Jeff Linder

Southeast Polk is on top in the latest Class 5A RPI calcuations; Cedar Rapids Kennedy leads the area at No. 4.

Class 2A District 2 has five of the top eight teams in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll.

Linn-Mar and Iowa City High are both 3-0. It’s the best start for the Lions since 2014, the best for the Little Hawks since 2011.

Owen Huehnergarth netted 272 yards and four touchdowns in 1A No. 9 Dyersville Beckman’s 48-21 win over 2A No. 8 Monticello.

The Gazette's Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson share their takeaways on this episode of Prep Football Huddle and look ahead to Week 3's biggest games.

City High’s Ford Washburn and Marion’s Shane Erb both ran under 15:30 in a sizzling boys race at the Cedar Rapids Invitational cross country meet.

Preview 12 games to watch in the Gazette area Friday, including an unbeaten vs. unbeaten, top-5 vs. top-5 matchup between Kennedy and Washington at Kingston Stadium.

Iowa City West’s Alex McKane is ranked No. 1 among Class 4A boys entering Thursday’s Cedar Rapids Invitational.

The Big Ten women’s basketball schedule was released Wednesday and Iowa’s closing stretch is difficult: Maryland, at Indiana, at Rutgers and Michigan.

Western Dubuque setter Madison Maahs recently went over 2,000 career assists and has led the Bobcats to two straight state tournaments.

Iowa City Liberty remains on top in this week’s Gazette-area Super 10 volleyball rankings, while Cedar Rapids Xavier makes a big jump to No. 5.

Western Dubuque rallied past Cedar Rapids Prairie in a 5-set thriller Tuesday.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford opted for high school football over nuclear fusion questions. Read our opinions from Week 2.

Here is this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll.

Sioux City East is No. 1 through 2 weeks; Cedar Rapids Prairie leads the area at No. 4