and Class 1A Iowa high school softball regional semifinal games to watch in the area Friday.
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 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.
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