Articles Tagged: Independence High School

Photos from the 4A No. 2-ranked Marion volleyball team’s sweep of Independence.

Josh Beatty’s first varsity catch was something. He grabbed a deflected Hail Mary pass from quarterback Mitch Johnson for a 51-yard touchdown on the final play of the game Friday night as Independence shocked Clear Creek Amana, 13-7.

Here are a dozen Gazette-area Week 2 Iowa high school football games to watch. Linn-Mar visits Iowa City Liberty in a game with added significance, and Solon goes after its 20th consecutive win over Mount Vernon.

The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Defending champion Harlan is a unanimous No. 1 in Class 3A after a 13-0 season that featured more than 50 points per game.

Previews and predictions for the Gazette area Class 3A Iowa high school football districts.

Photos from Davenport Assumption’s 13-3 win over Independence in a Class 3A Iowa high school state softball semifinal game.

The Independence baseball team popped top-seeded Davenport Assumption in the mouth with a three-run top of the first inning in their Class 3A state tournament semifinal Wednesday night. But the Knights scored the next 13 runs for a 13-3, five-inning victory.

Wednesday’s Iowa high school state baseball updated scores, stats and more coverage.

Independence and West Delaware won their respective Wamac Conference divisions in baseball this summer and split their regular-season doubleheader. Indee won the “deciding” game between the rivals, 8-7, in a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal.

Photos from Independence’s 8-7 win over West Delaware in a Class 3A Iowa high school baseball state quarterfinal game.

Monday’s Iowa high school state baseball live stream information, updated scores and more coverage.

Iowa City High and Iowa City Liberty will compete in their own backyard for the Class 4A state baseball tournament, while Lisbon returns to the Class 1A state quarterfinals in Carroll.

Cedar Rapids Xavier tied the score in the seventh, but Independence scored on an error in the eighth and held on for a 5-4 win in a Class 3A substate final. The Mustangs earned a state baseball tournament berth for the first time since 2010.

Class 3A fifth-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Drew Proskovec tossed a three-hit shutout in an 8-0 victory over No. 10 North Polk.

Six teams from the Mississippi Valley Conference landed in the final Class 4A and 3A Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings with two more receiving votes.