Jeff Linder

This is the sixth in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class 4A. Western Dubuque and Cedar Rapids Xavier are the favorites.

Mount Vernon and Williamsburg are the favorites of their 3A football districts, with Independence and DeWitt Central locked in a battle in another one.

This is the fourth in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class 2A. Osage, Monticello, PCM and Mediapolis are the favorites.

This is the third in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class 1A. Grundy Center, Wilton, MFL MarMac and Sigourney-Keota are the favorites.

This is the second in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class A. East Buchanan, Columbus Community and Nashua-Plainfield are the favorites.

This is the first in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine 8-Player. Don Bosco, Central City, Winfield-Mount Union and Moravia are the favorites.

Seven straight years, the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race has been won by a member of the Hostetler family. The master of a tactical race who gets stronger as the competition continues, Danielle earned 2A titles in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

A 2023 watch list for top Gazette area boys’ cross country teams and individuals. Iowa City Regina is the reigning Class 1A state champion.

A 2023 watch list for top area girls’ cross country teams and individuals. Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler is the three-time defending Class 2A state champion.

Prep volleyball 2023: After last season’s unexpected run to the Class 4A state tournament final, Clear Creek Amana will sneak up on nobody.

The Gazette’s 2023 preseason state volleyball rankings. Our No. 1 teams: Waukee Northwest, Clear Creek Amana, Des Moines Christian, Dike-New Hartford and Ankeny Christian.

Prep volleyball 2023: Eight area teams to watch. Iowa City Liberty (5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A) were state champions last season.

Four Gazette area first-team all-state volleyball players return in 2023: Clear Creek Amana’s Bliss Beck, Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel, Marion’s Michaela Goad and Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester.

Women’s basketball: Addison O’Grady (8-for-8 from the field), Sydney Affolter (15 points, 13 rebounds) ignite the Hawkeyes in Italy.

Iowa women’s basketball dynamo Caitlin Clark sits down for a midsummer game of Twenty Questions before the Hawkeyes leave for their European tour.