Jeff Linder

Iowa City Liberty swept Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Cedar Rapids Xavier to win the MVC volleyball tournament championship.

All the questions have been submitted by social media followers. Who are the top skill players? What is the state of Class 5A? Best popcorn and songs?

The postseason football brackets will be determined this week in four classes, next week in 3A, 4A and 5A. Here’s a primer on area races.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy takes sole possession of the top Class 5A ranking in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll.

West Des Moines Valley takes over the top spot in this week’s unofficial Class 5A RPI standings.

West Liberty advanced to the championship match of a talent-laden 16-team Westside Invitational, but Dike-New Hartford was too much in the final.

‘I don’t set targets on other guys. I run my race and let the other guys worry about me.’

4A No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier embarked on three long first-half scoring drives and improved to 6-1 with a 34-7 win over 4A No. 10 Clear Creek Amana.

The Mississippi Valley, Wamac, River Valley and Tri-Rivers conferences are set to begin their next round of volleyball championships.

Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss what we learned from Week 6 and look ahead to Week 7 of Iowa high school football on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle.

Iowa City High edged Dubuque Hempstead by one point for the MVC boys’ cross country Super meet title.

A closer look at a dozen of the top area high school football games for Week 7 (Oct. 7-8).

The Iowa Hawkeyes have been dealt a major hit in post depth, with Sharon Goodman out for the season with a torn ACL.

Both the Wamac East and MVC Valley volleyball races finished with three co-champions.

Iowa City West’s Alex McKane goes head to head with Hempstead’s Derek Leicht in Thursday’s MVC cross country Super meet, while City High could contend in the boys’ team chase.