Articles Tagged: Keota High School

Which Iowa high school football teams made the biggest statements in Week 2? We look back at some key Gazette-area games and how those results shook up the rankings on the Prep Football Huddle.

What teams have made big strides in the opening weeks? Why the disparity in 8-Player District 7? Most impressive start and your top fantasy league picks? The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on these topics.

Here’s who the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school football poll play in their Week 1 games Friday night.

The Gazette’s “Fab 5” Gazette-area Class 1A football players to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school football season: Sigourney-Keota’s Isaac Bruns, Regina’s Matt Colony, West Branch’s Brennen Dale, MFL MarMac’s Quinn McGeough and Cascade’s Nate Schockemoehl.

This is the third in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2024 season. Today, we examine Class 1A. Grundy Center, Wilton, Dike-New Hartford and Pella Christian are the favorites.

Dyersville Beckman and senior Luke Harwick finished the first round of the Class 2A boys’ state golf tournament with the lead. When storms wiped out Tuesday’s second round, Beckman swept the team and individual titles at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames.

The state golf tournaments for all three classes will be held May 20-21 in Ames. The Class 3A state tournament will be at Veenker Memorial Golf Course, 2A will be at Coldwater Links and 1A will be at Ames Golf and Country Club.

Meet The Gazette’s 2024 all-area high school girls’ wrestling team: Naomi Simon of Decorah is the Wrestler of the Year and Gene Adams of Decorah is the Coach of the Year.

North Linn and Western Christian finish atop their respective classes, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its final boys’ basketball rankings of the season in Class 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Clear Lake remain top-ranked in Class 4A and 3A, which has one more set of rankings next week.

The postseason in boys’ basketball is upon us. Opening-round district games in Class 1A begin Friday. Here’s a closer look at the districts and substates involving schools from The Gazette area.

Top-seeded district boys’ basketball teams in Class 1A and 2A include Keota, Lansing Kee, North Linn, MFL MarMac, Monticello and Alburnett. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released all postseason brackets for the classes Monday afternoon.

North Linn’s boys’ basketball team lost a couple of weeks ago to Alburnett and slipped from first to second in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s rankings in Class 1A. The Lynx went from second to third last week despite not losing. But a 69-60 win this past Friday night at then-No. 1 Bellevue Marquette has moved North Linn back to the top spot in the class this week.

Decorah’s Naomi Simon captured the 170-pound at the IGHSAU state wrestling tournament Friday night at Xtream Arena in Coralville. She became the first Iowa female to become an undefeated four-time state champion.

Keota High School’s enrollment is 65, making it 328th out of 353 schools in Iowa playing boys’ basketball this season. But this is a historically winning program, with this season’s Eagles being 18-0 and ranked No. 6 in Class 1A.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy notched an impressive 60-43 win Saturday afternoon over fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley to put a stranglehold on the top spot in Class 4A in this week’s Iowa High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball rankings. The other No. 1s remain the same: Bellevue Marquette in 1A, West Lyon in 2A and Clear Lake in 3A.