Jeff Linder

The Gazette’s 2024 all-area volleyball team: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester repeats as player of the year; Mustangs Coach Maggie Willems is coach of the year.

Girls’ basketball: Keanna Worley posts 17 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals, and Cedar Rapids Prairie very nearly put all five starters into double figures in a 65-51 win at Cedar Rapids Xavier.

What to know about Saturday’s Iowa women’s basketball game vs. Tennessee.

Women’s basketball: Iowa, Tennessee square off Saturday for the first time since their 1993 Elite Eight showdown.

Girls’ basketball: Five early impressions from the first week of the season.

Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie rises to the top spot after opening with wins over Sioux City Heelan, Mount Vernon.

Girls’ basketball: Linn-Mar bounces back after two decisive losses, tops Marion 46-42 behind Dreya Kern’s career-high 28 points.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Lucy Olsen is ‘more likely than not’ to play Saturday against Tennessee. Hawkeyes’ leading scorer suffered a nasty gash on her knee last week, and missed two games at Cancun Challenge.

Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.

Rivalry Saturday: Maquoketa snaps Clear Creek Amana’s 26-game win streak with a 63-57 victory.

Rivalry Saturday: Molly Shafer scores 28 points, and Ava Eastlick ties a Rivalry Saturday record with six 3-pointers in EBF’s 57-45 win over Cascade in a 2A top-five battle.

Rivalry Saturday: Scott DeJong earns his 700th career victory in Ankeny Centennial’s 39-26 win over Pleasant Valley.

Rivalry Saturday: North Linn veterans make winning plays late, and the Lynx stretch their win streak to 27 with a 52-51 win over Riceville in a 1A top-five thriller.

Rivalry Saturday: Emily Larsen nails five first-half 3-pointers, and Cedar Rapids Prairie hold off Sioux City Heelan, 59-54, to win Bruce Dall’s debut with the Hawks.

Rivalry Saturday: No. 2 Mount Vernon avenges a Class 3A state-semifinal loss to No. 1 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 52-42.