Jeff Linder

High school cross country: After a stress fracture last spring and a lower mileage schedule throughout the summer, Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Adam Gray is rounding back into winning form.

High school volleyball: The Gazette’s 2025 mock regional brackets. All five classes, all 351 teams. The state tournament is Nov. 3-6 at Xtream Arena, Coralville.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 5 games to watch. Iowa City West welcomes Iowa City Liberty in a 5A top-10 showdown, and 2A District 5 co-favorites collide at Alburnett.

The Gazette sports writers Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher talk about Week 4 results in Iowa High School Football and the upcoming Week 5 matchups

High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette’s poll play in Week 5. 11 ranked-vs.-ranked encounters, including No. 8 Liberty at No. 7 Iowa City West in Class 5A.

High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Good luck picking and choosing among the four Wamac East co-leaders.

High school volleyball: Mount Vernon’s four-set win at Center Point-Urbana makes it a four-way tie for first place in the Wamac Conference East Division.

The Gazette’s Iowa high school football and contributors expound on the intricacies of high school football. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash ground they cover in 4 Downs

High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 4 poll. No. 1 Clear Lake heads to Independence for a Class 3A top-five showdown

High school volleyball: Ankles healed, Hazel Schluckebier is running the show again for Iowa City High, which reaches the semifinals of the Benton Invitational.

High school football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 4.

High school football: Cody Milliman completes a “trifecta” (a forced fumble, a recovered fumble and an interception) for three of Solon’s five takeaways in a 28-21 win over Benton Community.

High school cross country: Linn-Mar’s Ethan Cheney finishes third in a Rich Engel Classic boys field that wasn’t as crowded at the front as it could have been.

Women’s basketball: Big Ten announces the 2025-26 schedule. Inviting home opponents include Michigan State, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 4 games to watch. 5A No. 2 Liberty faces a challenge at No. 8 Johnston; Prairie welcomes No. 1 Waukee Northwest.