Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-2, 4-0) earned the Class 4A District 3 title with a 35-7 victory over Clear Creek Amana (2-6, 2-2) at Clipper Field Friday night, thus making postseason qualification “official.”
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Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-2, 4-0) earned the Class 4A District 3 title with a 35-7 victory over Clear Creek Amana (2-6, 2-2) at Clipper Field Friday night, thus making postseason qualification “official.”
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 8 games.
Follow The Gazette’s live blog for scores and updates from Week 8 of the Iowa high school football season Friday night.
Here’s who all 70 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 8.
Here is a primer of area playoff races as the Iowa high school football season heads into its final week in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer more high school football questions. Bears bear, bees bee and sports writers discuss what teams must win, dominant units, consistent performers and post-game celebrations.
Coleton Beasler-Weber returned a pair of punts for scores and added a third on a 24-yard run as No. 6 Xavier rolled to a 42-0 homecoming win over the Indians on a blustery night at Saints Field.
Follow The Gazette’s live blog for scores and updates from Week 7 of the Iowa high school football season Friday night.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy and West Branch started the 2023 Iowa high school football season 0-2 against tough schedules but have won every game since, including a pair of eye-openers last week. The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses those teams and more noteworthy resurgences this week.
This week, a handful of teams that have climbed into The Gazette’s rankings during the regular season get to test themselves against more-established top-10 teams. Here’s who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 7.
Prep volleyball: Area Super Ten (Oct. 5, 2023). Same order of power at the top: Clear Creek Amana, Mount Vernon and Xavier; Beckman climbs into the top 10 for the first time all season
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 7.
Iowa City West earned a runner-up at the Class 4A district meet Monday at Brown Deer Golf Club in Coralville. The Trojans qualified for the state tournament for the first time since 2009. Senior Dillon Croco led West, winning medalist honors with 5-under 66.
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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