Jeff Linder

Marion put up 384 first-half yards and opened Marion Stadium with a 34-19 win over Center Point-Urbana.

A couple big results in Week 2 of the Iowa high school football season caused a bit of a rankings shake-up in this week’s Gazette poll. The Prep Football Huddle podcast breaks it all down.

A sophomore, Adam Gray ran second individually and paced the Cougars’ fast foursome to an impressive title run at the Cedar Rapids Invitational cross country meet Thursday afternoon at Seminole Valley Park.

Prep cross country: 20 girls teams, 19 boys squads entered for Thursday’s Cedar Rapids Invitational at Seminole Valley Park.

Prep volleyball: Chloe Meester’s summer consisted of some work with the National Team Development Program and a commitment to Louisville. Now, the Mount Vernon junior has gone 'from great to elite,’ and complete.

Prep volleyball: Area Super Ten (Sept. 6). At 15-0, Clear Creek Amana continues its reign at No. 1.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 3.

The Gazette Iowa high school sports staff answers questions about the winless teams and top defenses through Week 2, football in a small town vs. at big schools and the Netflix series “Quarterback” if focused at the high school level.

The Gazette’s post-Week 2 Iowa high school football poll: Williamsburg takes over the top spot in 3A after a win at Cedar Rapids Xavier; ADM replaces the Saints at No. 1 in 4A.

The Xavier Saints are coming off a state-championship season, but aren’t resting on last year’s accomplishment. They’re still on the hunt. Relentlessly.

Williamsburg created its own breaks, made some big plays and denied Cedar Rapids Xavier’s late 2-point conversion in a 21-20 victory. The Saints’ 14-game winning streak came to an end.

With some digging (mostly to other teams’ websites) and some word of mouth, we think we have a pretty good handle on the 2023-24 Iowa women’s basketball team’s non-conference schedule.

Plenty of teams impressed in Week 1 of the 2023 Iowa high school football season. Who stood out? We discuss our top takeaways and look ahead to Week 2 on the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

Prep cross country: Middle of the race no longer fazes Washington’s Micah Rees, who blisters the pack at the Bob Brown Invitational.

A week into the new volleyball season ... some things, we know (or least think we do). Some things, we don’t (like, who’s going to take charge in the Mississippi Valley Conference?). Here are five thoughts as August fades away.