Why should Friday get all the fun? Week 1 of the Iowa high school football schedule also comes with a pair of ranked matchups on Saturday night. Here’s a look at who all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll face this week.
There are plenty of standout Iowa high school football games Friday night (and Saturday) that we preview in the first Prep Football Huddle podcast of the season. Plus, a look at our preseason rankings and storylines to watch.
Prep football: A dozen of the top Gazette-area games to watch in Week 1.
Nick Brooks grew up in Cedar Rapids and attended middle school here. He went to Georgia for a couple of years and became a big-time college recruit. He’s back now in Cedar Rapids for his junior year, and the 6-foot-8, 385-pound offensive lineman is eager to help Cedar Rapids Kennedy win a lot of football games.
Here is The Gazette’s Iowa high school football Class 5A poll ahead of the 2023 season. Southeast Polk starts at No. 1.
A look at Gazette area teams and individuals to watch during the 2023 Iowa high school swimming and diving season this fall.
For Maria Trotta, the road to swimming success has been as much mental as it has been physical. Now a senior at Cedar Rapids Xavier, Trotta said there was only one path to meeting her high expectations.
A 2023 watch list for top Gazette area boys’ cross country teams and individuals. Iowa City Regina is the reigning Class 1A state champion.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Reid Hall opened his senior season the same way he closed last fall — with a title. The defending Class 4A state champion earned medalist honors at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet on Thursday at Thunder Hills Country Club in Peosta.
A look at Gazette area golfers and teams to watch ahead of the 2023 Iowa high school Class 4A boys’ fall golf season.
Cedar Rapids Prairie football players are asked to “Bring Your Own Juice” under new Hawks head coach Kyle Knock. The energy was high at John Wall Stadium during the first official day of football practice Monday.
The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its all-state baseball team. Western Dubuque’s Isaac Then and Brett Harris were joined by Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Kade Knock, Solon’s Brett White and Dyersville Beckman’s Luke Sigwarth on the Super Team, which is made up of the top players regardless of class.
Photos from the final round of the 2023 Rotary Pribyl Junior Golf Classic at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids on Thursday.
See photos as the Whitecaps traveled to Cedar Rapids to play for the Midwest League title.
High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Clear Creek Amana reclaims the top spot after winning the Caroline Found Invitational.
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