Jeff Linder

Area volleyball Super Ten through matches played Sept. 24: No change among the top five; Mid-Prairie, Marion, Anamosa make leaps.

Can Cedar Rapids Jefferson top rival Cedar Rapids Washington to reach 5-0? Offenses vs. Defenses? Midseason awards? Best mascots? The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.

The 16-team playoff field in Class 5A Iowa high school football will be determined solely by RPI. Here is how the top 20 teams stand through Week 4 determined by our unofficial calculations.

Iowa high school football rankings: West Des Moines Valley edges Dowling as the latest No. 1 in Class 5A; ACGC assumes the top spot in Class A.

Cedar Rapids Xavier beat reigning 4A state volleyball champion North Scott for the second time in three matches this season, then topped Marion for the Benton Invitational tournament title.

Iowa City Liberty’s Reece Rettig scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 7-yard run with 20 seconds left, and the Lightning outscored Class 5A seventh-ranked Cedar Falls in an offensive showcase, 49-42, Friday night at Liberty High School.

The Big Ten released its 2024-25 women’s basketball schedule. Sundays are for Big Ten showdowns at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Coming to Iowa: Maryland (Jan. 5), Indiana (Jan. 12), USC (Feb. 2) and UCLA (Feb. 23).

Girls’ basketball: The schedule for the 20th rendition of Rivalry Saturday is set for Nov. 30 at Johnson Hall on the campus of Kirkwood Community College.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.

Teams like Cedar Rapids Prairie, Linn-Mar and North Linn are climbing The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings after big Week 3 wins. The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses what stood out last week and the Week 4 games that might shake up the next poll.

Area volleyball Super Ten through matches played Sept. 17: Status quo among the top four -- Mount Vernon, Cedar Rapids Xavier, West Delaware and Beckman.

Prep volleyball: Class 3A top-ranked Mount Vernon rallies, beats West Delaware in the state’s first outdoor volleyball match in front of a crowd of nearly 2,000.

How is Linn-Mar making co-head coaches work? Which 0-3 team is in desperate need of a victory? Sifting through the Class 5A jumble and identifying coaches who would make good podcast hosts. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on these Iowa high school football topics.

West Delaware welcomes Mount Vernon for the first outdoor high school volleyball match in state history Tuesday night. The forecast for Manchester at first serve calls for 71 degrees, no chance of rain and wind out of the south at 6 mph.

Ankeny Centennial is the newest Class 5A No. 1 in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll.