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No matter what sport is in season, the Iowa Prep Sports podcast network has you covered. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher have been covering prep sports in Eastern Iowa for decades and bring their wealth of expertise to podcast form. From a weekly predictions show during football season to trending topics and teams to watching during basketball season, you’ll always be in the loop. It’s not just state tournament time, either. We start things up in August and continue all school year.
The field is set for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament and the Call It Both Ways podcast takes a class-by-class look at what to expect on this week’s episode.
Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.
No. 1-ranked teams in Iowa high school basketball picked up some big wins last week: Class 1A’s top-ranked North Linn girls beat 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon, while the 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys handled West Des Moines Valley. And there’s another big boys’ game on Friday, when 1A No. 1 Bellevue Marquette hosts No. 3 North Linn. The Call It Both Ways podcast discusses those games on this week’s episode, plus more notable performances.
The Class 4A boys’ rankings saw a big shake-up this week (though Cedar Rapids Kennedy is still the clear No. 1) and that leads this episode of Call It Both Ways, a podcast about Iowa high school basketball.
The Call It Both Ways podcast is back with weekly high school basketball topics, including the Mount Vernon girls' rise from a one-win season to a No. 1 ranking, schedule changes, participation numbers, Eric Dettbarn's 500-win career and more.
The Call It Both Ways podcast is snowed in for the time being, but has a few topics to discuss despite the lack of games. Those include a look at the Cedar Rapids Washington girls, Lansing Kee boys and other teams on the rise, takeaways from last Saturday’s MVC-CIML Shootout and revisiting conference realignment possibilities.
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