Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier allows nine second-half points and pulls away from Davenport Assumption in Tuesday’s season opener, 55-31.
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Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier allows nine second-half points and pulls away from Davenport Assumption in Tuesday’s season opener, 55-31.
Derek Weisskopf of Class 3A state champion Williamsburg and Preston Ries of 2A semifinalist Monticello have been named class captains by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. The honors were in conjunction with the IPSWA all-state teams, which were voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.
A look at some of the top Gazette-area teams and bowlers to watch in the 2023-24 Iowa high school bowling season.
Iowa high school girls’ basketball 2023-24 rankings: Johnston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Estherville ELC, Dike-New Hartford and North Linn are the IGHSAU’s preseason No. 1 teams.
Former Cedar Rapids Xavier standout Quinn Schulte has been a key part of why Iowa’s defense has been so successful.
Girls’ basketball 2023-24: The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten (Solon is No. 1) and area conference predictions.
Girls’ basketball 2023-24: A dozen of the top area players to watch, including returning first-team all-staters Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Kamryn Kurt of North Linn and Callie Levin of Solon.
Results aside, the Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ wrestling team made history Tuesday night, competing in the school’s first competition in the sport.
Iowa City High School hosted the Little Hawks Girls Wrestling Tournament in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
There will be new high school girls’ wrestling teams and more individuals in the second season as an official sport in Iowa.
All-state volleyball: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester is an Elite selection and the Class 3A player of the year.
Cedar Rapids Xavier saw a seven-game win streak snapped and played from behind the entire game. North Polk advanced to the Class 4A state semifinals with a 17-14 win over the defending champion Saints.
Follow The Gazette’s live blog for scores and updates from Iowa high school football state quarterfinal playoff games Friday night.
Quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis started five games as a red-shirt freshman for the University of Minnesota in 2022 and then the entire 2023 season. But the Gophers brought in a touted quarterback from the transfer portal that offseason, and Kaliakmanis ended up moving on to Rutgers, where he has become one of the best QBs in the Big Ten Conference.
Photos from the girls’ tennis regional doubles and singles tournament at the Oak Ridge Middle School tennis courts in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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