Jeff Linder

High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette’s poll play in Week 6. Fresh off a showdown win over West Branch, Class 2A No. 8 Alburnett hosts undefeated Bellevue this week

High school cross country: Individual champion Dawson Scheil leads Mount Vernon-Lisbon to the boys’ title at the Williamsburg Invitational.

The Gazette’s Iowa sports staff and contributors opted to discuss high school football instead of rocket science and macroeconomics. See how much ground Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash cover in 4 Downs.

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 5 poll. Waukee Northwest, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Clear Lake and Carroll Kuemper are unanimous No. 1 teams in 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A.

Week 5 Iowa High School football rewind: Beau Burns went off for 612 total yards (441 rushing) and 10 touchdowns in BGM’s 74-21 rout of Martensdale-St. Marys.

Iowa High School football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 5. Each of the No. 1 teams win handily.

High school football: Alburnett denies West Branch on first-and-goal, twice, and gets 100-yard rushing performances by Laken Caves and Owen Henriksen in a 20-17 win.

High school cross country: After a stress fracture last spring and a lower mileage schedule throughout the summer, Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Adam Gray is rounding back into winning form.

High school volleyball: The Gazette’s 2025 mock regional brackets. All five classes, all 351 teams. The state tournament is Nov. 3-6 at Xtream Arena, Coralville.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 5 games to watch. Iowa City West welcomes Iowa City Liberty in a 5A top-10 showdown, and 2A District 5 co-favorites collide at Alburnett.

The Gazette sports writers Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher talk about Week 4 results in Iowa High School Football and the upcoming Week 5 matchups

High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette’s poll play in Week 5. 11 ranked-vs.-ranked encounters, including No. 8 Liberty at No. 7 Iowa City West in Class 5A.

High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Good luck picking and choosing among the four Wamac East co-leaders.

High school volleyball: Mount Vernon’s four-set win at Center Point-Urbana makes it a four-way tie for first place in the Wamac Conference East Division.

The Gazette’s Iowa high school football and contributors expound on the intricacies of high school football. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash ground they cover in 4 Downs