Articles Tagged: Ankeny High School

Fifth-ranked Iowa City Liberty beat No. 8 Ankeny 21-13 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football state quarterfinal game Friday night in North Liberty.

n just its seventh season as a varsity football program, Liberty advanced to the state semifinals for the first time after dispatching traditional playoff heavyweight Ankeny, 21-13, in a Class 5A state quarterfinal game Friday night.

A closer look at Friday’s Gazette-area Iowa high school football state quarterfinal games.

State volleyball, Class 5A quarterfinals: Waukee Northwest sophomore Logan Vogt said her team had never wanted to win a match so badly this entire season. After falling three times to No. 3 Ankeny in the regular season, the No. 6 Wolves swept the Hawks at state.

Waukee Northwest defeated Ankeny 3-0 in a 2024 Class 5A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal match at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Monday.

The Gazette’s roundup of the first day of the 2024 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament Monday at Xtream Arena in Coralville with quarterfinal matches in Class 5A and Class 4A.

Photos from day one of the 2024 Iowa high school state cross country meet featuring Class 3A and 4A schools at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, November 1, 2024.

Twenty-two Iowa high school football playoff games Friday feature Gazette-area teams. Here is an overview of 12 contests and the full schedule.

Capsules for the Iowa high school state cross country meet Friday and Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course

Iowa high school vollleyball regional finals are Tuesday in 3A, 4A and 5A, and Anamosa and Monticello look for a state-tournament breakthrough.

Sorting out the Gazette-area Iowa high school football playoff hopefuls in Class 5A, 4A and 3A as Week 9 approaches, plus a look at select games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Here’s how all 70 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 8 games Friday night.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 7.

The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses teams with big tests in Week 7, looks back at what happened in Week 6, updates the rankings and playoff picture and plays another game of “Who’s Got More?” on this week’s episode.

What are the most notable games this week? Is Williamsburg’s offense or Maquoketa Valley’s defense more impressive? Plus, the best bounce-back teams and how to add to Friday night excitement. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.