Jeff Linder

Prep volleyball: The state’s leader in kills, Isabelle Elliott helps Sumner-Fredericksburg deny Lisbon in a 2A regional final.

Clear Creek Amana neutralized West Delaware in a Class 4A regional volleyball final sweep. The Clippers will face Marion at state.

Lisbon will try again for a state volleyball tournament breakthrough, but Sumner-Fredericksburg — led by the state’s leading hitter in Isabelle Elliott — stands in the way.

The Gazette’s Iowa high school football staff poses and answers questions about the playoffs: Surprise team to reach the UNI-Dome? Will anyone run the table?

Top-ranked Springville got contributions from everybody in a Class 1A regional volleyball semifinal sweep of Central City.

Prep volleyball: Kennedy-Northwest, CCA-West Delaware, Solon-West Liberty toss-ups highlight 10 area regional finals.

Ankeny, Lewis Central and Harlan finish atop The Gazette’s final high school football rankings.

Class 1A and 2A teams are two matches away from state. Here are Monday’s five best area regional semifinals.

East Buchanan scored on its first six possessions and blasted Lisbon in a Class A first-round playoff game, 44-14.

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

Prep cross country: Tipton returns to the state meet in an effort to repeat as 2A champion. No. 1 Monticello girls win in a nail-biter.

“Pressure is a privilege,” and the No. 4-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes harbor sky-high expectations for the 2022-23 women’s basketball season.

Prep volleyball: 2022 area all-conference teams

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.