Action from the fourth annual Kennedy Cougars Invitational girl’s wrestling tournament in Cedar Rapids
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Action from the fourth annual Kennedy Cougars Invitational girl’s wrestling tournament in Cedar Rapids
Alburnett has been a power in Class 1A but has moved to 2A this season. The Pirates have competed with programs from all classes in recent years and will apply the same approach to this season.
Here are The Gazette’s initial 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
High school football: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Cash Parks, Cedar Rapids Prairie are the offensive, defensive players of the year on The Gazette’s all-area team.
Duane Schulte was the first varsity football coach in the history of Cedar Rapids Xavier High School back in 1998. He has built a program that has won five state championships, including this season’s Class 4A title.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier crashes the boards (plus-25), limits Cedar Rapids Prairie to 21-percent shooting and closes fast in a 51-37 MVC triumph.
Joe Hirsch placed fifth at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament last season. He entered this season with high expectations and is known for being all gas and no brakes. Hirsch opened the season in dominant fashion helping the Bobcats to a 46-34 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier.
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.
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.
Philip Jacobs wants to be his best but he is also focused on Linn-Mar’s team success. He’s willing to do whatever helps the team, moving up to 190 pounds. Jacobs went 5-0 and host Linn-Mar claimed the team title Saturday at the Lions Duals.
The Cowboys (13-3, 1-2) led by as many as nine points in the first half and went on several mini runs in the second half to keep ISU from running away with the game. But rebounding proved to be Oklahoma State’s bane, as the Cyclones grabbed 36 boards to its 29, including a 9-to-3 edge on the offensive glass.
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