Decorah’s boys’ basketball team has high aspirations for this season. That’s seems warranted, as the Vikings return senior all-stater Ben Bockman, some other key senior pieces, the return of point guard Trey McCain, who didn’t play last season because of a torn ACL and the additions of transfer guard Zach Driscoll and 6-foot-11 sophomore Cael LaFrentz.
Naomi and Anastasia Simon are sisters. They attend Decorah High School together. They share a bedroom together. And, on Friday night, they were wrestling in the finals of the Dan Gable Donnybrook wrestling tournament together.
These aren’t the only quality Iowa high school boys’ basketball teams in the area this season. But it’s a pretty good start to the list.
Here are 12 of the area’s players heading into the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ basketball season.
Derek Weisskopf of Class 3A state champion Williamsburg and Preston Ries of 2A semifinalist Monticello have been named class captains by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. The honors were in conjunction with the IPSWA all-state teams, which were voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.
A look at some of the top Gazette-area teams and bowlers to watch in the 2023-24 Iowa high school bowling season.
Iowa high school girls’ basketball 2023-24 rankings: Johnston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Estherville ELC, Dike-New Hartford and North Linn are the IGHSAU’s preseason No. 1 teams.
Girls’ basketball 2023-24: A dozen of the top area players to watch, including returning first-team all-staters Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Kamryn Kurt of North Linn and Callie Levin of Solon.
There will be new high school girls’ wrestling teams and more individuals in the second season as an official sport in Iowa.
Two-time defending state champion Waukee has the top qualifier in six events and is second in three others for the Iowa high school girls’ state swimming meet, set for this Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA. The IGHSAU has posted a full list of tentative state qualifiers.
Class 2A and 3A cross country teams raced at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
Here’s our Round of 16 playoff roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage from Friday night’s games.
It’s all about the playoffs now on the Prep Football Huddle podcast. After quickly reviewing the Round of 32, we preview the Round of 16 in all seven Iowa high school football classes on this week’s episodes. Plus, our picks for the 28 teams that will advance to the UNI-Dome.
Paths to the UNI-Dome have been mapped out. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Round of 16 pairings for the Iowa high school football playoffs Saturday morning.
Here’s our Week 9 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage from the final week of the regular season in Class 5A, 4A and 3A and the first round of the playoffs in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
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