Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and seven teams to keep an eye on for the 2025-26 boys’ wrestling season.
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Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and seven teams to keep an eye on for the 2025-26 boys’ wrestling season.
Here is a list of five boys’ basketball teams from the Gazette area that could be handfuls this season. We predict winners in each area conference as well.
Iowa City Liberty quarterback Reece Rettig has been named the Class 5A football player of the year by the Iowa Football Coaches Association. There are 45 players from The Gazette area that are first-team players in their respective classes.
Iowa’s Gabe Arnold made the most of his opportunity in Iowa’s win over Pittsburgh. University of Northern Iowa squashed North Dakota State in its home opener Sunday. Coe crowned five champions at its annual Turkey Invitational and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Fresh off its first state-tournament appearance in school history, Maquoketa is No. 1
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Regina play for titles in Class 3A and Class 1A, respectively.
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Newton face off in a Class 4A Iowa high school football playoff semifinal at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. It is one of four games Thursday.
Senior is coming off a Nebrasa Youth Tour title and enjoys year-round bowling, helping younger teammates
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?
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a good hockey team. They have gathered standings points in two-thirds of their games, have been competitive night in and night out. But they are 0-7 in games that have gone past regulation, including 0-5 in shootouts after a 2-1 loss Sunday to Fargo.
The Hawkeye guard scored a career-high 32 points, with four Hawkeyes recording double figures in the Sunday night win.
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