Articles Tagged: Maquoketa Valley High School

Take a peek at this week’s Iowa high school football schedule and you might think the postseason has already started. It’s a stacked slate across the state. Here’s who all 73 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 3.

The Gazette’s post-Week 2 Iowa high school football poll: Williamsburg takes over the top spot in 3A after a win at Cedar Rapids Xavier; ADM replaces the Saints at No. 1 in 4A.

Maquoketa Valley senior Lance McShane ran for 278 yards and four touchdowns in his team’s season-opening win last week over Cascade. He also caught a pass, led the team in tackles, intercepted two passes, ran in a two-point conversion and kicked an extra point.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford kick off a season of high school football questions. Read our takes on Week 1 heroes, Week 2 contests and reasonable expectations of a first-year program.

This is the second in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class A. East Buchanan, Columbus Community and Nashua-Plainfield are the favorites.

Girls’ basketball: Sharpshooting North Linn, Montezuma collide in a Class 1A regional final.

They hunt and fish together. They’re good friends and have each other’s backs. But each day in the Maquoketa Valley wrestling room, upper weight standouts Nathan Beitz, Brady Davis and Aiden Salow beat the crap out of each other.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Tuesday in Class 2A and 1A regional quarterfinals.

Iowa high school wrestling notebook: Williamsburg’s season started with some uncertainty. Strong work ethic and a business-like approach has propelled the Raiders to No. 7 in the latest Class 2A dual rankings.

Girls’ basketball Delaney Scherf drives the baseline repeatedly in a 20-point effort; veteran Elkader Central tops Maquoketa Valley at Rivalry Saturday, 48-40.

Girls’ basketball: Xavier-Heelan rematch highlights Rivalry Saturday, which features 12 ranked teams and five newcomers.

Here are five Class 3A, 2A and 1A Iowa high school volleyball regional first-round matches to watch in the area Monday.

Here are a dozen Gazette-area Week 5 Iowa high school football games to watch, including Duane Schulte’s quest for his 200th win at Cedar Rapids Xavier.

When you need to understand the wonders of high school football in Eastern Iowa, people seek our answers. Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, Nathan Ford and K.J. Pilcher address midseason MVP candidates, deep talent pools in the Metro, midseason surprises and whether seven classes work.