Jeff Linder

The Gazette's John Steppe and Jeff Linder break down the Iowa women's basketball team's NCAA second-round win over Georgia and the road to the Final Four on this episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast.

Prep volleyball: Cedar Rapids Prairie turns to Claude Howard, who won 293 matches and reached eight state tournaments at Springville.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: ‘Onward we go ... ’ Iowa is the favorite among the remaining Seattle 4 Region survivors. Hawkeyes face Colorado on Friday, then it’s Louisville and giant-killer Ole Miss.

Boys’ track and field: Led by high-jumper Derek Weisskopf and a stable full of speedy sprinters, Williamsburg rates as an early favorite in Class 2A

A Gazette area watch list of top teams and individuals for the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ track and field season.

Girls’ track and field: Cascade’s Devin Simon is a 5-foot-5 four-stepper, but counters with power and a ‘bulldog’ mentality to make her one of the top hurdlers in Class 2A.

A Gazette area watch list of top teams and individuals for the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ track and field season.

A day after Georgia Coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson referred to Gabbie Marshall as “the cute little one with the ... cute eyes, pretty eyes,” Marshall showed her shooter’s eyes, knocking down five 3-pointers in Iowa’s 74-66 win.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Iowa’s 74-66 win over Georgia is both hard-fought and cleansing. It also sends the Hawkeyes to the Sweet 16.

No. 3 Iowa hosts Georgia on Sunday, and a trip to Seattle for the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 awaits the victor.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: On the eve of Georgia-Iowa, Katie Abrahamson-Henderson talks about reloading Georgia’s program, Iowa’s personnel and Gabbie Marshall’s eyes.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: No. 3 Iowa routs Southeastern Louisiana in Round 1, 95-43.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Georgia takes down Florida State, 66-54.

The third-ranked Hawkeyes “don’t think there’s a ceiling” in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. “Our potential is as far as we want to go.” Iowa opens Friday with a first-round game against NCAA rookie Southeastern Louisiana.

Women’s basketball: Florida State will be without two key players, including its freshman All-American, for its NCAA opener Friday vs. Georgia