Coach Mark Farley feels good about what the UNI Panthers landed in their 2024 recruiting class, including a quarterback from Illinois.
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Coach Mark Farley feels good about what the UNI Panthers landed in their 2024 recruiting class, including a quarterback from Illinois.
Dustin Elsbury has been named head varsity football coach at Iowa City Regina. He had been an assistant at the school under Jason Dumont, who recently retired from coaching.
Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf and Monticello’s Preston Ries are The Gazette’s 2023 football co-players of the year. Both are future Iowa Hawkeyes.
Curt Ritchie has merged football and family into a cornerstone of a successful program and coaching career. Ritchie guided Williamsburg to a 12-1 record and the Class 3A state title, garnering The Gazette’s 2023 area football coach of the year award
In addition to overall co-players of the year Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg and Preston Ries of Monticello, The Gazette’s 2023 all-area football team is led by offensive player of the year Grant Glausser of Western Dubuque and defensive player of the year Rayce Heitman of Williamsburg. Curt Ritchie of Williamsburg is the area coach of the year.
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.
See photos as Williamsburg beat Sioux City Heelan 20-0 to claim the Class 3A state football title.
Williamsburg has one of the best football programs in the state, has been to the playoffs 24 times and finished state runner-up three times. Friday afternoon provided the school’s first championship, a 20-0 win over Sioux City Heelan securing the Class 3A title.
Former Cedar Rapids Xavier standout Quinn Schulte has been a key part of why Iowa’s defense has been so successful.
Junior quarterback Brady Hetzel threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns to lead Council Bluffs Lewis Central to a 40-21 win over Western Dubuque in Thursday night’s Class 4A state championship football game.
Lewis Central defeated Western Dubuque 40-21 to win the Class 4A state football championship at the UNI-Dome.
Grundy Center defeated MFL MarMac 42-0 to win the Class 1A Iowa high school state football championship at the UNI-Dome.
Fourth-ranked MFL MarMac played for a state football title for the first time in school history. No. 1 Grundy Center dominated its way to a second straight crown with a 42-0 victory over the Bulldogs for the Class 1A crown Thursday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
Versatile Rayce Heitman has scored 18 touchdowns — rushing, receiving, defensively and on special teams. Williamsburg takes on Sioux City Heelan in Friday’s Class 3A state football championship game.
Champions will be crowned in seven classes Thursday and Friday as the UNI-Dome hosts the 2023 Iowa high school state football championship games. Follow The Gazette’s live scoreboard and live blog for the latest updates.
Carver Blietz-Bentien was MFL MarMac’s starting quarterback as a sophomore, then got moved to a starting fullback position last year. He was forced back to QB this season and has led the Bulldogs to Thursday’s Class 1A state championship game against Grundy Center.
There’s one week left in the Iowa high school football season. We talk about what to expect in the seven state championship games and what happened in last week’s semifinals on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.
High school football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 2.
High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Mid-Prairie moves to the No. 1 spot after an 8-0 start.
As college football programs from across the country covet the Chicago area, a variety of factors have helped the Hawkeyes maintain it as a recruiting pipeline.
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