Jeff Linder

Iowa is ranked No. 4 and Iowa State is No. 8 in the Associated Press women’s basketball preseason poll.

The Iowa high school volleyball postseason marches on Wednesday with 3A regional semifinals and 2A regional quarterfinals. Here are five area matches to watch.

Berths for the Iowa high school state cross country meet are on the line Wednesday for teams and runners in Class 4A and Class 3A. Here is a primer on Wednesday’s races that have a heavy area presence.

Prep volleyball: It’s a small batch of area 5A and 4A regional quarterfinal matches Tuesday. Here are three of them.

The Gazette Iowa high school sports staff answers questions about the first round of the playoffs for small schools, the RPI, Coach of the Year candidates and cool lids.

Faster and better this season, No. 15 Vinton-Shellsburg marches on with a Class 3A regional volleyball quarterfinal win over Anamosa.

Cedar Rapids Prairie has clinched a playoff berth; Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Linn-Mar, Iowa City High have playoff destiny in their own hands.

Central Lyon-GLR, Van Meter, West Hancock and Remsen St. Mary’s head into the playoffs as No. 1 teams in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings.

The Gazette’s high school volleyball Super Ten rankings: Mount Vernon up a click to No. 2; Lisbon joins the top 5 for the first time.

Here are five Class 3A, 2A and 1A Iowa high school volleyball regional first-round matches to watch in the area Monday.

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.