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Jeff Johnson
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Latest Articles by Jeff Johnson
Minor League Sports Sep. 22, 2021 4:16 pm1458d ago
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders forward Zaccharya Wisdom overcame a rough upbringing to become a hockey player.
Minor League Sports Sep. 22, 2021 12:24 pm1458d ago
Jair Camargo’s solo home run with two outs in the eighth inning lifted Cedar Rapids past Quad Cities, 2-1, in Game 1 of the High-A Central League championship series.
Iowa High School Football Sep. 21, 2021 6:23 pm1459d ago
The Gazette staff answers questions about the Iowa high school football season. This time, we added a question from Twitter followers.
Minor League Sports Sep. 23, 2021 8:55 am1457d ago
Cedar Rapids and Quad Cities meet for the High-A Central League championship, beginning Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Football Sep. 21, 2021 10:47 am1459d ago
Iowa City High junior Ben Kueter says he will attempt to play football and wrestle for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Minor League Sports Sep. 21, 2021 12:19 pm1459d ago
The Kernels beat Peoria in their regular-season finale, 11-0, to advance to the High-A Central League championship series opposite Quad Cities.
Sports Sep. 18, 2021 6:48 pm1462d ago
Coe posted a 42-22 win over Simpson and now gets Wartburg and Central in back-to- back weeks.
Iowa High School Football Sep. 18, 2021 12:53 am1463d ago
A touchdown pass off a flea-flicker play with 1:09 left lifted Iowa City High past West Des Moines Dowling, 21-17.
Iowa High School Football Sep. 17, 2021 5:26 pm1463d ago
Enrollment has dropped Edgewood-Colesburg from the 11-player game in which the Vikings have had lots of success the past few seasons.
Iowa Football Sep. 16, 2021 5:51 pm1464d ago
Kent State brings its “FlashFast” philosophy to Iowa this Saturday.
Iowa High School Sports Sep. 16, 2021 4:45 pm1464d ago
The Gazette's Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson share their Week 3 takeaways on this episode of Prep Football Huddle and look ahead to Week 4's biggest games.
Minor League Sports Sep. 16, 2021 5:48 pm1464d ago
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders’ regular-season opener is next week after the club sat out the 2020-21 season when the derecho destroyed their arena.
Iowa High School Football Sep. 15, 2021 10:25 am1465d ago
Low numbers, injuries and COVID forced Cedar Rapids Jefferson to opt out of its game Friday night against Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
Iowa High School Football Sep. 14, 2021 5:33 pm1466d ago
The Gazette staff pose and answer four random questions about the Iowa high school football season. Montezuma’s Eddie Burgess continues gaudy stats, Linn-Mar’s ceiling, which 0-3 team is poised for a victory and our favorite stadiums are discussed.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Sep. 14, 2021 11:44 am1466d ago
Former West Delaware prep and Minnesota Twins minor league pitcher BJ Hermsen takes over a strong program W-SR baseball program.