Here are our 2022 Iowa high school football preseason rankings, top players to watch and feature stories, plus what you can expect from The Gazette’s coverage this season.
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Here are our 2022 Iowa high school football preseason rankings, top players to watch and feature stories, plus what you can expect from The Gazette’s coverage this season.
Friday night’s high school football game between Iowa City High and Iowa City Liberty at Kinnick Stadium has been almost a year in the making. It began with one simple question: Is this a possibility?
A dozen Gazette-area Week 1 Iowa high school football games to watch, including the Iowa City High vs. Iowa City Liberty battle at Kinnick Stadium.
The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: The Class 5A power is centered in Central Iowa again, led by Ankeny and West Des Moines Dowling.
The Prep Football Huddle is back! The Gazette's Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher preview the 2022 Iowa high school football season and Week 1's top games, including the Iowa City Liberty-Iowa City High clash at Kinnick Stadium.
Cedar Rapids Prairie head football coach Mark Bliss has been at it over 30 years, has enough time put in to retire if he wants. But ball coaches have to coach ball, so Bliss continues.
Top tackler primed for an even bigger season for 4A No. 9 Warriors
The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Defending champion Lewis Central is a unanimous No. 1 in Class 4A, but all of the top 10 teams return some all-state personnel.
Previews and predictions for the Gazette area Class 4A Iowa high school football districts.
The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Defending champion Harlan is a unanimous No. 1 in Class 3A after a 13-0 season that featured more than 50 points per game.
Previews and predictions for the Gazette area Class 3A Iowa high school football districts.
Senior Blake Timmons was the guy tabbed to replace all-stater Cam Miller in 2021 as Solon’s quarterback. Miller is the school’s all-time yardage leader and led North Dakota State to an FCS national championship last year. Timmons, meanwhile, has acquitted himself very nicely, leading the Spartans to the state playoff semifinals and quarterfinals in his career.
The early schedule is brutal again for 2A No. 3 Williamsburg. This time, the Raiders say, they’re ready for the challenge.
The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Another DeJean has the reins now for OABCIG, and the Falcons are the No. 1 team in Class 2A.
Previews and predictions for the Gazette area Class 2A Iowa high school football districts.
The pool of registered high school football officials in Iowa climbed to 1,259 before Friday’s Week 0 games. The total is still about 90 fewer than the 2021 season.
Dyersville Beckman went 11-1 last season and made its fourth state football semifinal appearance. The Blazers return some key figures and are tied for second in the Class 1A preseason rankings.
Defending Class 1A state champion and top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier will be part of a nine-team field at Grinnell. The Saints feature two-time defending state singles champion Gabi Fleming. Area schools Marion, Mount Vernon, South Tama also are in the regional
See photos as the Iowa City Liberty Lightning hosted the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars for an Iowa high school volleyball match in North Liberty.
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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