Girls’ basketball 2023-24: The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten (Solon is No. 1) and area conference predictions.
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Girls’ basketball 2023-24: The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten (Solon is No. 1) and area conference predictions.
Girls’ basketball 2023-24: A dozen of the top area players to watch, including returning first-team all-staters Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Kamryn Kurt of North Linn and Callie Levin of Solon.
Former Iowa All-Americans were on opposite sides Wednesday night when Keegan Murray’s Sacramento Kings faced Kris Murray’s Portland Trail Blazers.
The Gazette’s 2023-24 preseason Iowa high school girls’ basketball rankings. Johnston, Clear Creek Amana, Solon, Dike-New Hartford and North Linn are No. 1.
Girls’ basketball: 2023 Rivalry Saturday field will face state-title hopefuls from all five classes
Late last month, Joe Wieskamp had just completed his first training camp practice with Dallas, sharing the hardwood with two of the world’s best players in Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. The moment wasn’t lost on the former Iowa standout, who is entering his third professional season.
Iowa women’s basketball picked up its first commitment of the 2025 recruiting class, and it’s a big one. Big enough to give Lisa Bluder goosebumps.
Coach Fran McCaffery’s son is asking the court to waive his appearance at his bench trial for a traffic violation that resulted in the death of an Iowa National Guard soldier.
In 2022, Kiah Stokes added something she’d been wanting for some time to her lengthy list of basketball accomplishments. She finally got a WNBA title as part of a talented Las Vegas squad that captured the league crown under first-year head coach Becky Hammon.
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Former Iowa men’s basketball player Joe Wieskamp has joined his third NBA team. He signed a training camp contract with the Dallas Mavericks after getting waived by the Toronto Raptors in July.
Former Iowa State and Iowa City High standout Ashley Joens is back in the professional ranks, as the Las Vegas Aces announced she’d been added to the team’s roster Wednesday afternoon.
Jack McCaffery, 17, pleaded not guilty to a traffic violation issued after a fatal crash on May 22 that resulted in the death of Corey Hite, a National Guard soldier. His trial is set for Aug. 29.
When it comes to so-called “measurables,” Iowa State five-star freshman Omaha Biliew admirably exceeds the cut on each level — but that’s not what makes him a standout. Not to coach T.J. Otzelberger, anyway.
Joe Wieskamp scored 27 points for Toronto in its NBA Summer League finale Sunday in Las Vegas, but the Raptors nonetheless declined to pick up the former Iowa Hawkeye’s 2023-24 salary of $1.93 million.
Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery’s teenage son was cited for a simple misdemeanor in a crash that resulted in the death of Corey Hite on May 22. Hite, a soldier with the Iowa National Guard, was out for jog when struck by the SUV.
And then, fittingly, there were two still standing in 2A: Alburnett’s top-seeded Eaghan Fleshman and Solon’s second-seeded Lucas Feuerbach — until Fleshman stuck a takedown in overtime to mine gold, 4-1, Saturday night at the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling meet at the Casey’s Center.
Photos from the Class 1A, 2A and 3A championship matches during the 2026 IHSAA boys’ state wrestling tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
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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