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The year was filled with extraordinary games and feats. High school athletes and teams continue to inspire and amaze through their accomplishments. The state is also fortunate to have the type of college programs it does. Here are my top-five memorable moments.
Here is The Gazette’s third installment of area high school boys wrestling individual rankings for the 2025-26 season.
Girls basketball: With Iowa City High trailing by 12 points midway through the third quarter, Maybes Miller and Eve Vitense get hot, triggering a 22-2 closing run and a 49-41 victory over Cedar Rapids Xavier.
Here are The Gazette’s second installment of 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
The Battle of Waterloo has been a marquee regular-season dual tournament and this year is no different with 21 ranked teams and 134 ranked individuals.
Here are The Gazette’s initial 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
High school volleyball: Iowa City Regina’s Reese Naeve is the area player of the year; Iowa City West’s Jaedynn Evans is honored as the top coach.
Girls’ basketball notes: Who conquered the first week of the new season? Keota, for one.
Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and seven teams to keep an eye on for the 2025-26 boys’ wrestling season.
State cross country, Class 4A: Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick leads a pack of four sub-15 finishers in the boys’ race. Liberty’s Keegan Decker finishes third for the second straight year. Prairie is 4th in the boys’ team race; City High girls and boys are 7th.
See photos from the Iowa Class 2A and Class 3A state cross country championships.
Results and stats from Week 9 of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
See photos as area high schools competed for the chance to compete at the Iowa state cross country meet.
It’s the final game of the season, taking place a month after Iowa finished its regular season in Nebraska. The Hawkeyes had one final chance to pick up a signature win against No. 14 Vanderbilt.
The Hawkeyes picked up their first ranked win since 2021 in the 2025 New Year’s Eve bowl game against the SEC’s Vanderbilt.
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