Jeff Linder

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.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is likely to announce its volleyball regional pairings within the next two weeks. Here is The Gazette’s first draft of mock pairings ... all five classes, all 354 teams.

The Iowa high school football regular season is basically halfway over and still surprising us. This week’s Prep Football Huddle podcast includes reactions to eye-opening wins for Starmont, Solon West Delaware and more.

Cross country: Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s pack is more than enough at the Eastern Iowa Classic.

Women’s basketball: The 2023-24 schedule is complete for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

After 54 years, 1,323 wins and three state championships, Bob Bunting stepped down as softball coach at Lisbon High School.

Ten of the top 15 Class 3A Iowa high school volleyball teams are located east of Highway 63.

Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 93rd AAU James E. Sullivan Award on Tuesday, presented annually since 1930 to the most outstanding athlete at the collegiate or Olympic level in the United States.

Prep volleyball: Area Super Ten (Sept. 20). Top four remain the same; Mid-Prairie climbs into the top five.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.

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.