Jeff Linder

Western Dubuque took care of business, sweeping Sioux City Heelan in the Class 4A state volleyball quarterfinals.

Cedar Falls swept West Des Moines Dowling and will face upstart Johnston in the Class 5A state volleyball semifinals.

Johnston outlasted No. 1 Iowa City Liberty in a Class 5A state volleyball quarterfinal stunner.

Looking back at Iowa City West’s improbable, emotional run to a state volleyball championship in 2011.

How The Gazette predicts each match at the 2021 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament.

Capsules on the 10 state-qualifying volleyball teams from the Gazette area.

South Winneshiek claimed its first state championship in girls’ cross country.

Mid-Prairie’s girls won their fifth straight cross country title and the Tipton boys unseated Danville-New London in Class 2A.

Solon ran away with the Class 3A girls’ state cross country championship.

Iowa City West’s Alex McKane is the Class 4A state cross country runner-up.

An Iowa women’s basketball media day notebook looks at Kate Martin’s role as a leader and Kylie Feuerbach’s return to Hilton.

An offensively prolific Iowa women’s basketball team has eyes on the Final Four in Minneapolis; if the defense improves dramatically, who knows?

After a severe bout with ARFID, North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley is healthy again and back to running — fast. She’ll run in the state cross country meet this week.

An in-depth look at the 2021 Iowa high school state cross country championships.

North Tama tripped Lisbon in a 1A volleyball regional final and will make its third state volleyball trip in five years.