Jeff Linder

Boys’ track and field: Moustafa Tiea’s come-from-behind 1:53 split triggers Iowa City West’s 4x800; Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Prairie share the title at the John Ask Relays.

Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 17)

With Friday’s football schedule release by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, The Gazette is offering a one-time, 10-game, nine-week tour of the best games in our circulation area, with no stadium visited more than once.

Prep track and field: Linn-Mar’s T.J. Jackson sweeps the high jump (nearly clearing 7 feet) and the long jump at the Clark Weaver Invitational on Friday. Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ and Linn-Mar’s girls are team champions.

Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 14)

Track and field: Mount Vernon sets school records in the boys’ sprint medley and 4x200, climbs to No. 2 statewide in the 4x400.

Track and field notes: Washington (Iowa) star Elijah Morris is bulked up and has his sights squarely on the all-time Iowa best in the 400 meters.

Medical school, Iowa’s Monika Czinano said, “will always be there.” A chance to play in the WNBA, though, is once in a lifetime.

Iowa reserve forward Shateah Wetering has entered the women’s basketball transfer portal, The Gazette has learned.

New Iowa women’s basketball commit Teagan Mallegni enters her senior year with 1,705 career points. She is ranked 59th nationally in the Class of 2024, according to ESPN.

Monika Czinano blossomed into one of the most efficient shooters in NCAA history. And Monday night, she became a WNBA Draft pick. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Czinano in the third round, as the 26th overall pick.

Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 10)

Donovan Slick-Driscoll, Tre Duffie, Dawson Dougherty and Anthony Franklin churned out the state’s second-fastest boys’ 400-meter relay thus far this season, circling the Kingston Stadium oval in 43.05 seconds Saturday at the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track and field meet.

Women’s basketball: Iowa lands 2024 prospect Teagan Mallegni, a 6-foot guard out of Wisconsin.

Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 7).