The Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football Week 7 results, upcoming matchups in Week 8, games to watch in Week 7 and the recently rankings.
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The Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football Week 7 results, upcoming matchups in Week 8, games to watch in Week 7 and the recently rankings.
Penn State fired head football coach James Franklin on Sunday after the Nittany Lions lost their third game in a row, at home to Northwestern. With that and starting quarterback Drew Allar declared done for the season with an injury, it’s anyone’s guess how PSU will react for its game Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels announced Thursday that Sean Brandhorst has been hired as the Midwest League club’s new general manager. Brandhorst replaces Scott Wilson, who recently left the club to take a job outside of baseball.
Colin Whitters is a big (pun intended) reason Iowa City West’s football team is 6-1 going into its game Friday night at Cedar Rapids Prairie. The senior all-state offensive lineman is a Iowa Hawkeyes commit who recently scored a touchdown on a run of all things.
On Wednesday, Cedar Rapids’ Murray tacked on five years and $140 million to his Sacramento Kings contract. Thursday, Cedar Falls’ Green was extended four years for $45M with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Here are a few things of what Iowa football can do to take down Penn State in a sold-out Kinnick Stadium Saturday night.
Reece Vander Zee was sidelined with a foot injury just before the first game of the year. Now, finally played his first game against Wisconsin, he wants to make an immediate impact on the field for the Hawkeyes.
The Iowa Heartlanders begin the 2025-26 ECHL hockey season Friday night at home against the Tulsa Oilers. The three-in-three weekend sees the club play Saturday night at Bloomington and Sunday afternoon back at home against Tulsa. The Heartlanders made the ECHL playoffs for the first time last season and has a new head coach in Chuck Weber.
The 6-5 former Northern Iowa transfer met with Otzelberger repeatedly in the summer to discuss how he could make the most out of his final season.
Kennedy Blades and Kylie Welker have a chance to defend their national titles for Iowa women’s wrestling in the first-ever NCAA championships in Coralville this spring.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 8 games to watch. North Linn plays at Wapsie Valley in the Class A District 4 championship game.
Penn State is struggling lately. Penn Station, however, continues to keep humming.
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