Articles Tagged: Independence High School

Johnston, Marion, Van Meter and Lansing Kee are the No. 1 teams in the 2022 preseason Iowa high school baseball rankings.

A look at Gazette area conference races as the Iowa high school soccer regular season winds down, plus 11 things that stood out last week.

Here are Gazette area players and teams to watch as the 2022 Iowa high school baseball season starts Monday.

Take one of the best goal-scorers in Iowa high school girls’ soccer and pair her with a uniquely big and talented freshman class. It has worked out so far for Class 2A No. 14 Independence and sophomore Easten Miller.

Class 1A No. 11 Solon used a suffocating defense to blank Class 2A No. 14 Independence, 2-0, in girls’ soccer on Tuesday night.

Photos from the 2022 Wamac Conference track and field meet Thursday at Dyersville Beckman.

Independence boasted three of the top-five placewinners, including the medalist and runner-up medalist to claim the Wamac West Division title.

Comeback stories abound, the IHSSN picks up the boys’ state soccer championship games and 11 more things that stood out in Iowa high school soccer in the last week.

Brielle Bastian’s determination helps power Cedar Rapids Xavier and 11 more things that stood out in Iowa high school soccer last week.

Iowa City West’s Michael Nelson “is gonna make a name for himself,” Iowa City Liberty still hasn’t given up a goal and 11 more things that stood out in this week’s Iowa soccer roundup.

Here are five questions entering the 2022 Iowa high school girls’ soccer season, plus a handful of area players and teams to watch.

The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association has announced its 2022 all-state boys’ basketball teams, with North Linn’s Austin Hilmer joining Monticello’s Tate Petersen, Springville’s Rhenden Wagaman, English Valleys’ Kaden Hall, Marion’s Brayson Laube and Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Kenzie Hall on first teams.

Dyersville Beckman’s Padraig Gallagher and Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf have been named players of the year in boys’ basketball in their respective divisions of the Wamac Conference.

From the wild team races to the outstanding individual showings, K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs discuss their top takeaways from the 2022 Iowa high school state wrestling tournament on this episode of the Pinning Combination podcast. Plus, a look at Iowa, Iowa State, UNI and more Iowa college teams going into the postseason.

Matt Shannon has been helping run the Iowa high school state wrestling meet since 2012. He’s also been working to assemble a full history of Independence wrestling, which led him to discover state wrestling history his grandfather made.