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.
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.
The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association has announced its all-state boys’ basketball teams. First-teamers include two players from North Linn and one each from Linn-Mar, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Williamsburg, Decorah, West Branch, Monticello and Maquoketa Valley.
West Des Moines Valley beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 63-59 in the Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball championship game Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s dreams of an undefeated championship season ended Friday night, as West Des Moines Valley won its second straight Class 4A boys’ basketball title with a 63-59 win.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team won its third state championship with a 57-56 win over Bellevue Marquette in the Class 1A title game at Wells Fargo Arena. The Lynx were making their seventh consecutive appearance in a championship game.
North Linn beat Bellevue Marquette 57-56 in the Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball championship game Friday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Here is a look at Friday’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. Four champions will be crowned.
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.
Tyler Hilton has improved so much since a year ago. The 6-foot-8 Linn-Mar senior boys’ basketball player is averaging 25 points in his team’s first three games this season and had a mammoth 26-point, 23-rebound game Friday night as his Lions beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 67-59, at Linn-Mar.
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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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