Iowa High School Sports

Experience, depth and skill. These are the ingredients North Fayette Valley hopes will propel it to a deep postseason run in 2024.

With four all-staters on the Mount Vernon volleyball roster, “this team probably has the highest ceiling of any team I’ve coached,” according to Coach Maggie Willems.

The Gazette’s area teams to watch in the 2024 Iowa high school volleyball season, and a preseason Super Ten led by Mount Vernon, Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Liberty.

A dozen Gazette-area high school volleyball players to watch in 2024, led by reigning Class 3A state player of the year Chloe Meester of Mount Vernon.

The Gazette’s “Fab 5” Gazette-area Class 1A football players to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school football season: Sigourney-Keota’s Isaac Bruns, Regina’s Matt Colony, West Branch’s Brennen Dale, MFL MarMac’s Quinn McGeough and Cascade’s Nate Schockemoehl.

The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school Class 1A football rankings: No. 1 Dike-New Hartford visits No. 2 Grundy Center in a Week 1 blockbuster.

This is the third in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2024 season. Today, we examine Class 1A. Grundy Center, Wilton, Dike-New Hartford and Pella Christian are the favorites.

Iowa City Regina first-year head coach Dustin Elsbury described senior Will Aitchison as a “Swiss Army knife” on the football field. He could be asked to fill a variety of roles and is expected to be a leader for the Regals this season