The Decorah boys’ basketball team is 13-1 and ranked second in Class 3A. The Vikings, who made it to the state tournament semifinals last season, are led by what Coach Jonathan Carlson calls their Batman and Robin: senior guard Zach Driscoll and junior center Cael LaFrentz, who average 50 points per game between them.
Prep volleyball: Jessica Hauptmann hired as volleyball coach at Iowa City Liberty. As Jessica Gehrke, she was the 2010 Gazette Female Athlete of the Year at Iowa City West and is an Iowa High School Hall of Famer in volleyball and track.
Girls’ basketball notes: With the aunt-niece duo of Coach Stephanie Dacey and senior Carly Rich leading the way, Williamsburg is on the brink of the Wamac Conference West Division championship.
Here are The Gazette’s fifth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
The Lions won two straight MVC Super Meets before being unseated by Cedar Rapids Prairie last season. Linn-Mar is coming off a team title at Clinton’s Bob Lueders Invitational and is one of the favorites at the MVC tournament.
Richert siblings and Kirchner sisters power Vikings boys’ and girls’ program with high hopes of making it to state and doing some damage
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Despite Tuesday loss, Cedar Rapids Prairie stays at No. 1. Iowa City High, Cedar Rapids Xavier climb a spot to 4th and 5th.
This week, The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs sit down with Cornell College men’s wrestling coach Brent Hamm. They chat about the Rams’ impressive season, his coaching philosophy, wrestling under Brad Smith and the late Mike Duroe, and what's next on the schedule. Plus, Pilcher and Briggs break down Iowa vs. Penn State and recap last weekend’s college and high school results.
The Cedar Rapids Prairie boys’ basketball team seemed to announced their impending arrival to everyone in Class 4A earlier this season when it upset Cedar Rapids Kennedy. A 71-70, double-overtime win Tuesday night over top-ranked Cedar Falls might just show that the Hawks have indeed arrived.
Prairie Hawks win a double overtime thriller 71-70. Take down #1 Cedar Falls Tigers
Girls’ wrestling: Taylor Cavanh and Evelyn Eggleston are leaders and won MVC gold on same day
No. 2 Iowa men beat Ohio State and built some momentum for trip to No. 1 Penn State. Iowa women’s team sweeps Journeyman Duals. Oklahoma State’s upper weights turn away University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State. Soldier Salute makes changes, Upper Iowa wins and high school results in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
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