Lisbon’s football team scored a pair of touchdowns in a dominant second half to rally past North Linn, 14-6, in a Class A state playoff first-round game Friday night. North Linn appeared poised to spring an upset on the fifth-ranked Lions with a dominant first half that produced a 6-0 lead that could have been higher.
Lisbon had a big second half, coming back to defeat North Linn 14-6 in a Class A Iowa high school football first-round playoff game Friday night.
Follow The Gazette’s live blog for scores and updates from Week 9 of the Iowa high school football season Friday night, the final week of the regular season for Class 5A, 4A and 3A and the first round of the playoffs for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
It’s playoff time in Iowa high school football, at least for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast previews the Round of 32 in those classes and looks at what’s at stake in the final week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A teams.
Mount Vernon-Lisbon won the girls and boys team titles in a Class 3A state-qualifying cross country meet Wednesday night at Solon.
Results from Wednesday’s Class 4A and Class 3A Iowa high school state-qualifying cross country meets that included area teams.
A volleyball player last year, Marion’s Addison Dabroski switched fall sports to cross country, and is duly rewarded with an individual title at Wednesday’s Class 3A state-qualifying meet at Solon.
When you get to Week 9 of the Iowa high school football season, there’s a lot to sift through. Doing the math on Class 5A RPIs, visiting the district races in 4A and 3A, and peeking at the big games as playoffs start in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Here are five of Wednesday’s best area Iowa high school volleyball regional-quarterfinal matches. Archrivals West Branch and Iowa City Regina collide in Class 2A, and Central City will try to move one step closer to Coralville.
The Iowa high school football postseason begins for teams in Classes 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on teams bound for the UNI-Dome, upset-minded No. 4 seeds and the benefits of a Week 9 game for non-playoff programs.
Audrie Helmrichs returned to the net just in time to knock down the clinching kill, and Class 1A 14th-ranked Ed-Co outlasted Lisbon in the Tri-Rivers Conference volleyball tournament final, 25-20, 23-25, 19-17, Saturday afternoon at North Cedar High School.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 8 games.
Here’s who all 70 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 8.
Here is a primer of area playoff races as the Iowa high school football season heads into its final week in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer more high school football questions. Bears bear, bees bee and sports writers discuss what teams must win, dominant units, consistent performers and post-game celebrations.
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