Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel crossed the 1,000-kill threshold for her career, knocking down 17 Tuesday night as Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier topped 5A No. 7 Iowa City Liberty in a four-set MVC Mississippi Division volleyball match at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.
Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier beat 5A No. 7 Iowa City Liberty 3-1 in an Iowa high school volleyball match Tuesday night at Xavier.
Iowa State was one of the first schools to offer a scholarship to third-year Iowa safety Xavier Nwankpa out of high school. Iowa’s recruiting win of the Southeast Polk standout has worked out quite well since his arrival in 2022.
All classes have opened the Iowa high school football season. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on topics related to the start of the season.
The Gazette’s post-Week 1 Iowa high school football poll: West Des Moines Valley, West Lyon and Grundy Center are newly top-ranked teams in 5A, 2A and 1A.
The Independence football team is ranked No. 6 in Class 3A. The Mustangs found themselves trailing a good North Fayette Valley club late in the first half Friday night, but a late second-quarter touchdown and big second half lifted the Mustangs to a convincing 42-14 win.
See photos from Saturday’s Prairie Invitational boys’ and girls’ cross country races in Cedar Rapids.
Pella’s Marissa Ferebee ran 17:23, then Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (15:15) prevailed in a star-studded boys race as elite runners burned up the course at the Prairie Invitational cross country meet.
The Gazette’s Week 1 Iowa high school football roundup with statewide scores and stats and coverage from Gazette-area games.
Cael Benesh hauled in a well-thrown ball from the arm of sophomore quarterback Will Sommerfelt for the go-ahead and game-winning score Friday as North Linn downed Alburnett, 12-6, in overtime.
Linn-Mar’s Dylan Muszynski was back to his old ways in Friday’s season opener. He scored four first-half touchdowns, including a highlight reel 5-yard run as Linn-Mar rolled to a 50-0 win over Dubuque Senior.
Lance Pedersen’s first game as head football coach at Clear Creek Amana was a successful one, as his Clippers dominated the second half en route to a 28-3 win Friday night at Marion.
Benton Community leveraged its experience, bulk on both sides of the line, and an explosive night from their quarterback to overcome some self-inflicted wounds in a 48-0 win over Vinton-Shellsburg.
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