Jeff Linder

Iowa Women’s basketball: Hawkeye’s Hannah Stuelke is named to the preseason all-Big Ten team.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 6 games to watch. The state’s 8-Player game of the week is at Preston, where unbeatens Edgewood-Colesburg and Easton Valley collide

The Gazette sports writers Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher talk about Week 5 results in Iowa High School Football and the upcoming Week 6 matchups.

High school football: 2025 Class 5A RPIs, through Week 5. The lone unbeaten, Waukee Northwest leads a pack of five CIML teams.

Women’s basketball: Carver-Hawkeye Arena will be sold out again in 2025-26. It is the third consecutive season of a season-long sellout.

High school volleyball notes: Iowa City Liberty has clinched a share of the MVC Mississippi Division crown, and can win it outright with a win at Iowa City West next Tuesday. Meanwhile, in the Valley Division, Cedar Falls is the champion.

High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. No change among the top six; Marion makes its first appearance of the season

Iowa women’s basketball: Ranked as the No. 6 senior in the nation by ESPN, Californian McKenna Woliczko picks Iowa over South Carolina, USC and Ohio State

High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette’s poll play in Week 6. Fresh off a showdown win over West Branch, Class 2A No. 8 Alburnett hosts undefeated Bellevue this week

High school cross country: Individual champion Dawson Scheil leads Mount Vernon-Lisbon to the boys’ title at the Williamsburg Invitational.

The Gazette’s Iowa sports staff and contributors opted to discuss high school football instead of rocket science and macroeconomics. See how much ground Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash cover in 4 Downs.

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 5 poll. Waukee Northwest, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Clear Lake and Carroll Kuemper are unanimous No. 1 teams in 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A.

Week 5 Iowa High School football rewind: Beau Burns went off for 612 total yards (441 rushing) and 10 touchdowns in BGM’s 74-21 rout of Martensdale-St. Marys.

Iowa High School football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 5. Each of the No. 1 teams win handily.

High school football: Alburnett denies West Branch on first-and-goal, twice, and gets 100-yard rushing performances by Laken Caves and Owen Henriksen in a 20-17 win.