Here are some Gazette area players and teams to watch during the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ tennis season.
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Here are some Gazette area players and teams to watch during the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ tennis season.
A pair of Cedar Rapids Jefferson bowlers found themselves in quite a conundrum in the individual state tournament this week. Savannah Edmonds faced Kayla Staub in a first-round matchup.
Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Wednesday in Class 3A regional semifinals and 5A/4A quarterfinals.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Dylan Munson parlayed his offseason effort into a no-doubt performance at the Class 3A district tournament Saturday at Jefferson. He was one of two Prairie champions, pinning his way through the 106-pound bracket and advancing to the state wrestling tournament.
Cedar Rapids Prairie hosted the Prairie Title Tournament featuring Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ wrestling teams on Saturday.
Photos from the 2023 Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ swimming Super Meet at the Linn-Mar Aquatic Center.
This week’s Pinning Combination podcast starts with some reminiscing — our favorite wrestling memories in 40 years of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Plus, we look back at the week in college and high school wrestling in Iowa.
Photos from the 2023 edition of the Jerry Eckenrod Invitational wrestling tournament at Benton Community.
With a couple of freshmen and a sophomore in the starting lineup, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s girls’ basketball team has dealt with a lot of ups and a lot of downs so far this season. Tuesday night was an ‘up,’ specifically a 58-46 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys’ basketball team went into the holiday break with a 1-5 record, though it easily could have been 4-2, considering losses of one, two and three points. The Hawks found the perfect way not to lose a close game Tuesday night. It didn’t play one, blowing out Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 69-31.
The response to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s first sanctioned season of wrestling has been deafening. Participation numbers have rapidly grown in the first half and many are excited about trajectory, even though officials work toward improvements.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s boys’ basketball team won its first two games this season, but it’s been a rougher go since then. The J-Hawks have lost three in a row, including decisively at the hands of Waterloo West on Tuesday night.
The Hawkeyes’ freshman Harlee Hiller capped off a perfect debut with two wins on her birthday, while Nyla Valencia, Reese Larramendy and the rest of the team didn’t concede a point in the first-ever All-Iowa Dual.
The Hawkeyes beat both Central College and Cornell.
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