Meet The Gazette’s 2022 all-area football team. Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf is the defensive player of the year. Iowa City Liberty quarterback Graham Beckman’s breakout season garners Gazette offensive player of the year honors.
Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter has been named the 2022 Gazette area prep football player of the year. He’s an Iowa commit, for both football and wrestling. The Gazette’s coach of the year is Mount Vernon’s Lance Pedersen, who led his Mustangs to the Class 3A state championship game.
Longtime West Branch teacher and coach Butch Pedersen was recently diagnosed with blood cancer myelodysplastic syndrome. The West Branch Lions Club is conducting a bone marrow donor drive December 7 at the high school in the hopes of finding a match for Pedersen and others as part of their treatment.
A Hawkeye at the collegiate level and a Little Hawk at the high school level are finalists for the award that goes to the top linebacker in the country.
Here are the 2022 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state high school football teams, as voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.
Top-ranked Harlan scored three touchdowns in the final 12:16, including a 48-yard pass from Teagon Kasperbauer to Cade Sears with 1:24 remaining, to top No. 2 Mount Vernon, 30-23, in the Class 3A state football championship Friday.
Central Lyon/George-Little Rock racked up a time-of-possession advantage of 36 minutes to 12, converting two drives of nine-plus minutes into 10 points that pushed it past Williamsburg, 10-6, Friday morning in the Class 2A state championship football game.
Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Williamsburg 10-6 in the Class 2A Iowa high school state football championship game.
The Iowa high school state football championships wrap up Friday with four title games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Follow our live blog for updates throughout the day.
Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Council Bluffs Lewis Central 45-38 to win the Class 4A Iowa high school state football championship.
Cedar Rapids Xavier broke things open with a big third quarter and held on for a 45-38 victory over Council Bluffs Lewis Central, reversing the result of last year’s Class 4A final.
There has no more consistent football winner in the 2000s than Williamsburg. The Raiders have qualified 15 straight seasons for the playoffs, advanced to championship games now three times. But they have yet to win it all. Williamsburg gets its chance to change all that Friday morning when it plays Central Lyon/George-Little Rock in the Class 2A final.
Mount Vernon was not in the state contender conversation to start the football season. But, the close-knit Mustangs went from unranked to undeniable with each victory and are now one win away from a state championship.
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Former OABCIG standout Cooper DeJean has made a big impact in his second year on Iowa’s campus.
Iowa high school football state championship week kicks off Thursday with the title games in 8-Player, Class A and Class 4A. Follow our live blog for updates throughout the day.
It’s the final week of the 2022 Iowa high school football season, with seven championship games taking place over two days at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Here’s this week’s schedule, plus information on how to watch all seven games.
A look at the 2022 Iowa high school state football championship games, scheduled for Thursday and Friday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
Which seven Iowa high school football teams will leave the UNI-Dome with state championship trophies? The Prep Football Huddle podcast has picks for all seven championship games and breakdowns of the Gazette-area games.
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Council Bluffs Lewis Central played a three-overtime thriller last year in the Class 4A state football championship game. Lewis Central ended up winning after a 20-minute delay prior to the third OT when the UNI-Dome lights went out.
Naomi Simon took her offseason preparation very seriously. Between June 4 and July 14, Simon traveled to wrestling camps and tournaments in Pagosa Springs, Colo., Tulsa, Iowa City, Indianola, Decorah and Fargo, N.D.
Prep volleyball: Claude Howard steps down after leading Springville to eight state-tournament appearances; Tricia Carty resigns at Iowa City High.
Here’s a rundown of commitments by prospects with offers from Iowa and the latest recruiting class rankings.
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