Find the latest news, scores, and updates on Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks high school sports including football, basketball, volleyball, and more. Stay in the game with The Gazette’s sports coverage.
North Linn’s football team limited Pekin to 45 total yards Friday night, and Will Sommerfelt threw three touchdown passes in a 21-3 road win in a Class A playoff second-rounder. That moves NL to the quarterfinals for only the fourth time in school history, with a trip to the UNI-Dome and the semifinals for the first time ever on the line this coming Friday night against top-ranked Saint Ansgar.
State cross country, Class 4A: Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick leads a pack of four sub-15 finishers in the boys’ race. Liberty’s Keegan Decker finishes third for the second straight year. Prairie is 4th in the boys’ team race; City High girls and boys are 7th.
See photos from the Iowa Class 2A and Class 3A state cross country championships.
High school football teams play in the Iowa High School Athletic Association playoffs. All seven classes will compete in the Round of 16 for a spot in the state quarterfinals.
What underdogs could bite home teams in postseason openers? Does parity reign in Class 5A? What changes would you like to see in the playoff system and to prevent forfeits?
Iowa High School Athletic Association released the first-round playoff pairings for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. Alburnett will host Crestwood in the opening round of 2A.
Dawson Kahl’s late touchdown run powers Cedar Rapids Prairie past Class 5A No. 7 Iowa City West.
The Prairie Hawks host the Iowa City West Trojans in a Mississippi Valley Conference high school football game in Cedar Rapids.
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.
Iowa City West Trojans capture the championship pool of the MVC volleyball tournament
High school volleyball: Taylor Otte makes the decisive plays in the final match, and Iowa City West captures the MVC tournament title.
Small classes are approaching the postseason and big games highlight Week 8. Which team has a championship defense? Is there a high school coach that can transition to be a college head coach. Will program mergers impact CRCSD?
Prairie's defense held Cedar Falls to 143 yards unofficially, but the turnovers and a couple of big kick returns gave the Tigers several short fields.
The Hawkeyes’ freshman Harlee Hiller capped off a perfect debut with two wins on her birthday, while Nyla Valencia, Reese Larramendy and the rest of the team didn’t concede a point in the first-ever All-Iowa Dual.
The Hawkeyes beat both Central College and Cornell.
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