Jeff Linder

Mount Vernon girls, Iowa City West boys are tops in the Gazette-area track and field Super Ten.

Former IHSAA director Bernie Saggau died Friday at age 96. During his tenure from 1967 to 2005, he helped add football playoffs and the 3-point shot.

Track & field: Mount Vernon girls repeat as Wamac Conference champions; Clear Creek Amana rules the boys’ competition.

Boys’ track and field: Cedar Rapids Kennedy shuttle hurdle relay briefly holds the all-time Iowa best. Cougars run 56.75 seconds at Xavier, then Waukee Northwest and Ankeny top that at the CIML meet.

Track and field: Cedar Falls (MVC Valley Division) and Mid-Prairie (River Valley Conference) are projected to sweep the titles of their respective leagues Thursday.

Prep softball: Preseason area Super Ten for 2025. Two-time defending Class 3A state champion Williamsburg opens at No. 1.

Girls’ basketball: Jacob Misener is promoted to head coach at reigning Class 3A state champion Mount Vernon.

Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark dazzles in her return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and the Indiana Fever roll past the Brazil National Team, 108-44, in Sunday’s exhibition.

Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark’s much-anticipated return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena is Sunday (maybe), when the Indiana Fever face the Brazil National Team. She missed Saturday’s preseason opener vs. Washington due to a leg injury.

Track & field: Tipton’s Noelle Steines makes a full return and wins four events at the Pacha Relays, including 10:12.35 in the 3,000.

Women’s basketball: Iowa will face Nebraska twice again next season, everybody else once in a schedule that is flipped from 2024-25.

“It’s monumental:” Center Point-Urbana girls zip to the top of Class 3A in the distance medley relay. They run 4:19.11 at the Xavier Invitational.

Prep track and field: A midseason update on which teams are beginning to look like contenders, in each class.

Drake Relays, Saturday boys: Western Dubuque star Quentin Nauman completes a historic distance triple crown with an all-time Iowa best in the 1,600 meters.

Drake Relays, Saturday girls: After barely making into the 4x100 relay finals, Linn-Mar roars in the afternoon to a second-place finish.