The five Female finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Cassidy Hartman of Iowa City Liberty, Nia Howard of Springville, Peyton Robinson of Lisbon, Alivia Schulte of West Delaware and Devin Simon of Cascade.
The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.
A year after Kris Murray went from sixth man to offensive focal point, Payton Sandfort is working to take a similar jump in 2023-24. He also is staying competitive with his younger brother, Pryce.
Transferring to Iowa “was like the easiest thing ever” for Even Brauns. Now in his first summer with the Hawkeyes, the Iowa City native is looking to provide leadership and a post presence.
Cedar Rapids isn’t known for can’t-miss blue-chip athletes. But when its people reach national sports stardom, they do so with quite the stories.
Kris Murray was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 23rd pick in the first round of Thursday night’s NBA draft.
Iowa junior forward Kris Murray is a likely first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, with a multitude of possible landing spots.
Twins Kris and Keegan Murray, about to reunite in the NBA this week, were surrounded by plenty of fine athletes in high school at Cedar Rapids Prairie.
A record-setting rookie season in the NBA hasn’t changed AJ Green. The Cedar Falls native and former two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year at Northern Iowa remains as tirelessly committed to his craft and as plain spoken as he was when he was living in his hometown and playing for the Panthers.
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Iowa City Regina announced Monday that it has hired Paul Rundquist to be its new boys’ head basketball coach. Rundquist spent the past five seasons as co-head coach at Iowa City West and won a state championship with Mount Pleasant in 2012.
Prep basketball: Rule change makes the bonus quarterly and eliminates the one-and-one.
Cedar Rapids Prairie announced Tuesday that it has hired Todd Kuntz to lead its varsity boys’ basketball program. Kuntz comes to Prairie from Dunkerton, where he had a state tournament team this past season.
Ashley Joens has only been in Texas for a few weeks, but the second-round pick of the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA Draft already is making a strong impression on her new teammates.
Even Brauns is returning to Iowa City, as a scholarship player for the Iowa men’s basketball team. A power forward, he started 30 games last season for Belmont.
Inside Carolina reported Wednesday that Linn-Mar High graduate Marcus Paige is expected to become the North Carolina men’s basketball program’s director of team and player development for head coach Hubert Davis.
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.
K.J. Pilcher talks with Dick Briggs about the Iowa wrestling from High School to college
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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