Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford kick off a season of high school football questions. Read our takes on Week 1 heroes, Week 2 contests and reasonable expectations of a first-year program.
The Gazette’s post-Week 1 Iowa high school football poll: All seven No. 1 teams remain the same, but 17 new teams climb into the poll, including four each in 5A and 8-Player.
Why should Friday get all the fun? Week 1 of the Iowa high school football schedule also comes with a pair of ranked matchups on Saturday night. Here’s a look at who all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll face this week.
There are plenty of standout Iowa high school football games Friday night (and Saturday) that we preview in the first Prep Football Huddle podcast of the season. Plus, a look at our preseason rankings and storylines to watch.
Consistency and discipline. Those traits form the foundation of Cedar Rapids Xavier’s football program. The players have grown to expect, accept and promote the tenets by Duane Schulte, the Saints’ only head coach who has 208 career victories, seven state finals appearances and four championships, including the Class 4A crown last season, in the 26-year history of the school.
Prep football: A dozen of the top Gazette-area games to watch in Week 1.
This is the sixth in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class 4A. Western Dubuque and Cedar Rapids Xavier are the favorites.
Here is The Gazette’s Iowa high school football Class 4A poll ahead of the 2023 season. Cedar Rapids Xavier starts at No. 1.
For Maria Trotta, the road to swimming success has been as much mental as it has been physical. Now a senior at Cedar Rapids Xavier, Trotta said there was only one path to meeting her high expectations.
Cedar Rapids Xavier was a runner-up by one shot at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet and followed with a one-stroke victory at the Linn-Mar Invitational on Monday at Hunters Ridge Golf Course under new head coach Brandon Schiltz
Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Reid Hall opened his senior season the same way he closed last fall — with a title. The defending Class 4A state champion earned medalist honors at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet on Thursday at Thunder Hills Country Club in Peosta.
A look at Gazette area golfers and teams to watch ahead of the 2023 Iowa high school Class 4A boys’ fall golf season.
The Gazette’s 2023 preseason state volleyball rankings. Our No. 1 teams: Waukee Northwest, Clear Creek Amana, Des Moines Christian, Dike-New Hartford and Ankeny Christian.
Prep volleyball 2023: Eight area teams to watch. Iowa City Liberty (5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A) were state champions last season.
Four Gazette area first-team all-state volleyball players return in 2023: Clear Creek Amana’s Bliss Beck, Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel, Marion’s Michaela Goad and Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester.
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