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West Des Moines Dowling upset No. 2 Dallas Center-Grimes 3-1 in a Class 4A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids.

No. 4-ranked Johnston beat No. 8 Waukee Northwest 4-3 in a Class 4A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Cedar Rapids.

Fourth-ranked Sioux City Heelan beat No. 9 Pella 3-1 in a Class 3A Iowa high school baseball state quarterfinal game Monday in Cedar Rapids.

No. 2-ranked Marion beat Center Point-Urbana 12-2 (5 innings) in a Class 3A Iowa high school state baseball tournament quarterfinal game Monday in Cedar Rapids.

Photography technique of panning gives a sense of motion

Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy advanced to the state baseball tournament with a 5-1 win over North Scott in a Class 4A substate final Wednesday night in Cedar Rapids.

Central City beat Lansing Kee 5-0 in a Class 1A Iowa high school softball regional quarterfinal game Wednesday night at Central City High School.

Alburnett beat Jesup 4-3 in a Class 2A Iowa high school baseball district tournament semifinal game Wednesday night at Alburnett.

The 2024 Gazette Athlete of the Year finalists, in photos.

Class 4A fourth-ranked Johnston beat No. 3 Iowa City High 6-3 in an Iowa high school baseball game Monday night at Mercer Park in Iowa City.

Class 3A No. 2-ranked Marion beat North Scott 7-0 in an Iowa high school baseball game Wednesday at Marion High School.

Class 5A 11th-ranked Iowa City Liberty swept Cedar Rapids Jefferson in an Iowa high school softball doubleheader Thursday night in North Liberty.

Mount Vernon beat Fort Dodge 2-1 in a Linn-Mar/Alburnett softball tournament semifinal game Saturday at Oak Ridge Middle School in Marion.

Johnston beat Linn-Mar 7-2 in a Linn-Mar/Alburnett softball tournament consolation game Saturday at Oak Ridge Middle School in Marion.

Cedar Rapids Xavier and Dubuque Senior split an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Friday on Xavier’s Senior Night in Cedar Rapids. The Saints took the opener, 9-0. The Rams won the nightcap, 16-7.