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Cedar Rapids Kennedy began this week with a 20-1 record, propelling it to the top of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings released Monday. Kennedy has made a steady climb after starting at fifth in the preseason poll.
Saturday was the Crosstown Classic in Solon, an event featuring three prep baseball games and youth baseball and softball games. It’s a fundraiser for The Fight With Flash Foundation in honor of Austin “Flash” Schroeder of Iowa City, who died of lymphoma at the age of 15 in 2015. Flash’s favorite sport was baseball
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.
Monday is filled with high-profile high school baseball matchups in Eastern Iowa. Successful small-class programs battle Tuesday. Solon hosts the annual Fight With Flash Foundation Crosstown Classic on Saturday. Here’s a look at Gazette-area Iowa high school baseball games to watch.
Former University of Iowa and NFL tight end Scott Chandler had no desire to become a football coach when his playing career ended. But watching the Netflix series “Last Chance U” changed his mind, and he was named head coach earlier this week at Iowa City Liberty High School.
Iowa City Liberty made an impressive postseason run to reach last year’s state baseball tournament. The Lightning seem to have picked up where they left off from last season.
A successful season of firsts came to an end Tuesday for the Iowa City Liberty girls’ soccer team. The sixth-ranked Lightning (13-5) were defeated, 4-2, by the fifth-rated Pella Dutch (14-4) in the quarterfinal round of the Class 2A Iowa high school girls’ state soccer tournament at Cownie Soccer Park.
Pella beat Iowa City Liberty 2-0 in a Class 2A Iowa high school girls’ state soccer quarterfinal match Tuesday at Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines.
Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines hosts the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state soccer tournament this week. Follow along here with updated brackets, scores and coverage for all three classes.
The Iowa high school girls’ state soccer tournament round kicks off Tuesday with the quarterfinal round at Connie Soccer Park in Des Moines. Here is a look at the three Gazette-area girls’ teams that qualified.
Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp shot consecutive rounds under par, including a career-best 67 in the second round, and posted 5-under 137 to win the Class 4A state girls’ golf title Friday at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny.
The Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union released the girls’ state soccer tournament brackets for all three classes after Thursday night’s regional finals. Here’s a look at the brackets and schedules.
The 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state soccer tournament field is set after Thursday night’s regional finals. Here are the scores and a few notes from Thursday’s 24 games.
High school football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 2.
Three Solon pass catchers — Kaden Hoeper, Maddox Kelley and Cody Milliman — hauled in receptions of 40 or more yards.
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