Jeff Linder

Backup guard Sydney Affolter is Iowa’s leading rebounder (9.3 per game) despite modest minutes.

There’s one week left in the Iowa high school football season. We talk about what to expect in the seven state championship games and what happened in last week’s semifinals on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

The Iowa Hawkeyes climb to No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press women’s basketball poll, behind South Carolina.

All-state volleyball: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester is an Elite selection and the Class 3A player of the year.

Caitlin Clark climbs to the top of Iowa’s scoring chart in women’s basketball; No. 3 Hawkeyes rout UNI and might be the nation’s No. 1 team Monday.

Women’s basketball: Time, television and notes for Sunday’s game between No. 3 Iowa and Northern Iowa.

Caitlin Clark is 15 points away from Megan Gustafson’s career scoring record for Iowa women’s basketball; the Hawkeyes are at UNI on Sunday.

Caitlin Clark scored 44 points, and No. 3 Iowa topped No. 8 Virginia Tech, 80-76, in the Ally Tipoff on Thursday at Charlotte, N.C.

Grant Glausser rushed for 204 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns, and top-ranked Western Dubuque fought past No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar, 28-21, in a Class 4A state football semifinal Thursday night at the UNI-Dome.

QB Drew Kluender piloted Woodbury Central’s second-half surge, and the No. 2 Wildcats ended East Buchanan’s run in the Class A state football semifinals, 28-20.

Women’s basketball: Time, television and notes for Thursday’s game between No. 3 Iowa and No. 8 Virginia Tech, at Charlotte, N.C.

Half of last year’s Final Four combatants, No. 3 Iowa (1-0) and No. 8 Virginia Tech (1-0) collide in the Ally Tipoff on Thursday at Spectrum Arena in Charlotte, N.C.

Five Iowa high school football state football semifinals in the UNI-Dome feature Gazette-area teams.

The Prep Football Huddle podcast is Dome bound. So are 28 Iowa high school football teams. We review last week’s quarterfinal games and preview this week’s UNI-Dome semifinals on this episode.

Hannah Stuelke and Sharon Goodman shine in the first start of their respective college careers, and No. 3 Iowa blasts Fairleigh Dickinson in its women’s basketball opener.