Jeff Linder

The Gazette’s predictions for area 8-Player high school football district races.

The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school football 8-Player poll.

The Mid-Prairie and South Winneshiek girls are among the No. 1-ranked teams in the 2021 preseason Iowa high school cross country rankings.

Wamac Conference schools Dyersville Beckman and Maquoketa are applying for River Valley Conference membership in time for the beginning of 2022-23 school year.

Iowa City West volleyball player Caroline Found died in a moped accident Aug. 11, 2011.

Fast-paced, defense-minded West Delaware bring back much of its arsenal from a team that reached the state volleyball finals last year.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release its preseason volleyball rankings sometime in the next two weeks. Monday, The Gazette releases its version.

Which high school volleyball teams are projected to rise to the top in the area? Here’s a guess, with our preseason Gazette-area Super 10.

Solon guard Callie Levin committed to Iowa women’s basketball.

Led by Mount Vernon, 21 area softball players earned first-team all-state honors.

Class 4A state champion Western Dubuque is No. 1 in the final area high school softball power rankings.

Western Dubuque’s 3-1 triumph over Boone in the Class 4A state softball championship game completed a weeklong hat trick over the Raccoon River Conference.

Davenport Assumption scored nine late runs to top Mount Vernon for the Class 3A state softball championship.

Skylar Benesh had the big hit and the big defensive play as North Linn edged Earlham, 1-0, for the Class 2A state title.

Lions’ state ledger for the past four seasons: 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 2nd