Iowa City Liberty posted its first 10-win season and made its first state semifinal appearance in 2024. The Lightning maintain high aspirations for the 2025 high school football season.
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Iowa City Liberty posted its first 10-win season and made its first state semifinal appearance in 2024. The Lightning maintain high aspirations for the 2025 high school football season.
Drake Obermueller developed into a valuable and versatile asset for the Iowa City High baseball program. His contributions garnered a spot on the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association all-state Super Team. Here are the all-state selections released Friday.
Iowa City Liberty’s baseball team scored a run in the top of the first inning in its Class 4A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night against Waukee Northwest. But the Wolves couldn’t dent Northwest pitcher Chuck Berdovich the rest of the way, and Northwest went on to a 4-1 victory.
Capsules on the seven Gazette area teams that qualified for the Iowa High School Athletic Association state baseball tournament. Read our finalist predictions.
Girls’ basketball: The 21st rendition of Rivalry Saturday will include its first interstate matchup in event history -- 5A power Johnston vs. Madison (Wis.) Edgewood.
High school baseball all-conference selections are being released. The first set are the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi and Valley divisions. Keep checking in for more.
Liberty advanced to the state tournament with a 6-5 victory over Linn-Mar in a substate final Wednesday night at Liberty High School
See photos as the Lightning hosted the Lions to play for a place in the Iowa High School Baseball State Tournament.
Home-runs by Koranda and Barnes in the fifth inning helped propel Linn-Mar to a 8-2 victory over Iowa City Liberty to win the regional final.
A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball area regional finals. Twelve games contain area teams.
Here are five Gazette-area 2A and 1A high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Friday and why.
Iowa City High was the preseason No. 1 in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings. The Little Hawks closed the regular season at No. 4. They are joined by No. 6 Iowa City Liberty in the final poll released Monday.
Postseason starts up for Class 3A and 4A and continues for 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Dubuque Wahlert play in a key Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader. Independence and West Delaware are scheduled to play three times this week. Here are our final 5 Games to Watch.
Paustian’s effort has paid dividends in his first two weeks of high school competition. Paustian remained unbeaten, pinning Marion’s Lucas Stearns for the 150-pound title Saturday at the Mount Vernon Invitational.
Women’s basketball: Hannah Stuelke -- and the rest of Iowa’s post posse -- regain their mojo in Iowa’s 102-68 victory over Lindenwood.
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