Croix and Lane Gudenkauf earned wins over ranked opponents and helped West Delaware upend rival Independence, 35-33, in a Wamac Conference dual Thursday night at Independence.
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Croix and Lane Gudenkauf earned wins over ranked opponents and helped West Delaware upend rival Independence, 35-33, in a Wamac Conference dual Thursday night at Independence.
Women’s basketball: No. 10 Iowa blows a 17-point lead in the final 3 minutes of regulation, then outlasts No. 15 Maryland in overtime, 85-78.
Stephen Bender took over for the legendary Dwight Gingerich this season as head boys basketball coach at Hillcrest Academy. Gingerich, fourth on the all-time wins list in Iowa, left the former Iowa Mennonite School over the summer for Goshen College in Indiana. Hillcrest is 13-1 under its new coach.
The Gazette sports writers Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talk about all Iowa basketball
Iowa 141-pounder Nasir Bailey said he has heard the doubters. The All-American and two-time NCAA qualifier transfer from University of Arkansas-Little Rock has focused on proving himself as the Hawkeyes’ 141-pound starter.
Monday’s output upped Jacobi’s season average to 24.0 points per game. She is averaging 13.8 rebounds per contest and has posted double-doubles every game this season.
Top-ranked Iowa City West, No. 3 Cedar Falls and No. 4 Linn-Mar are expected to battle it out for the team title. No. 9 Dubuque Hempstead and No. 10 Cedar Rapids Washington also could contend.
The horn blared. Williams — who obliterated her previous career-high in scoring with an ultra-efficient 44 points — flexed and posed as if to say, ‘I refuse to lose tonight.’
Independence and West Delaware compete in a regular-season dual called the “Battle for the Del-Buc Trophy” and “Highway 20 Clash.” Fourth-ranked Independence hosts No. 5 West Delaware Thursday, continuing one of Eastern Iowa’s top wrestling rivalries.
The sixth installment of the Gazette’s area high school boys wrestling individual rankings for the 2025-26 season.
The Hawkeyes true freshman recorded a career-high 17 points against Rutgers on Tuesday night, and has become an important piece of Iowa’s offensive game.
The Gazette sports writer K.J. Pilcher and Iowa wrestling legend Dick Briggs discuss the past week of wrestling with Iowa colleges, universities and high schools
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