In this week’s Gazette area Iowa high school golf notes: Competitive golfers brought Iowa City Liberty its first big boys’ golf tournament title, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Tanner Wachtl earned a big win of his own and Cedar Rapids Xavier set program records.
Cedar Rapids Prairie head football coach Mark Bliss has been at it over 30 years, has enough time put in to retire if he wants. But ball coaches have to coach ball, so Bliss continues.
With Mariah Rollins at libero and Asta Hildebrand as the full-time setter, No. 1 Iowa City Liberty opened the volleyball season with a four-set win over Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Here are 10 Gazette area teams to watch for the 2022 Iowa high school volleyball season.
Cedar Rapids Washington will host its Warrior Invitational Thursday at Eagle Ridge South Golf Course in Galena, Ill. The field consists of 18 teams, including some of the best teams in Class 4A with a couple from Illinois.
Linn-Mar’s football team will play its first home football game of the 2022 season at Cedar Rapids Prairie because of issues with the installation of field turf at the school’s stadium. The game against Pleasant Valley is Sept. 9.
The Rotary Pribyl Junior Golf Classic serves as a good gauge for Cedar Rapids Prairie’s varsity boys’ golf season. The Hawks swept the open and novice divisions, including placing two of the top three, another in seventh and five in the top 20.
Nine golfers and five teams to watch for the 2022 Iowa high school boys’ golf season, including the last two MVC Valley Players of the Year in Reid Hall and Charlie Allen.
Iowa City Liberty is the preseason No. 1 in The Gazette’s area Super Ten volleyball rankings.
Six Gazette-area baseball players — including Iowa City High’s Cade Obermueller and Gable Mitchell — earned all-state “Super Team” honors from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.
Here’s a look at local, Gazette-area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.
Seven players with local, Eastern Iowa, Iowa Hawkeyes ties were taken in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft, have signed and are beginning their professional careers. Here’s a look at those seven.
Now that the 2022 Iowa high school state baseball tournaments are complete, let’s take a look back at some of the standout performances and a look ahead to next season.
Cedar Rapids Prairie grad, former Kirkwood Community College and now former University of Louisville outfielder Levi Usher has signed a contract with the Kansas City Royals, after being picked by them Monday in the 10th round of the MLB Draft.
Iowa’s Keegan Murray stayed consistently hot in a city with 111-degree weather, and made a lot of Sacramento Kings fans enthused with his play in the NBA Summer League.
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