Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Regina play for titles in Class 3A and Class 1A, respectively.
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Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Regina play for titles in Class 3A and Class 1A, respectively.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s offense is one of the best in class 4A, boasting the top passer in the class and a 1,000-yard rusher. An undersized but effective offensive line has helped lead the way to the state title game.
Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football championship games on the Triple Option Podcast November 19, 2025
Girls’ basketball: IGHSAU releases 2025-26 preseason rankings. Johnston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Maquoketa, Hinton and Council Bluffs St. Albert are No. 1.
Iowa City Regina plays West Lyon in Friday afternoon’s Class 1A state football championship game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. There are 14 seniors on this Regals roster, a class that couldn’t win a game when they were in middle school.
All-state volleyball: Iowa City Regina’s Reese Naeve is a member of the eight-player Elite team, and Springville’s Rowan Jacobi is the Class 1A player of the year
Season opens Monday with 80 programs in Class 2A this season; the other will make up Class 1A
A photographic tour of The Gazette’s best photos for the first half of November 2025
For the second straight week, Nevada stared down a Goliath-like foe. The Cubs notched two consecutive giant-sized victories, topping No. 2 Solon, 29-10, in the 3A state semifinal Saturday night at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
See photos as the Solon Spartans took on the Nevada Cubs in a Class 3A Iowa high school football state semifinal game at the UNI-Dome.
The Iowa City Liberty football team put together three 80-yard scoring drives, had more than a two-to-one advantage in time of possession and beat Waukee Northwest, 31-15, in a Friday night Class 5A Iowa playoff football semifinal. Liberty is the first school not from a Des Moines suburban school to make it to a biggest-school class championship game since 2018.
See photos as the Iowa City Liberty Lightning took on the Waukee Northwest Wolves in a Class 5A Iowa high school football state championships semifinal.
Schaffel's runner-up finish to West Des Moines Dowling sophomore Kimber Corwin was the best individual performance from a Gazette area swimmer on Friday afternoon at the University of Iowa's Campus Wellness and Recreation Center pool.
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