Jeff Linder

The Gazette’s 2023 post-Week 6 Iowa high school football poll: Cedar Rapids Kennedy, MFL MarMac make big jumps after statement wins Friday.

The top-ranked team in Class 4A, Clear Creek Amana pushed through some bumpy moments at the Michelle Starcevich Invitational volleyball tournament at Prairie High School.

Class 5A seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy spotted No. 3 Bettendorf the first touchdown, then dominated from there for its fourth consecutive victory, 34-14, Friday night at Kingston Stadium.

Women’s basketball: The Gazette’s Jeff Linder reveals his 2023-24 preseason AP women’s basketball ballot: LSU is No. 1; Iowa is 3rd.

Parity has been one of the main storylines of this Iowa high school football season. What were the most surprising developments in Week 5? The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses.

Iowa high school volleyball notes: There’s new blood atop the Tri-Rivers West, and Central City hosts Ed-Co on Thursday with first place at stake.

Prep volleyball: Area Super Ten (Sept. 27, 2023). No change among the top five; Center Point-Urbana leaps after Tuesday’s win over Marion.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 6.

Dubuque Hempstead rallied to topple Class 5A ninth-ranked Linn-Mar in five sets. Hempstead pulled alongside the Lions atop the Valley Division.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their midseasons honors and rainy-night playlists. The fearsome foursome highlight Week 5 standouts and comment on the season’s unpredictability.

Women’s basketball: Commitment of Aaliyah Guyton gives Iowa five recruits (four ranked in the top 100) in the 2024 class.

Here is how the top 24 teams in the Class 5A RPI stand through Week 5 determined by our unofficial calculations: Southeast Polk climbs to the top; Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Kennedy jump to sixth and seventh.

The Gazette’s post-Week 5 Iowa high school football poll: No changes at the top of any class, which still features co-leaders in 4A.

Early in a scoreless game at Winthrop, lightning and rain interrupted play for three hours. Play resumed at 11:05 p.m., and at 12:54 a.m., it was over. Behind 232 rushing yards and five touchdowns from Tanner Thurn, East Buchanan rolled past North Linn, 41-14, further muddling the Class A District 4 race.

Explosive if not consistent offensively, Cedar Rapids Washington made enough big plays and toppled previously unbeaten Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 21-13, in an intracity football battle Friday night at Kingston Stadium.