Articles Tagged: Iowa City West High School

Iowa City West’s Justin Avila shared some joyful tears with family, celebrating his 150-pound championship at the Class 3A boys’ state tournament Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Jean Ngoma scored four points in the third period, adding an escape and ride out for a 5-4 win over Southeast Polk’s Holden Hansen in the 215-pound semifinals of the Class 3A boys’ state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. He’s joined in the finals with Iowa City West duo Alexander Pierce and Justin Avila.

Iowa City Liberty’s Landon Bell celebrated his first state wrestling tournament win Thursday. A day later, he secured his first state medal with a quarterfinal victory in the Class 3A state tournament Friday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Iowa City West’s Justin Avila entered the 2025 boys’ state wrestling tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines with a “No Regrets” attitude. If he produces his best performance, prize will take care of itself.

Here are five storylines to follow during the 2025 Iowa High School Athletic Association traditional state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Here is a class-by-class breakdown of the 2025 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Girls’ basketball: Libby Fandel nets 34, and Cedar Rapids Xavier wraps up the MVC Mississippi Division title with a 57-41 win over Iowa City West. The Saints take a nine-game win streak into the postseason.

Washington junior and West senior were top qualifiers out of Saturday’s district meets; state meet begins Friday in Iowa City

Senior will lead Trojans on Saturday at district meet; Linn-Mar also hosting a meet

Here are The Gazette’s sixth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Linn-Mar’s Malik DeBow has made a habit of wrestling his best late in the season. He rolled to his third Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet title and helped the Lions claim their third MVC tournament team title in the last four seasons.

Girls’ basketball notes: With the aunt-niece duo of Coach Stephanie Dacey and senior Carly Rich leading the way, Williamsburg is on the brink of the Wamac Conference West Division championship.

Here are The Gazette’s fifth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

The Lions won two straight MVC Super Meets before being unseated by Cedar Rapids Prairie last season. Linn-Mar is coming off a team title at Clinton’s Bob Lueders Invitational and is one of the favorites at the MVC tournament.

No. 2 Iowa men beat Ohio State and built some momentum for trip to No. 1 Penn State. Iowa women’s team sweeps Journeyman Duals. Oklahoma State’s upper weights turn away University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State. Soldier Salute makes changes, Upper Iowa wins and high school results in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.