Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer more high school football questions. Bears bear, bees bee and sports writers discuss what teams must win, dominant units, consistent performers and post-game celebrations.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy posted its second shutout of the season, Vicenzo Gianforte passed for four TDs and helped the offense amass 462 yards and the Cougars earned their fifth straight victory. Class 5A No. 3 Kennedy thumped Dubuque Hempstead, 44-0, Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.
Photos from Cedar Rapids Kenendy’s 44-0 win over Dubuque Hempstead at Kingston Stadium.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy and West Branch started the 2023 Iowa high school football season 0-2 against tough schedules but have won every game since, including a pair of eye-openers last week. The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses those teams and more noteworthy resurgences this week.
Led by individual champion Adam Gray, Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ cross country team earned its first MVC Super meet title in school history Thursday at Birdsall Park. The Cougars placed all five scorers in the top 17 and upset Class 4A top-ranked, short-handed Cedar Falls.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Reid Hall claimed the Class 4A boys’ state golf individual title last season. He will attempt to repeat in his fourth state appearance, beginning Friday at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny.
This week, a handful of teams that have climbed into The Gazette’s rankings during the regular season get to test themselves against more-established top-10 teams. Here’s who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 7.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 7.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford evaluate teams’ stocks, the toughest district and technology on the fan experience. We also pick which coach would be fun to mic up for a game.
Iowa City West earned a runner-up at the Class 4A district meet Monday at Brown Deer Golf Club in Coralville. The Trojans qualified for the state tournament for the first time since 2009. Senior Dillon Croco led West, winning medalist honors with 5-under 66.
The Gazette’s 2023 post-Week 6 Iowa high school football poll: Cedar Rapids Kennedy, MFL MarMac make big jumps after statement wins Friday.
Any questions MFL MarMac football coach Dan Anderson had about his team’s fortitude were emphatically answered. Here’s our Week 6 Iowa high school football rewind, with Friday night notes from around the area.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 6 games.
Despite scoring just two points each in the second and third quarters, Monticello’s boys’ basketball team still found itself tied with rival Cascade with under a minute left in their Class 2A district final Tuesday night. But a late basket, defensive stop and two free throws gave Cascade a 41-37 victory.
Momcilovic matched, then passed the late former Cyclone great Dedric Willoughby for made 3s in a single season during his team's workmanlike 75-59 win over the Utes Tuesday in Salt Lake City.
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