Jeff Linder

Iowa high school football rankings: Dowling, North Polk close as unanimous No. 1 teams in 5A and 4A; Dubuque Wahlert and Sergeant Bluff-Luton share the top spot in 3A.

Five Gazette-area 2A and 1A Iowa high school volleyball regional semifinals to watch. Winners play for state-tournament berths Wednesday.

No. 4 Lisbon forced five first-half turnovers, turned three directly into touchdowns, and walloped Starmont, 49-0, in a Class A high school football first-round playoff game.

Bianka Ronnebaum’s travel scramble back from the FFA convention in Indianapolis helped the Maquoketa Valley girls qualify for state cross country. Springville’s boys advance for the first time.

The Gazette’s 2024 high school volleyball area all-conference portal. The complete list: MVC Mississippi & Valley, Wamac East & West, River Valley North & South, Tri Rivers East & West, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa, plus all-Metro.

Five Gazette-area 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school volleyball regional semifinals to watch. Anamosa hosts Center Point-Urbana in a ranked-vs-ranked encounter.

Results from Iowa high school girls’ cross country state-qualifying meets involving Gazette-area teams. The state meet is Nov. 1-2.

Results from Iowa high school boys’ cross country state-qualifying meets involving Gazette-area teams. The state meet is Nov. 1-2.

Gazette-area Class 2A cross country runners compete in state-qualifying meets at Monticello, Oelwein and Pella, 1A at Iowa City, Jewell, Pleasantville and Troy Mills.

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman and CPU’s Grace Estling won individual titles at the 3A state cross country qualifying meet at Solon. State bids go to the Solon, Marion and Des Moines Christian girls and the DMC, Central DeWitt and Davenport Assumption boys.

Iowa high school football’s Week 8 was full of surprises and the Prep Football Huddle puts them into perspective on this week’s podcast episode.

Sorting out the Gazette-area Iowa high school football playoff hopefuls in Class 5A, 4A and 3A as Week 9 approaches, plus a look at select games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Five Gazette-area 2A and 1A Iowa high school volleyball regional quarterfinals to watch. Lisbon enters the postseason with 14 consecutive victories; South Winneshiek has won 12 straight.

Gazette-area Class 4A cross country runners compete in state-qualifying meets at Dubuque, Pleasant Hill and Pleasant Valley; 3A at Pella, Solon and Waverly.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson swept Cedar Rapids Washington, 25-23, 25-16, 25-20, in a Class 5A volleyball regional quarterfinal at Jefferson High School.