Jeff Linder

Prep volleyball: In a championship match between Tri-Rivers titans, Ava Czarnecki’s closing statements send Lisbon to the title.

No. 5 Independence edges West Delaware, 21-20, to clinch the Class 3A District 3 football title.

Prep volleyball: Mount Vernon claims its fourth consecutive Wamac Conference volleyball championship.

Top-tier Iowa high school football teams had statement wins in Week 7. We discuss the top teams and our top takeaways from Week 7 on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

Volleyball notes: Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s recent surge (13 wins in 16 matches) now includes a runner-up finish at the MVC tournament championship pool.

Prep cross country: A portal on area conference meets for 2022.

Iowa City Liberty swept its way to the the Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball tournament title; Cedar Rapids Kennedy is a surprise runner-up.

The IHSAA and IGHSAU announced state-qualifying cross country assignments for next week.

Which Iowa high school football class is the deepest? Will Xavier’s shutout streak continue? What’s the best concession stand food? Our staff answers in 4 Downs.

The postseason Iowa high school football pairings will be determined this week in four classes, next week in 3A, 4A and 5A. Here’s a primer on area races.

At No. 5 and No. 6 in the Class 5A RPI standings, Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Cedar Rapids Prairie are on track to host first-round playoff games.

With four top-10 teams in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll, Class 4A District 5 will begin to sort itself out this week

Short-handed and short-staffed, Marion’s volleyball team reached the championship match of the Westside Invitational, but Dike-New Hartford was way too much at the end.

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley had the closing kick to win a race-long duel with Solon’s Kayla Young in the Lynx Invitational cross country meet.

A blocked punt for a safety ignited West Branch in a 23-0 win over Iowa City Regina, its first win in the football series since 2005.