Austin Hilmer of North Linn is the 2022 Gazette Male Athlete of the Year.
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Austin Hilmer of North Linn is the 2022 Gazette Male Athlete of the Year.
Gazette Athletes of the Year Ryan Driscoll (1992) and Monica Huelman Zaruba (1996) passed away about a year apart. They left tons of great memories for fans.
Matt Morrison, James Morris and Derrick Loveless were key components of a successful Solon stretch, amassing eight state team championships with three more runner-up finishes in five sports from 2006 through 2011. They were named Gazette Athletes of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Kadyn Proctor and Zach Ortwerth committed to the Hawkeyes while other Iowa football targets either narrowed their lists of schools or committed to a different program.
Few fathers and sons can match the athletic success of Marv and Drew Cook. The Cooks are still the only father-son combo to be named The Gazette’s Athlete of the Year.
Ogden column: Today’s crop of talented high school seniors look a lot like The Gazette’s first Athlete of the Year winners — Todd Twachtmann and Lisa Becker.
Today, The Gazette reveals its 2022 finalists for Athlete of the Year.
The top football recruit in Iowa is staying home. Southeast Polk’s Kadyn Proctor committed to the Hawkeyes over Alabama on Thursday.
Iowa’s big weekend for official visits is over. Now, we’re beginning to see the recruiting ripple effects.
The school tried to work out a solution so Kennedy could pray privately before or after the game. When he continued to kneel and pray on the field, the school put him on paid leave.
Iowa has had its fair share of starting free safeties who arrived on campus as walk-ons, including Derek Pagel, Jake Gervase and Jack Koerner. Cedar Rapids Xavier alum Quinn Schulte could be next.
Iowa football has a major recruiting weekend coming up.
Five-star offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor canceled three of his official visits Friday night, setting up a recruiting battle between Iowa and Alabama for the highly-coveted Southeast Polk prospect.
Iowa picked up a commitment this week from a four-star running back in Florida although Iowa State won over a few in-state recruits in a busy week of football recruiting.
Ogden column: Dedric Ward, a former NFL player from Cedar Rapids, will hold his 21st and final youth football camp June 24-25 at the Metro Youth Football Association complex.
David Caulker committed to the Hawkeyes after “playing my heart out” at Iowa’s recruiting camp. He was one of five recruits to receive an offer from Iowa in the last week
A new activities is next in the Mount Vernon school district’s 20-year vision, with a new instructional building to follow.
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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