Jeff Linder

The Gazette’s Iowa high school football staff and Gazette contributor Scott Unash tackles high school football questions. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Unash can gain in 4 Downs:

High school football: The Gazette’s post Week-1 poll.

Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s Averie Lower commits to play at Arizona State. “The energy, the atmosphere ... it was insane.”

High school cross country: Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman blazes to a 15:12 clocking at the Prairie Invitational, winning by 25 seconds. Monticello freshman Mary Grace Lyons makes an early impression.

High school football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 1.

High school football: Pivotal fourth-quarter stop on fourth-and-inches helps Alburnett top Center Point-Urbana, 14-0, in the teams’ first encounter since 1995.

High school volleyball: 13-18 last year, Iowa City West is a whole new animal this fall. The Trojans win two of three at the MVC-MAC Challenge.

Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes will face Baylor, Miami and UConn in neutral-site games, and the Cy-Hawk game is Dec. 10 in Ames.

Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 1 games to watch. In battles of preseason ranked foes, Iowa City Liberty welcomes Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids Xavier visits North Scott.

High school football 2025: Who the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll play in Week 1.

The Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the upcoming 2025 Iowa High School Football season including preseason rankings, predictions and games to watch in week 1.

Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area Class 4A districts. Area favorites include Cedar Rapids Xavier and Western Dubuque.

Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area Class 3A districts. Area favorites include Mount Vernon and Solon.

The scene has shifted from track to cross country, and Western Dubuque ace Quentin Nauman has another record -- 14:56 -- on his mind.

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman is the reigning Class 3A boys’ state cross country champion, Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres was the 2A runner-up and Oelwein won the 2A title