Articles Tagged: Iowa City West High School

Eight teams clinch spots in the boys’ basketball state tournament Tuesday night, as Class 4A substate games are conducted. That includes a double-header at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

The Iowa City West boys’ basketball team that ended the regular season exactly a week ago with a pretty horrid double-digit loss at Dubuque Senior wasn’t the Iowa City West boys’ basketball team that played Friday night. The Trojans were relatively healthy, locked in and ended up blowing away Davenport North, 90-50, in a Class 4A substate semifinal at West.

Iowa City West beat Davenport North 90-50 in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate semifinal game Friday night at West High School.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Decorah were ranked No. 1 in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s first boys’ basketball poll of the season back in late December. They have ended the regular season ranked No. 1 in their respective classes.

Seven area girls’ basketball teams are involved in Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals Tuesday. Six of them are making lengthy road trips.

A look at Saturday’s Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling finals. A district loss was the perfect motivator for Iowa City High’s Cale Seaton to return to form. A state championship form.

Anamosa’s Austin Scranton, Iowa City West’s Kyler Scranton and Mount Vernon’s Jackson Jaspers are The Gazette’s 3 stars from the Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament Friday.

Full results from Thursday’s Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling quarterfinals, where Iowa City Liberty's Vincenzo Lima scored a reversal with 32 seconds left to outlast Griffin Schultz and climbed into the stands to celebrate with friends and family.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets this week for the boys’ basketball postseason in Class 3A and 4A. Here’s an in-depth look at the substates containing schools from the Gazette area.

Here are Wednesday’s results and team scores from the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament. Cedar Rapids Prairie top seed Dylan Munson battled a mysterious illness late this season, but is strong again and advanced to the quarterfinals.

This week’s Pinning Combination podcast takes a look back at Penn State’s one-sided win over Iowa, Iowa State’s Super Bowl Sunday win over Northern Iowa and previews this week’s boys’ state wrestling tournament.

Here is a class-by-class breakdown of the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

North Linn and Western Christian finish atop their respective classes, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its final boys’ basketball rankings of the season in Class 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Clear Lake remain top-ranked in Class 4A and 3A, which has one more set of rankings next week.

The work and dedication since a disappointing 2023 finish have paid dividends for Iowa City West’s Justin Avila. Fourth-ranked Avila defeated Ankeny Centennial’s Lucas Bruhl, avenging a loss in last season’s state quarterfinals and capturing the 150-pound title at the Class 3A district meet Saturday at Cedar Rapids Prairie. He was one of three West champions and eight state qualifiers.

Photos from the Iowa high school boys’ state swim meet at the University of Iowa Aquatic Center in Iowa City on Saturday