Jeff Linder

Wednesday’s results from Gazette area 4A and 3A Iowa high school cross country state-qualifying meets.

Week 9 of Iowa high school football is the last week of the regular season for some (5A, 4A, 3A), the first round of the playoffs for others (2A, 1A, A, 8-Player). This episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast breaks it all down.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Emma Arnold is a veteran athlete, a cross country rookie ... and a state qualifier in her first season.

Berths for the Iowa high school state cross country meet are on the line Thursday for teams and runners in Class 2A and Class 1A. Here is a primer on the area races.

Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school volleyball regionals hit full steam Thursday. Here are five area matches to watch.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson swept Cedar Rapids Washington in a Class 5A regional volleyball quarterfinal match, but this one was anything but ordinary.

A look at Week 9 in Iowa high school football, from the playoff scenarios for the big schools, to the key small-school first-round matchups.

Iowa is ranked No. 4 and Iowa State is No. 8 in the Associated Press women’s basketball preseason poll.

The Iowa high school volleyball postseason marches on Wednesday with 3A regional semifinals and 2A regional quarterfinals. Here are five area matches to watch.

Berths for the Iowa high school state cross country meet are on the line Wednesday for teams and runners in Class 4A and Class 3A. Here is a primer on Wednesday’s races that have a heavy area presence.

Prep volleyball: It’s a small batch of area 5A and 4A regional quarterfinal matches Tuesday. Here are three of them.

The Gazette Iowa high school sports staff answers questions about the first round of the playoffs for small schools, the RPI, Coach of the Year candidates and cool lids.

Faster and better this season, No. 15 Vinton-Shellsburg marches on with a Class 3A regional volleyball quarterfinal win over Anamosa.

Cedar Rapids Prairie has clinched a playoff berth; Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Linn-Mar, Iowa City High have playoff destiny in their own hands.

Central Lyon-GLR, Van Meter, West Hancock and Remsen St. Mary’s head into the playoffs as No. 1 teams in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings.