Articles Tagged: Independence High School

Here’s how all 71 teams ranked in The Gazette’s poll fared in Week 2 of the Iowa high school football season.

Here’s a look at who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face Friday night, including a pair of highly-ranked Class 5A matchups and two 2-0 8-Player teams meeting.

The Prep Football Huddle podcast reviews Week 1 of the Iowa high school football season with takeaways including a young Cedar Rapids Xavier team’s potential, Clear Creek Amana’s new era, Class 5A rankings upheaval and more.

The Independence football team is ranked No. 6 in Class 3A. The Mustangs found themselves trailing a good North Fayette Valley club late in the first half Friday night, but a late second-quarter touchdown and big second half lifted the Mustangs to a convincing 42-14 win.

Here’s who the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school football poll play in their Week 1 games Friday night.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 1.

The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school Class 3A football rankings: Defending state champion Williamsburg leads a long roster of contenders from Wamac Conference schools.

This is the fifth in a series diving into area Iowa high school football districts for the 2024 season. Today, we examine Class 3A. West Delaware, Mount Vernon and Williamsburg are the title picks.

The Gazette’s “Fab 5” Gazette-area Class 3A football players to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school football season: Williamsburg’s Rayce Heitman, Solon’s Grant Wilson, Mount Vernon’s Ethan Wood, Independence’s Tate Wood and West Delaware’s Brent Yonkovic.

A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball regional finals. Nine games involve area teams, including a Prairie-Kennedy matchup that guarantees the Metro a 5A state qualifier.

Prep softball notes: Iowa City Liberty’s sweep of Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday further tightens the anybody’s-race MVC Mississippi Division; all seven teams are within 1 1/2 games.

There are three classifications in Iowa high school girls’ soccer in 2024, meaning a total of 24 state tournament qualifiers. Here’s a breakdown of the brackets with a look at how Gazette-area teams are set up.

The state golf tournaments for all three classes will be held May 20-21 in Ames. The Class 3A state tournament will be at Veenker Memorial Golf Course, 2A will be at Coldwater Links and 1A will be at Ames Golf and Country Club.

Photos from the 2024 Wamac Conference girls’ golf tournament at Gardner Golf Club in Cedar Rapids on Monday.

The River Valley Conference’s hold on the top of the Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ soccer rankings didn’t change, but the team at the top did. The Park the Bus podcast discusses West Branch’s rise to No. 1 and the notable results from last week, plus previews a big week of ranked matchups in the Gazette area.