With several four-year starters on the roster, the expectations are sky-high for the 2023 Central City football team, ranked No. 3 in The Gazette’s preseason 8-Player poll.
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With several four-year starters on the roster, the expectations are sky-high for the 2023 Central City football team, ranked No. 3 in The Gazette’s preseason 8-Player poll.
This is the first in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine 8-Player. Don Bosco, Central City, Winfield-Mount Union and Moravia are the favorites.
Here is The Gazette’s Iowa high school football 8-Player poll ahead of the 2023 season. Gladbrook-Reinbeck starts at No. 1.
Mason City relied on AI in banning of 19 renowned books, including Buzz Bissinger’s bestseller about a high school football team and the world in which it lived.
Cedar Rapids Prairie football players are asked to “Bring Your Own Juice” under new Hawks head coach Kyle Knock. The energy was high at John Wall Stadium during the first official day of football practice Monday.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association and University of Northern Iowa have announced an extension of their agreement to house the IHSAA prep football playoff semifinals and championships at the UNI-Dome.
Even The Gazette’s Athlete of the Year candidates who are honorable mention seem pretty amazing. You’d be making a safe wager betting on their futures.
The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.
Kyle Knock has been named the new varsity head football coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie. Knock played at Iowa State University and has 19 years experience as an assistant prep coach, including 17 at Cedar Rapids Kennedy, his alma mater.
Mark Bliss announced Monday he is stepping down as head football coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie after nine years in order to help take care of a daughter who is fighting cancer.
Iowa football’s 2024 recruiting class, once in the top five after an early wave of in-state commitments, remains in the top 25 of major recruiting sites’ rankings.
With Friday’s football schedule release by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, The Gazette is offering a one-time, 10-game, nine-week tour of the best games in our circulation area, with no stadium visited more than once.
Former Solon standout AJ Coons has gone into the transfer protal. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound receiver spent the past three years with South Dakota State.
Butch Pedersen, a legendary football coach and iconic figure at West Branch High School, died Monday after a battle with cancer.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced districts and groups for each class of prep football for the 2023-24 seasons.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released preliminary classifications for prep football Monday. It is the first year the IHSAA is classifying schools by a combination of enrollment and percentage of free and reduced lunch students. Cedar Rapids Washington will bump from Class 4A to 5A in the new two-year cycle. Williamsburg will go from 2A to 3A.
Iowa’s track record with previous walk-ons was again helpful as the Hawkeyes recruited many who turned down scholarship opportunities elsewhere.
The Gazette’s Iowa high school football contributors answer high school football questions you need to know. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash can gain in 4 Downs:
High school volleyball: Examining a few of the big area winners of the season’s first week.
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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