Jeff Linder

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.

Second-ranked Western Christian rallied from fifth-set deficits of 13-9 and 14-11 and knocked off No. 1 Dike-New Hartford in a Class 2A title-match thriller, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21, 13-25, 16-14, at the state volleyball tournament Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena.

The all-tournament captain, Ava Schubert smacked 17 kills as second-ranked Davenport Assumption captured its first state volleyball championship Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena. The Knights (33-7) swept No. 4 Sioux Center, 25-23, 25-16, 25-21.

The Gazette’s high school volleyball Super Ten rankings: State champions Iowa City Liberty, Cedar Rapids Xavier are 1 and 2.

State volleyball, 4A championship: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s seniors, and coach, finish on top; Saints end Clear Creek Amana’s surprising run in the finals.

State volleyball, 5A championship: Iowa City Liberty solves Pleasant Valley’s block, earns the first team title in school history.