Girls’ basketball: Williamsburg dominates the boards, rallies from an early 11-point deficit and surges past Cedar Rapids Xavier, 49-36.
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Girls’ basketball: Williamsburg dominates the boards, rallies from an early 11-point deficit and surges past Cedar Rapids Xavier, 49-36.
See photos as Williamsburg hosted Xavier for an Iowa girls’ high school basketball game.
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.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Carter Hoffmann has come a long way since a nervous sophomore making his first start at Waverly-Shell Rock. In his final game, Hoffmann rushed for 207 and three touchdowns to power the Saints to a 31-6 win over Pella for the Class 4A state football title.
Carter Hoffmann rushed for 207 yards and scored three first-half touchdowns as Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Pella, 31-6, Thursday night in the Class 4A state championship game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. It’s the fifth state football title for the school.
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’s offense is one of the best in class 4A, boasting the top passer in the class and a 1,000-yard rusher. An undersized but effective offensive line has helped lead the way to the state title game.
Newton converted a turnover early in the third quarter of Thursday night’s Class 4A Iowa state football playoff semifinal into a touchdown and a 17-3 lead on top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier. But the Saints rallied, scoring a go-ahead touchdown with 3:26 left that gave them a 31-24 win at the UNI-Dome.
See photos as the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints took on the Newton Cardinals in an Iowa Class 4A high school football state championship semifinal game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
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.
Cedar Rapids Xavier junior quarterback Cash Parks has been an integral part of a football team that is undefeated and top ranked in Class 4A going into Thursday night’s state playoff semifinal against Newton. A year ago, he was involved in a head-on auto collision that he realizes could have turned out much worse than it did.
The Hawkeyes’ defensive lineman spent the last four years preparing for a starting role. With two games left in his college career, he’s found his niche as a quiet, but confident, leader.
No. 15 Iowa State was putting the finishing touches on a thorough dismantling of Syracuse, and star forward Joshua Jefferson drove into the paint, put up a baby hook shot and … it rimmed out.
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