Articles Tagged: Clear Lake High School

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 8 poll. Dowling is the new No. 1 in Class 5A; Carroll Kuemper, Grundy Center, Saint Ansgar and Algona Garrigan finish on top in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Iowa High School Athletic Association released the first-round playoff pairings for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. Alburnett will host Crestwood in the opening round of 2A.

Small classes are approaching the postseason and big games highlight Week 8. Which team has a championship defense? Is there a high school coach that can transition to be a college head coach. Will program mergers impact CRCSD?

The high school football season enters the final weeks of the regular season. Gazette staff breaks down what teams are in most need of a win, most reliable kickers, which district is still up for grabs and what will high school football be like in 25 years.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 6 games to watch. The state’s 8-Player game of the week is at Preston, where unbeatens Edgewood-Colesburg and Easton Valley collide

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 5 poll. Waukee Northwest, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Clear Lake and Carroll Kuemper are unanimous No. 1 teams in 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 5 games to watch. Iowa City West welcomes Iowa City Liberty in a 5A top-10 showdown, and 2A District 5 co-favorites collide at Alburnett.

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 3 poll. Solon and Clear Lake share the No. 1 spot in Class 3A.

Drake Relays, Thursday girls: Clear Lake’s Reese Brownlee retains the long jump title, edging Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg by a quarter-inch.

The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school Class 3A football rankings: Defending state champion Williamsburg leads a long roster of contenders from Wamac Conference schools.

The Iowa high school state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday. Here are the top individuals and teams in the girls’ field, along with The Gazette’s championship picks.

Here are five things to watch in the high school portion of the Drake Relays, which runs Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy notched an impressive 60-43 win Saturday afternoon over fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley to put a stranglehold on the top spot in Class 4A in this week’s Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings. The other No. 1s remain the same: Bellevue Marquette in 1A, West Lyon in 2A and Clear Lake in 3A.

After beginning its season with two straight losses, it quickly became evident Northern Iowa’s protection of All-America quarterback Theo Day simply wasn’t good enough. Junior left tackle Jared Penning said pass protection was a point of emphasis in practice ahead of the Panthers’ win over Idaho State.

With the start of district play in Classes 4A and 3A and group schedules beginning in Class 5A, this week’s Iowa high school football schedule is relatively light on ranked-vs.-ranked games. The storylines remain plentiful nonetheless. Here’s who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.