Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks

This is Week 1 of the high school football season in the state of Iowa. It’s also the hottest week weather wise of the summer. New heat stress protocol guidelines for athletes from the Iowa High School Athletic Association has teams scrambling to figure out if and when they can get outside for practices.

Here is your bi-weekly update on players in affiliated professional baseball (major and minor leagues) from the Gazette area and University of Iowa.

Here’s your 8th look at how baseball players from the Gazette area and University of Iowa are doing in the major leagues and affiliated minor leagues.

The 2024 Iowa Girls Coaches all-state teams all-state softball teams were released Tuesday. Benton Community leads area teams with first-team selections (three) and total selections (five).

Cedar Rapids Jefferson junior Lily Holland was a state runner-up in the spring high school tennis season and a Baird Iowa Open champion last month.

Class 3A state champion Williamsburg ends the 2024 softball season at No. 1 in The Gazette’s area Super Ten.

Here’s your latest update on how professional baseball players in the affiliated minor leagues and major leagues are doing. Stats are through Friday.

A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional finals. Nine games involve area teams, including a Prairie-Kennedy matchup that guarantees the Metro a 5A state qualifier.