Iowa women’s wrestling associate coach Gary Mayabb talks with host John Steppe, recaps Iowa’s second consecutive national title and talks about upcoming expectations and what’s next for the Iowa women’s wrestling.
“Elevated” recruiting has translated to elevated results for Iowa track and field as the Hawkeyes face tougher competition in the expanded Big Ten.
Gazette photojournalists present their best photos they’ve produced in the first half of May 2025
List of Gazette-area teams who start their postseason play on Monday and Tuesday to reach the boys state tournament in Des Moines June 4-6
Boys’ state tennis tournament set to take place at Byrnes Park in Waterloo for Class 1A and at the Hawkeye Recreation & Tennis Complex in Iowa City for Class 2A May 27-28
Photos from a 2A high school state-qualifying boys’ tennis tournament
Shortstop Kaelen Culpepper was the first-round pick (21st overall) of the Minnesota Twins last summer out of Kansas State. He has flashed his skills in the early going for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in between injuries, including one Wednesday in a 7-6, 11-inning loss to Peoria.
Wild Side column: But with elms scarce in Eastern Iowa, mushroom hunters need to find alternatives
For the fourth-straight season, Iowa opens at 7.5 wins. That paid off in 2023 and 2024. But it doesn’t suggest a College Football Playoff berth is at the end of the 2025 rainbow.
Fishing column: Author Doug Newhoff found the sweet spot on the Mississippi River on this day
Girls’ basketball: Matt Hoeppner will leave Cedar Rapids Jefferson and take the job at Clear Creek Amana.
State-qualifying track and field meets are Thursday, with 24 advancing in each event to next week’s state meet in Des Moines. Here are eight area teams that bear close watch.
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