Here are 16 Gazette-area players to watch for the 2024 Iowa high school softball season.
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Here are 16 Gazette-area players to watch for the 2024 Iowa high school softball season.
State track and field, Class 4A boys Friday: Relaxed T.Y. Pour of Cedar Rapids Prairie took control of the long jump immediately.
State track and field, Class 4A girls: Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg came through on her final attempt, leaping a clutch 18 feet, 2 1/4 inches to win the long jump Friday afternoon at Drake Stadium.
State track and field, 4A girls/boys: In her first season as a high jumper, Linn-Mar’s Maia Denge-Hagen strikes gold.
There are three classifications in Iowa high school girls’ soccer in 2024, meaning a total of 24 state tournament qualifiers. Here’s a breakdown of the brackets with a look at how Gazette-area teams are set up.
A former assistant Linn-Mar track coach pleaded Thursday to sexually abusing a 17-year-old male student and a 15-year-old male student in 2021. He faces up to 14 years in prison.
The state golf tournaments for all four classes will be held May 23-24. Cedar Rapids Washington and Linn-Mar advance to the Class 4A state meet at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny. Cedar Rapids Xavier qualified for the 3A championships at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls.
Iowa high school boys’ tennis team substate roundup: Linn-Mar, Cedar Rapids Washington, Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Xavier and Decorah won titles and trips to state.
Cedar Rapids Washington was the Class 4A state runner-up a year ago. The Warriors earned a chance to improve that finish, winning the regional team title Wednesday at Gardner Golf Course.
There are four classifications in Iowa high school boys’ soccer in 2024, meaning a total of 32 state tournament qualifiers. Here’s a breakdown of the substate brackets with a look at how Gazette-area teams are set up.
It’s time for the postseason in Iowa high school soccer. The Park the Bus podcast previews every substate and region involving Gazette area teams and makes state-qualifier predictions.
Monday was the first day of competition. The opening week includes a top-10 Class 4A meeting, a battle between defending state champion neighbors and a 3A Metro showdown.
Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp shot under par for the third and final round of Mississippi Valley Conference play, sweeping medalist honors for divisional play. Cedar Rapids Washington earned the team title, shooting 325 Monday at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.
The Dyersville Beckman boys basketball team has had more than its first share of injuries and illness this season. The illness belonged to head coach Michael Molony this time, though he toughed out the flu and led his Blazers past Alburnett in a Class 2A district semifinal, 59-33.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Louden Bloxham suffered a leg injury that kept him off the mat up to a month of the state tournament. He turned the hurt into hardware with a win in the 190-pound quarterfinal of the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Thursday at Casey’s Center ini Des Moines.
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