Mike Condon

The North Linn football team is ranked No. 4 in The Gazette’s Class A preseason poll, coming off a stellar 9-1 campaign.

Cedar Rapids Xavier tied the score in the seventh, but Independence scored on an error in the eighth and held on for a 5-4 win in a Class 3A substate final. The Mustangs earned a state baseball tournament berth for the first time since 2010.

Linn-Mar’s Dylan Muszynski made big plays at the plate and in the field in the Lions’ 7-2 substate baseball semifinal win over Iowa City West.

Waterloo Columbus ended Cedar Rapids Xavier’s dream of a third-straight girls’ state tennis title with a 5-4 upset win Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ tennis team completed a state sweep on Tuesday and the Saints girls want to do the same Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Xavier is 10th team in boys’ state tennis history to win the “triple crown” of singles, doubles and team titles in the same year. Iowa City West took down top-seeded Pleasant Valley to claim the 2A team title.

Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City West's boys’ tennis teams saw their players come away with titles in the singles and doubles state tournament. Tuesday, the focus shifts back to the team as the semifinals and finals are contested.

Ella Tallett won the singles crown, while Ally Burger and Courtney Carstensen repeated as doubles champions as Cedar Rapids Xavier swept the Class 1A girls’ state tennis titles.

Kathryn Zylstra and Katelynn Kock avenged a semifinal loss from a year ago to win the first girls’ state tennis doubles title in Cedar Rapids Washington history.

Girls’ state tennis Day 1 roundup: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Ella Tallett had an exceptional opening day of play in the Class 1A state singles tournament.

After a third-place finish in 2021 and a full season of working together, Cedar Rapids Washington’s Katelynn Kock and Kathryn Zylstra have sights on a state tennis title. The tournament begins Friday.

Iowa City West’s Samir Singh and Jayden Shin looked like a team that has been playing together for years, not weeks, as they won the Class 2A boys’ tennis state doubles title.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Brady Horstmann won the Class 1A boys’ tennis state singles title Wednesday and has now won a singles, doubles and team championship in his career. Teammates Declan Coe and Hugh Courter won this year’s doubles title.

Despite his lofty credentials, Iowa City West’s Luca Chackalackal is not one of the top four seeds in the Iowa high school boys’ state tennis singles bracket. He’s confident he can compete in a deep field.

Warriors blank Pleasant Valley, 5-0; Xavier advances in Class 1A