Jeff Linder

Top area teams and individuals to watch for the 2025 girls’ high school track and field season.

Girls’ basketball: P.J. Sweeney, who led Clear Creek Amana to the Class 4A state championship in 2024, has announced his resignation.

Hawkeyes finished 23-11 after a second-round NCAA loss to Oklahoma in Year 1 of the Jan Jensen coaching era.

NCAA women’s basketball: Intentional-foul call on Hannah Stuelke leads to an Oklahoma five-point possession. The Sooners went on to rout Iowa, 96-62, in a second-round game.

Women’s basketball: Oklahoma torches Iowa on the glass, advances to the Sweet 16, 96-62. Sooners rule the glass by a 64-33 margin, snagging 24 offensive boards.

The sixth-seeded Hawkeyes will face third-seeded Oklahoma — coached by Iowa alum and Lisa Bluder era player Jennie Baranczyk — on Monday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Follow The Gazette’s live blog below for score updates, highlights and analysis.

NCAA women’s basketball: Sweet 16 is at stake when Iowa meets Oklahoma on Monday, and guarding the Sooners, according to Coach Jan Jensen, is a ‘10’ in degree of difficulty.

NCAA women’s basketball: As an assistant coach and a hard-nosed player, Jan Jensen and Jennie (Lillis) Baranczyk teamed to lift the Hawkeyes in the early years of the Lisa Bluder era.

What to know about Monday’s NCAA women’s basketball game between Iowa and Oklahoma. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.

Girls basketball: After leading Cedar Rapids Xavier to the Class 4A state championship, Tom Lilly and Libby Fandel are duly rewarded as The Gazette’s 2005 area coach, player of the year.

NCAA women’s basketball: Freshmen are a focal point in the Hawkeyes’ first-round rout of Murray State. Ava Heiden and Taylor Stremlow hit double figures, and Solon native Callie Levin hits her first career basket.

NCAA women’s basketball: Ava Heiden is key off the bench and in the paint, and Iowa thumps Murray State, 92-57, in the first round.

Follow The Gazette’s live blog for score updates, highlights and analysis as sixth-seeded Iowa takes on 11th-seeded Murray State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Saturday in Norman, Okla.

NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa’s first-round challenge: Keep Murray State’s Racers from running rampant.

NCAA women’s basketball notes: Kylie Feuerbach talks about her decision to use her sixth year of eligibility at Iowa.