Take a peek at this week’s Iowa high school football schedule and you might think the postseason has already started. It’s a stacked slate across the state. Here’s who all 73 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.
Here is The Gazette’s Iowa high school football 8-Player poll ahead of the 2023 season. Gladbrook-Reinbeck starts at No. 1.
The 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state soccer tournament kicks off Tuesday in Des Moines. To get ready for the week, let’s run through a few superlatives in each of the classes.
There are four classifications in Iowa high school boys’ soccer for the first time this season, meaning an additional eight state tournament qualifiers for a total of 32. Tuesday, the substate brackets to determine those 32 qualifiers were released by the IHSAA.
The 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament begins Monday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines with all four Class 1A quarterfinals and two quarterfinal games in Class 2A. Stay up to date with scores, stats and more here throughout the day.
Iowa high school boys’ state basketball 2023: Brackets, predictions, top players and more.
Ankeny Christian beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck to win the Class 1A state volleyball championship.
A state-tournament rookie team, seventh-ranked Ankeny Christian pulled off an improbable comeback to capture the Class 1A state volleyball championship in five sets over No. 4 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (21-25, 19-25, 28-26, 26-24, 15-10) in Thursday’s finale at Xtream Arena.
Photos from the Class 1A Iowa high school state volleyball semifinal match between AGWSR and Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck extended its season, defeating AGWSR, 25-17, 25-14, 20-25, 25-18 in the Class 1A state semifinals Wednesday night at Xtream Arena. The Rebels (34-9) will face No. 4 Ankeny Christian (38-3) for the championship Thursday at 7 p.m.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck recovered from a rocky performance in the second set with impressive play in the final two sets to down No. 9 Fort Madison Holy Trinity, 25-20, 14-25, 25-14, 25-22 in a Class 1A state volleyball quarterfinal match Tuesday night at Xtream Arena.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Fort Madison Holy Trinity in a Class 1A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal.
The Gazette’s Iowa high school football staff poses and answers questions about the playoffs: Surprise team to reach the UNI-Dome? Will anyone run the table?
Shane Falco approves our answers to Iowa high school football questions. Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, Nathan Ford and K.J. Pilcher talk Week 2 wins, defenses, upcoming games and what programs could make good reality TV.
The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Remsen St. Mary’s and Easton Valley head the 8-Player list.
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