High school cross country: Liberty’s Keegan Decker heads back to state as a title hopeful, but won’t be going solo. Both of Iowa City High’s teams qualify (the girls were champions), along with the Liberty boys.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 8 games to watch. North Linn plays at Wapsie Valley in the Class A District 4 championship game.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association’s RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) is a huge deal the last three weeks of the prep football regular season. Waterloo West was ranked one spot ahead of Cedar Rapids Kennedy (just on the outside looking in at the top 16) and picked up a huge 28-21 win Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.
See photos as the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars hosted the Waterloo West Wahawks for an Iowa high school football game.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 7 games to watch. Waterloo West and Kennedy collide Thursday in a pivotal game of 3-3 teams.
The high school football season enters the final weeks of the regular season. Gazette staff breaks down what teams are in most need of a win, most reliable kickers, which district is still up for grabs and what will high school football be like in 25 years.
Christian Cloyd has placed eighth and 12th in the last two state tournaments. The Linn-Mar senior will begin his final high school golf postseason at the Class 4A district at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls.
See photos from an Iowa high school volleyball tournament at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School.
West Des Moines Dowling’s football team showed why it is ranked third in Class 5A Friday night with an impressive 34-0 win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Kingston Stadium. The Maroons outgained the Cougars, 470-113, and Kennedy head coach Brian White took a tumble on the sideline after he was run into by a player who were going out of bounds.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 6 games to watch. The state’s 8-Player game of the week is at Preston, where unbeatens Edgewood-Colesburg and Easton Valley collide
The Gazette’s Iowa sports staff and contributors opted to discuss high school football instead of rocket science and macroeconomics. See how much ground Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash cover in 4 Downs.
Cedar Rapids Prairie accomplished a first in program history. With a runner-up finish at the MVC Valley Division golf meet Monday, the Hawks won its first MVC Valley Division title in boys; golf.
High school cross country: After a stress fracture last spring and a lower mileage schedule throughout the summer, Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Adam Gray is rounding back into winning form.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 5 games to watch. Iowa City West welcomes Iowa City Liberty in a 5A top-10 showdown, and 2A District 5 co-favorites collide at Alburnett.
Scenes from the Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs. Linn-Mar football game on Sept. 19
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