Jeff Linder

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.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Emma Arnold is a veteran athlete, a cross country rookie ... and a state qualifier in her first season.

Berths for the Iowa high school state cross country meet are on the line Thursday for teams and runners in Class 2A and Class 1A. Here is a primer on the area races.

Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school volleyball regionals hit full steam Thursday. Here are five area matches to watch.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson swept Cedar Rapids Washington in a Class 5A regional volleyball quarterfinal match, but this one was anything but ordinary.

A look at Week 9 in Iowa high school football, from the playoff scenarios for the big schools, to the key small-school first-round matchups.