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Six-foot-9 senior forward Davis Kern is a returning first-team all-state boys’ basketball player who has signed to play collegiately at South Dakota State. It was his Linn-Mar teammates, especially Payson Nietert and Trey Wright, who drove the offensive bus Friday night in a 69-59 win at Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Coaches react to some new rules introduced for the 2024-25 high school wrestling season. Mount Vernon crowned four champions at Cardinal Classic in Newton. Jesup off to strong dual start.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Cedar Rapids Prairie strengthens its hold on No. 1; Williamsburg moves into the list at No. 9.
UNI’s Parker Keckeisen struck more gold, winning his third straight title at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Iowa men and women dominate in Missouri. Upper Iowa remains unbeaten, standouts from the Dan Gable Donnybrook and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Union Community’s Jace Hedeman has subscribed to a new free and fun approach after his drerams of four state titles were dashed last season. He was dominant Saturday, winning the 132-pound title of the Cliff Keen Independence Invitational
Girls’ basketball: Keanna Worley posts 17 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals, and Cedar Rapids Prairie very nearly put all five starters into double figures in a 65-51 win at Cedar Rapids Xavier.
Girls’ basketball: Five early impressions from the first week of the season.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie rises to the top spot after opening with wins over Sioux City Heelan, Mount Vernon.
Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and nine teams to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 boys’ wrestling season.
Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.
Rivalry Saturday: Emily Larsen nails five first-half 3-pointers, and Cedar Rapids Prairie hold off Sioux City Heelan, 59-54, to win Bruce Dall’s debut with the Hawks.
Gazette-area teams and bowlers to watch for the 2024-25 Iowa high school bowling season.
Girls’ basketball: A five-time state-championship coach (four at Dike-New Hartford), Bruce Dall inherits a team at Cedar Rapids Prairie that was 16-5 last season and returns its top four scorers.
Former Hawkeye and Big Ten Network reporter Anthony Herron joins Madison Hricik to discuss Kirk Ferentz 206th win, the Iowa Hawkeyes matchup against Rutgers and the Big Ten Conference football.
High school cross country: Linn-Mar’s Ethan Cheney finishes third in a Rich Engel Classic boys field that wasn’t as crowded at the front as it could have been.
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