Here are 15 players who should make an impact this boys’ basketball season from the Gazette area. The list includes nine guys who were all-staters last season by the Iowa Professional Sports Writers Association.
Here is a list of five boys’ basketball teams from the Gazette area that could be handfuls this season. We predict winners in each area conference as well.
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Coe advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time since 2016 and return to Bethel for the second straight year. Wartburg opened with a bye and hosts Wheaton. Drake gets rematch with South Dakota in the FCS playoffs and more. Here are five small college football storylines.
University of Northern Iowa’s Wyatt Voelker has made the jump from Big 12 Conference champion and NCAA qualifier at 197 pounds last season to starting heavyweight this season.
Girls’ basketball: Williamsburg dominates the boards, rallies from an early 11-point deficit and surges past Cedar Rapids Xavier, 49-36.
See photos as Williamsburg hosted Xavier for an Iowa girls’ high school basketball game.
Iowa City Liberty quarterback Reece Rettig has been named the Class 5A football player of the year by the Iowa Football Coaches Association. There are 45 players from The Gazette area that are first-team players in their respective classes.
It’s a new show in town with trailblazing sophomore Irys Benesch and freshman Alexis Williams leading the team, alongside veteran North Linn wrestling coach Brad Bridgewater and assistant coach Justin Kress.
Iowa’s Gabe Arnold made the most of his opportunity in Iowa’s win over Pittsburgh. University of Northern Iowa squashed North Dakota State in its home opener Sunday. Coe crowned five champions at its annual Turkey Invitational and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Trojans finished second at state last season and added Linn-Mar transfer Hudson Huberg in the offseason, as well as new/old coach Byron Butler
Vikings return 7 of 8 top bowlers, including 2 who placed in Top 10 at state last year
The streak continues. West Des Moines Dowling uses an overpowering running game to beat Iowa City Liberty, 27-10, Friday night in the Class 5A state championship football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. A suburban Des Moines school has won the last 16 biggest-school titles.
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