A week into the new volleyball season ... some things, we know (or least think we do). Some things, we don’t (like, who’s going to take charge in the Mississippi Valley Conference?). Here are five thoughts as August fades away.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 2.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford kick off a season of high school football questions. Read our takes on Week 1 heroes, Week 2 contests and reasonable expectations of a first-year program.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy played a see-what-you’ve-got prep football opening game Saturday night against West Des Moines Dowling at Kingston Stadium. What the Cougars found is they’ve got a good team, despite falling 38-21.
See photos as Cedar Rapids Kennedy faced West Des Moines Dowling in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game.
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.
Girls basketball: 2A and 1A regional finals are Wednesday, and Iowa City Regina has
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.
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