Jeff Linder

With Chloe Meester at the service line, players like Brooke Ellyson got their swings in an early Mount Vernon surge, and the Class 3A second-ranked Mustangs swept No. 9 Center Point-Urbana, 25-11, 25-23, 25-19, in a Wamac Conference East Division volleyball match Tuesday night at Center Point-Urbana High School.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer questions about the Iowa high school football season. What running backs have run roughshod? What are highly-competitive districts in Class 4A and 5A? What are the best bands we’ve seen this season?

Prep football: Iowa Class 5A RPIs, through Week 4 ... Bettendorf leads the field; Cedar Rapids Jefferson is tops among area teams at No. 4.

The Gazette’s post-Week 4 Iowa high school football poll: Western Dubuque and Adel ADM share the No. 1 spot in 4A; Saint Ansgar is on top in Class A.

Takeaways — nine interceptions, five fumble recoveries — have triggered Tipton’s turnaround, from 0-8 to 4-0.

Miles Parlet ran for 220 yards, Iowa City High gobbled up four takeaways and The Boot stayed n the Little Hawks’ possession with a 23-8 win over Iowa City West.

Another week of turmoil in the Class 4A Iowa high school football top 10. Among a big group of really good teams, which ones are set to emerge as the best? That’s how this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast kicks off.

A Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball tripleheader at Xtream Arena began at 5 p.m. and consisted of 14 sets, 581 points.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.

Prep volleyball: Area Super Ten (Sept. 13). No change at the top, but four new teams climb aboard from Nos. 7-10.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford delve into questions surrounding the high school football season. Read what we had to say on conversions, passing duos, recruits and the expansion of Friday Night Lights.

The Gazette’s post-Week 3 Iowa high school football poll: North Scott (4A), Lynnville-Sully (Class A) are new No. 1 teams this week.

Prep volleyball: Pleasant Valley outlasted Davenport Assumption for the Linn-Mar Invitational title; Marion and Center Point-Urbana reached the semifinals.

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.