Articles Tagged: Algona Garrigan High School

High school football: The Gazette’s post Week-1 poll.

High school football: The Gazette’s 2025 preseason poll. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A) and Maquoketa Valley (Class A) are among the No. 1 picks.

Previewing Thursday’s Iowa high school football 8-Player state quarterfinal games involving Gazette-area teams.

The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school 8-Player football rankings: Undefeated state champions in 2020 and 2022, Remsen St. Mary’s is No. 1 to start 2024.

As we close the book on the Iowa high school girls’ basketball season and transition into spring, here is The Gazette’s first draft of 2024-25 preseason rankings.

Six games Wednesday wrap up the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Find the schedule, live stream links and updated scores and stats here throughout the day.

The 2024 Iowa girls’ high school state basketball tournament smorgasbord: Brackets, predictions, top players and more for the coming week at Wells Fargo Arena.

Wednesday’s regional finals produced the eight qualifiers for the 2024 Class 1A Iowa high school girls’ basketball state tournament. Here’s a look at Wednesday’s scores, plus the state bracket and schedule released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly said early in the season he thought freshman Audi Crooks might be a 15-20 minutes-a-game type of player. Crooks changed his mind rather quickly, though, and now she’s routinely inching into the 30-plus minutes range while largely avoiding foul trouble and fatigue.

Audi Crooks’ favorite word isn’t “score.” It’s not “rebound.” It’s not even “win.” No, Iowa State’s star 6-foot-3 center — the program’s first freshman to attain Big 12 player of the week honors on Monday — adores a different word that embodies all of the aforementioned ones: “Growth.”

There’s one week left in the Iowa high school football season. We talk about what to expect in the seven state championship games and what happened in last week’s semifinals on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

The Iowa high school state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday. Here are the top individuals and teams in the girls’ field, along with The Gazette’s championship picks.

2023 Iowa high school all-state girls’ basketball teams: Six Gazette area players earned first-team all-state status; Audi Crooks of Algona Garrigan is Miss Iowa Basketball 2023.

Girls’ basketball notes: Garrigan’s Audi Crooks is the favorite for Miss Iowa Basketball 2023. Here is a list of challengers.

It’s the penultimate day of the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, which includes a pair of championship games and four semifinal games. Stay up to date with scores, stats and more coverage here throughout the day.