Articles Tagged: Ankeny High School

Here are five things to watch in the high school portion of the Drake Relays, which runs Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium.

Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team is known for its game-changing offensive spurts. A 27-point first quarter helped lift the Cougars past Ankeny, 63-51, Thursday night in Class 4A state tournament semifinals and into Friday night’s championship game.

Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat No. 8 Ankeny 63-51 in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Here is a look at Thursday’s schedule at the Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. And an in-depth look at the games involving Gazette-area schools.

West Des Moines Valley, Ankeny, Bettendorf advance to Class 4A semifinals of the 2024 Iowa boys’ state basketball tournament.

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

The last eight spots in the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament were earned Tuesday night in Class 4A substate finals. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s scores, plus the 4A state tournament bracket and schedule released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets this week for the boys’ basketball postseason in Class 3A and 4A. Here’s an in-depth look at the substates containing schools from the Gazette area.

The seven-game MVC-CIML Shootout boys’ basketball event went down Saturday at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids. In one of the marquee games of the inaugural event, defending Class 4A defending champion West Des Moines Valley used a fourth-quarter spurt to down Linn-Mar in a matchup of the second and fourth-ranked teams. Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy also beat No. 7 Waukee.

At a time that was put up or shut up, Iowa’s Caleb Rathjen made some noise, going 5-0 and winning the 149-pound title at the second annual Soldier Salute Saturday at Xtream Arena.

The MVC-CIML Crossover Shootout event is January 6 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids. It features seven games, most of them pitting a school from the Central Iowa Metro League against one from either the Mississippi Valley Conference or Mississippi Athletic Conference

No. 2 Ankeny Centennial beat No. 7 Ankeny in a Class 5A Iowa high school state volleyball tournament match Monday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Anna Sash and Jaeden Pratt formed a fifth-set wall, and second-ranked Centennial held off No. 7 Ankeny, 25-16, 25-12, 22-25, 14-25, 15-12, in a Class 5A quarterfinal at the state volleyball tournament Monday afternoon at Xtream Arena.

The 2023 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament begins Monday at Xtream Arena in Coralville with quarterfinal matches in Class 5A and 4A. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for scores and updates throughout the day.

Capsules for the 2023 Iowa high school state cross country meet Friday and Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course.