Jeff Linder

High school volleyball: Iowa City Regina’s Reese Naeve is the area player of the year; Iowa City West’s Jaedynn Evans is honored as the top coach.

Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier crashes the boards (plus-25), limits Cedar Rapids Prairie to 21-percent shooting and closes fast in a 51-37 MVC triumph.

Women’s basketball: 12th-ranked Hawkeyes play at Rutgers on Saturday, and a win would put them at 9-0 overall for the first time since 2004-05.

What to know about Saturday’s Iowa women’s basketball game at Rutgers.

Popular Iowa women’s basketball player Jada Gyamfi is expected to miss three months after undergoing a medical procedure to her knee.

Girls’ basketball notes: Who conquered the first week of the new season? Keota, for one.

Girls’ basketball: Iowa City Liberty moves to the top of the area Super Ten after wins over Southeast Polk, Maquoketa.

Girls’ basketball: Kendyl Aarhus’ hot stretch (14 points in less than three minutes in the third quarter) helps push Marion past Linn-Mar, 51-43.

Here is a list of five boys’ basketball teams from the Gazette area that could be handfuls this season. We predict winners in each area conference as well.

Women’s basketball: No. 11 Iowa sidesteps Fairfield’s record-setting 3-point barrage, 86-72, start 8-0 for the second straight season.

Women’s basketball: Unbeaten, 11th-ranked Iowa is in the top 15 nationally in both field-goal percentage and field-goal defense.

What to know about Sunday’s Iowa women’s basketball game against Fairfield.

Women’s basketball: It’s ‘slodgy’ at times, but No. 11 Iowa gets past Western Illinois, 86-69. Addie Deal plays her best game as a Hawkeye, and Taylor McCabe drills five 3-pointers.

Girls’ basketball: Williamsburg dominates the boards, rallies from an early 11-point deficit and surges past Cedar Rapids Xavier, 49-36.

What to know about Wednesday’s Iowa women’s basketball game against Western Illinois.