Alburnett Coach Nick Wooldrik said the Pirates are built for tough, close battles. They proved him right Friday night with a 13-6 victory over Crestwood in the first round of the Class 2A high school football playoffs.
Photos from the 2A High School Football game on Friday, October 24, 2025 between Alburnett and Crestwood. Alburnett won the game 13-6.
What underdogs could bite home teams in postseason openers? Does parity reign in Class 5A? What changes would you like to see in the playoff system and to prevent forfeits?
Iowa High School Football: Week 3 results from Gazette-area schools
High school baseball all-conference selections are being released. The first set are the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi and Valley divisions. Keep checking in for more.
Capsules for the Iowa high school state cross country meet Friday and Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course
Here’s how all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 9 games Friday night.
Here are 17 of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 8, and how they will shape the playoff picture.
Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.
A stable high school athletics conference for more than a century, the Northeast Iowa Conference is now on the brink of collapse. Crestwood has been accepted by the Upper Iowa Conference, Waukon and New Hampton have been invited, and Decorah is in no-man’s land in terms of geography and enrollment.
The Class 4A boys’ rankings saw a big shake-up this week (though Cedar Rapids Kennedy is still the clear No. 1) and that leads this episode of Call It Both Ways, a podcast about Iowa high school basketball.
Here’s our Week 3 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.
Here’s our Week 2 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.
Upper Iowa’s Chase Luensman reached the 165-pound semifinals, while teammates Tate Murty (141) and Colter bye (184) moved into the top eight of their weights. Three All-Americans is the most for the Peacocks at a national tournament since four won medals in 2018, which was also in Cedar Rapids.
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