Iowa City High’s Kendall Kurtz has had a successful month. He defeated Dubuque Hempstead’s MItchell Pins for the 120-pound Class 3A district wrestling title Saturday at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Kurtz enters next week’s state tournament with a 19-match win streak.
Linn-Mar’s Malik DeBow has made a habit of wrestling his best late in the season. He rolled to his third Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet title and helped the Lions claim their third MVC tournament team title in the last four seasons.
Five Gazette-area 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school volleyball regional semifinals to watch. Anamosa hosts Center Point-Urbana in a ranked-vs-ranked encounter.
Linn-Mar will serve as one of the six host sites for the Iowa high school girls’ regional swimming meets set for Nov. 9. The regional assignments were released Tuesday by the IGHSAU.
The wait and work all paid off this week when redshirt junior Aidan Dunne was named Northern Iowa’s starting quarterback by Coach Mark Farley.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 1.
Former Dubuque Hempstead prep Aidan Dunne had to earn the UNI starting quarterback spot during camp, Mark Farley said, but he will lead the Panthers against Valparaiso on Saturday in the UNI-Dome.
After three seasons of waiting, Northern Iowa quarterback Aidan Dunne is making sure he’s as prepared as possible for the competition that awaits him this August.
Track and field: Solon-Mount Vernon girls’ duel in the Wamac is the top area storyline as the area conference meets loom.
It sounds like Northern Iowa football fans will be treated to something closely resembling an actual game Friday night at the UNI-Dome. For the first time since the 2018 spring game, the Panthers will have officials overseeing their intrasquad scrimmage.
Davis Kern of Linn-Mar and Jacob Williams of Dubuque Senior have been named boys’ basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the Mississippi Valley Conference.
Photos from the Iowa high school boys’ state swim meet at the University of Iowa Aquatic Center in Iowa City on Saturday
The Iowa high school boys’ wrestling is paused until 2024. The season resumes with 6 1/2 weeks of competition until champions are crowned in Des Moines. Here are some notable events for the second half of the season.
This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast starts out west, where Iowa State won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Then we move east to break down Iowa’s win over Penn. Hall of fame coach Dick Briggs shares his thoughts on the NIL era before moving into the high school segment, where we look back at last week’s big tournaments.
Linn-Mar’s Grant Kress has dedicated his time to wrestling, working on his own skills and improving by helping with the program’s youth club. The Lions’ second-ranked 157-pounder opened the season with a pin, but No. 13 Dubuque Hempstead topped No. 5 Linn-Mar, 37-36, on tiebreak criteria.
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