Here are 17 of the top area players to watch for the 2022 Iowa high school softball season.
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Here are 17 of the top area players to watch for the 2022 Iowa high school softball season.
State track and field, Class 3A boys Saturday: Cedar Rapids Xavier started the season with no 4x100. Saturday, the Saints were state champions.
Photos from Saturday’s Iowa high school state track and field events at Drake Stadium.
Warriors blank Pleasant Valley, 5-0; Xavier advances in Class 1A
Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.
Photos from Friday’s Iowa high school state track and field events at Drake Stadium.
The Cedar Rapids Washington girls’ tennis team is seeking redemption after falling in last year’s state quarterfinals, but face a 31-1 Pleasant Valley team.
Marion freshman Grayson Kirsch had a feeling he would take the mound when he arrived at the field. He came through for the Wolves, retiring the last Cedar Rapisd Xavier nine batters in an 8-7 extra-inning win.
Top-ranked and defending state champion Marion topped No. 3 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 8-7, in nine innings.
The state's two top-ranked boys’ tennis teams had to wait out some early morning weather, but once they hit the court, Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Xavier were dominant, earning state semifinal berths.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Meera Julka realized a better short game was key to improved golf scores. She has reaped the rewards of her hard work, earning her second straight state berth.
Here are the favorites and top challengers to reach the Iowa high school boys’ state soccer tournament, plus things to know about Gazette area brackets.
Here are the favorites and top challengers to reach the Iowa high school girls’ state soccer tournament, plus things to know about Gazette area brackets.
The two words you heard most when asking around for a scouting report on the 2025-26 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders were “speed” and “depth.” The club begins the United States Hockey League regular season Friday against Des Moines at the league’s annual Fall Classic in suburban Pittsburgh.
Iowa Girls Tennis Regionals: Cedar Rapids Washington seniors Lily Belle Barker and Samantha Becker qualified for the state tournament. Liberty's Vivian Kahler was the top seed and she earned a return trip to state. And more.
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