Jeff Linder

State volleyball, 3A quarterfinal: Des Moines Christian earned its first state-tournament win in program history.

State volleyball, Class 4A quarterfinal: Western Dubuque claws past Indianola in 5, reaches its 4th straight semifinal.

State volleyball, Class 4A quarterfinal: No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier dominates all facets, sweeps Sioux City Heelan in 62 minutes.

State volleyball, Class 5A quarterfinal: The match featured 31 blocks, and Centennial’s Jaedan Pratt had the final two. The Jaguars scored the final four points, outlasting West Des Moines Dowling in five sets.

Error-plagued early, top-ranked Iowa City Liberty got it in gear in the final three sets and topped No. 11 Urbandale, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-17 in a Class 5A quarterfinal at the state volleyball tournament Monday afternoon at Xtream Arena.

Iowa women’s basketball: Ava Heiden will join the Hawkeyes in 2024. She’s a top-50 junior and will be the program’s first Oregonian.

State volleyball 2022: Brackets, top players, The Gazette’s predictions and more.

State volleyball tournament: Cassidy Hartman has done it all for Iowa City Liberty, and has done it all very well.

State cross country, Class 4A: Iowa City High’s Ford Washburn pushes Dowling’s Jackson Heidesch for more than 2 miles, then Heidesch finds another gear and wins in a record effort of 14:56.

State cross country: Marion’s Jedidiah Osgood, Solon’s Kayla Young are Class 3A runners-up. Ballard’s Paityn Noe runs an all-time Iowa best among Iowa girls, at 16:48.

State cross country, Class 2A: Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler won her third straight championship, and the seventh straight for her family.

State cross country, Class 1A: Iowa City Regina boys win their first championship since 2010.

Who got a promising draw? Who got the “Group of Death”? We break down the Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 16 pairings on this week’s Prep Football Huddle podcast.

Marion’s Jedidiah Osgood is going to the state cross country meet on Saturday with a purpose, to win a state championship. He’s aware of the competition, but he’s also in tune with his body and what it can do.

Scouting the individual and team races for the 2022 Iowa state cross country champonships.