Jeff Linder

Iowa City West starts on top in The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten girls’ basketball rankings.

The Gazette’s area girls’ basketball conference projections for the 2022-23 season, including the MVC, Wamac, River Valley, Tri-Rivers and more.

Thirteen area girls’ basketball players to watch, all of whom received all-state recognition last year.

Drake pushed No. 4 Iowa to overtime, but the Hawkeyes made the necessary plays in the extra five minutes and escaped a women’s basketball thriller, 92-86, before a sellout crowd of 6,424 Sunday afternoon at the Knapp Center.

Iowa high school girls’ state swimming and diving: A Solon student who swims for Iowa City High, Grace Hoeper captured the 50-yard freestyle title.

Iowa women’s basketball: No. 4 Hawkeyes renew acquaintances with former teammate Megan Meyer when they travel to Drake on Sunday.

No. 4 Iowa women’s basketball set a program record with 115 points in a rout of Evansville.

Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder talked for the first time about her recruiting class of 2023, including Ava Jones, who is recovering from a tragic incident last summer.

Gazette area unbeatens Cedar Rapids Xavier, West Branch, Williamsburg and Mount Vernon look to make Dome statements in the Iowa high school state football semifinals this week.

Caitlin Clark bounced back from a turned ankle and a bloody lip, and the No. 4-ranked Iowa women’s basketball team won its 23rd consecutive season-opener.

Girls’ basketball 2022-23: The Gazette’s preseason rankings. Waterloo West, Sioux City Heelan, Unity Christian, Dike-New Hartford and Algona Garrigan are No. 1.

It’s opening night for No. 4-ranked Iowa women’s basketball team. Now, where does the (playing) time go?

Mount Vernon forced four turnovers and blanked Solon 17-0 in a Class 3A Iowa high school football state quarterfinal.

State volleyball: In Year 1 of state volleyball at Xtream Arena, IGHSAU and Coralville delivered.

A state-tournament rookie team, seventh-ranked Ankeny Christian pulled off an improbable comeback to capture the Class 1A state volleyball championship in five sets over No. 4 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (21-25, 19-25, 28-26, 26-24, 15-10) in Thursday’s finale at Xtream Arena.