Catching up with six WNBA players with Iowa ties, through games played Thursday.
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Catching up with six WNBA players with Iowa ties, through games played Thursday.
NBA players Kris and Keegan Murray returned to their high school alma mater Cedar Rapids Prairie on Thursday to be honored with a special wall display of them outside of the school’s main gymnasium and by having their Prairie jerseys retired and honorarily hung inside the gym.
Catching up with six WNBA players with Iowa ties, through games played Thursday.
Justin Wessel, from Cedar Rapids Prairie, was a teammate and close friend of Luke Walton, Bill’s son. That gained Wessel entrance into Bill Walton’s world.
The 20th edition of Rivalry Saturday is set for Nov. 30, and 10 of the 16 teams played in the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ basketball state tournament.
Bruce Dall, who has coached teams to five state championships, including the last four Class 2A titles at Dike-New Hartford, was named girls’ basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie on Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids Washington has announced the hiring of Nate Garner as its new varsity head boys’ basketball coach. Garner has been a head coach at the sub-varsity level at the school and served as interim head coach for the varsity during periods of the 2023-24 varsity season.
The architect of an incredible run of 234-9 over the last nine seasons and seven consecutive state boys’ basketball tournament championship appearances, Mike Hilmer is leaving North Linn to take the superintendent’s job at Bellevue.
Dubuque Wahlert graduate Cael Schmitt started four seasons at point guard for Coe College, helping the Kohawks reach back-to-back NCAA Division III national basketball tournaments. He entered the transfer portal for his graduate season and has committed to Northern Iowa as a rare kid going from D-III to Division I.
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Iowa City High announced Tuesday that Bill McTaggart will be its new head varsity boys’ basketball coach. McTaggart spent 23 successful seasons as girls’ head coach, including winning a state championship.
Meet The Gazette’s 2023-24 all-area high school boys’ basketball team. Decorah’s Jonathan Carlson is the Coach of the Year. Linn-Mar’s Davis Kern is the Player of the Year.
Meet The Gazette’s 2023-24 all-area high school girls’ basketball team. Clear Creek Amana’s P.J. Sweeney is the Coach of the Year. Solon’s Callie Levin is the Player of the Year.
One of the first moves Kirkwood women's basketball coach Kim Muhl made for this season was signing former Benton Community all-stater Jenna Twedt. The 5-foot-8 guard has been a standout, helping lift the Eagles to the national tournament for a record 22nd time.
Upper Iowa University grad student Jake Hilmer is his school’s all-time leading scorer and assists man. He is eyeing a possible pro basketball career when his career ends at UIU, which plays in a NCAA Division II regional game Saturday
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.
High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette’s poll play in Week 3. No. 1 Mount Vernon visits No. 4 Solon in a Class 3A showdown.
Nelson Brands is an accomplished wrestler, winning three state titles and All-American honors in high school and college. He also trained under Hall of Fame coaches. Brands will bring those experiences to his new role as Iowa City Regina boys’ head wrestling coach.
Seventh-ranked Linn-Mar fell to No. 1 Waukee Northwest , 3-2, in the Class 3A girls’ state soccer championship at the Cyclone Sports Complex in Ames, Iowa Saturday, June 7, 2025.
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