BGM quarterback Beau Burns is a playmaker. In fact, statistically speaking, there is not a better returning playmaker in the state.
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BGM quarterback Beau Burns is a playmaker. In fact, statistically speaking, there is not a better returning playmaker in the state.
The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school 8-Player football rankings: Undefeated state champions in 2020 and 2022, Remsen St. Mary’s is No. 1 to start 2024.
This is the first in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2024 season. Today, we examine 8-Player. Don Bosco, Springville, WACO and Montezuma are the favorites.
The Gazette’s “Fab 5” Gazette-area 8-Player football players to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school football season: Montezuma’s Brady Boulton, BGM’s Beau Burns, Kee’s Dalton Mudderman, Ed-Co’s Pryce Rochford and Iowa Valley’s Nolan Kriegel.
Seventeen Gazette-area Iowa high school football teams have new head coaches, resulting from the need for a new challenge or relocation to simply seizing the opportunity to achieve a goal as a head coach
We’ve all seen and experienced it — kids playing more than one sport in a single season. The practice is controversial, to say the least.
Sophomore John Nestor looks to be in line for some heavy playing time this season as a defensive back this season for the University of Iowa football team. His parents moved from the Chicago suburbs to West Branch a couple of months ago to be near their oldest son and so dad John Sr. could be a head prep football coach for the first time.
New head coach Eric Addy is attempting to build a strong culture in his Cedar Rapids Washington football program. Part of that attempt was conducting the first official practice of the 2024 season at Kingston Stadium ... at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Former Iowa and Mount Vernon star Tristan Wirfs became the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history after agreeing Thursday to a five-year, $140.63 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
An unfortunate episode happened at the Metro Youth Football Association Championship Under the Lights 7-on-7 Tournament held in Cedar Rapids. One father began running after the coach when the father and his son were told they were too old to play in the tournament.
Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg is The Gazette’s 2024 Male Athlete of the Year. Team oriented is a virtually unanimous description of the soon-to-be Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker.
His football camp for the central Iowa town’s youngsters had just ended on a sultry and breezy Saturday afternoon — and Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht needed to give back one last time, in the form of a $7,500 check to benefit Perry Youth Football, Inc.
The 2024 Gazette Athlete of the Year finalists, in photos.
Paustian’s effort has paid dividends in his first two weeks of high school competition. Paustian remained unbeaten, pinning Marion’s Lucas Stearns for the 150-pound title Saturday at the Mount Vernon Invitational.
Women’s basketball: Hannah Stuelke -- and the rest of Iowa’s post posse -- regain their mojo in Iowa’s 102-68 victory over Lindenwood.
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