Track and field: Solon-Mount Vernon girls’ duel in the Wamac is the top area storyline as the area conference meets loom.
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Track and field: Solon-Mount Vernon girls’ duel in the Wamac is the top area storyline as the area conference meets loom.
Area softball Super Ten (2024 preseason): Reigning Class 3A state champion Williamsburg opens on top.
Success is nothing new for the Iowa City Liberty girls’ tennis team. Coach James Postman's team went 14-3 last year and 13-4 in 2022 with young rosters. The core players from those teams are now seniors and their experience is paying off.
The Gazette’s high school golf notebook features Solon junior Isaiah Zoske setting a school record with a 7-under 29 at Lake MacBride Golf Course, Iowa City Liberty winning the Clash for the Club and an MVC girls’ Super Meet preview.
Iowa City Regina is the new No. 1 team in the Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ soccer rankings, but the Regals weren’t the only team that moved up. The Park the Bus podcast details the Gazette-area boys’ and girls’ teams on the move on this week’s episode.
Iowa City High hosted its 51st annual Forwald-Coleman Relays track and field meet Thursday night at Bates Field/Raffensperger Track.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Kylie Wachtl posted her first hole-in-one on the No. 9 hole Wednesday at Twin Pines Golf Course in Cedar Rapids. She finished in a three-way tie for second, one shot back of Linn-Mar medalist Morgan Rupp at the CRANDIC golf meet.
Photos from the CRANDIC girls’ golf meet at Twin Pines Golf Course in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
Action from 2024 Mississippi Valley Conference match between Iowa City West Trojans and Liberty Lightning
The Lightning won the season-opening quadrangular and followed it with a runner-up finish behind highly-regarded Cedar Rapids Washington on Tuesday. Liberty’s Isabella Pettersen has claimed medalist honors in both meets this season.
The first episode of Park The Bus, a podcast covering Iowa high school soccer in the Gazette area, details teams and players to watch in 2024 as well as some bold predictions.
A list of Gazette area golfers and teams to watch for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ golf season.
Last year was Matt Harding’s first year as Iowa City Liberty boys’ soccer head coach, Liberty’s first state tournament appearance and its first state championship. The 2024 Lightning lineup will feature many new faces, but similar expectations.
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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