Here are The Gazette’s initial 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
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Here are The Gazette’s initial 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
Girls’ basketball: Another change at the top ... Clear Creek Amana and Williamsburg are 1 and 2.
As a young swimmer, Durin's goal was to become an Olympic-level talent. He swam for the late Chris Cruise at Cedar Rapids Washington from 2015-18 before swimming collegiately at Colorado Mesa University from 2019-2022.
Cedar Falls forced back-to-back turnovers in the final 40 seconds to lock down a 69-65 win over Linn-Mar in a wonderful boys’ basketball game Monday night at Linn-Mar.
Iowa State, University of Northern Iowa won tournaments last weekend. Iowa had four champions in Wisconsin. Competition for the boys’ high school season has started, while the girls’ season has hit full throttle, including the annual Dan Gable Donnybrook.All this and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
High school football: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Cash Parks, Cedar Rapids Prairie are the offensive, defensive players of the year on The Gazette’s all-area team.
Photos from Rivalry Saturday XXI girls’ basketball Mount Vernon vs. Iowa City West Saturday, December 6, 2025
Girls’ basketball: Grace Fincham reaches the 1,000-point mark for her career, and Iowa City West sets a Rivalry Saturday record with 12 3-pointers in a 48-37 win over Mount Vernon.
Photos from Williamsburg vs. Iowa City Liberty girls’ basketball during Rivalry Saturday XXI Saturday, December 6, 2025
Girls’ basketball: Zoe Allen’s basket with 11 seconds left proves to be the game-winner, and Williamsburg outlasts Iowa City Liberty, 43-41.
Cedar Rapids Washington’s boys’ basketball team starts four sophomores and a junior. Four freshmen were starters most of last season. The Warriors say they are older, better and more cohesive overall, proof coming Saturday with a 68-54 win over Iowa City West.
Independence crowned three champions, receiving titles from Braylen Bieber and Carter Eddy to along with Carey’s 126-pound championship and the Mustangs finished third in the team race with 307 points Saturday at home.
Girls’ basketball: Notre Dame signee Jenica Lewis scores 19; Johnston pushes win streak to 56.
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