Prep football 2025: Nine big area games in nine weeks, starting with the Battle for the Boot in Week 1.
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Prep football 2025: Nine big area games in nine weeks, starting with the Battle for the Boot in Week 1.
A list of Gazette area golfers and teams to watch for the 2025 Iowa high school girls’ golf season.
Xavier Saints defeat Marion Wolves 1-0
Most area coaches think the fall season, starting in August, will benefit the players
Cedar Rapids Xavier, with state champion Gabi Fleming, and Iowa City West, Linn-Mar have the players and teams to watch
Xavier, Prairie, I.C. West and Linn-Mar have the players and teams keep an eye on
Linn-Mar, Xavier, Iowa City West, Independence, Center Point-Urbana among teams to keep an eye on
Lots of talented individuals and teams aim to get back to state tournament
Girls basketball: After leading Cedar Rapids Xavier to the Class 4A state championship, Tom Lilly and Libby Fandel are duly rewarded as The Gazette’s 2005 area coach, player of the year.
Blake Aalbers hit a 3-point shot from about 24 feet with 1.6 seconds left to give MOC-Floyd Valley a 44-41 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier in the Class 3A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinals Thursday afternoon.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s girls’ basketball team was an ‘8’ seed at last week’s state tournament but ended up winning a championship. Its boys’ basketball team is a ‘7’ this week, yet is on that title trajectory after a 52-37 win over unbeaten Knoxville in a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday.
Girls basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel selected as Miss Iowa Basketball 2025.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: State champions Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A) and Mount Vernon (3A) finish as the top two teams.
The Hawkeyes trailed by as many as 18 points against Illinois, but failed to complete the comeback for a second-straight game.
Pantini's talents have spread to other areas over the years. He can be heard announcing Coe football, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey and Cedar Rapids Kernels baseball, but his No. 1 priority has always been announcing for Linn-Mar.
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