Upper Iowa enters the fifth season under Coach Jason Hoskins, coming off its most successful season since 1997. The new campaign begins Thursday at Drake. Here are five storylines to follow for the season opener.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area 8-Player districts. Area favorites include Edgewood-Colesburg and Iowa Valley.
Girls state basketball: Algona Garrigan silences Montezuma’s perimeter game in a Class 1A quarterfinal. Golden Bears roll 69-31 to set up a rematch with Council Bluffs St. Albert.
Capsules for Wednesday’s games involving area teams at the 2025 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
The 2025 Iowa girls’ high school state basketball tournament smorgasbord: Brackets, predictions, top players and more for the coming week at Wells Fargo Arena.
Girls’ basketball: Perennial winning programs all, the Tri-Rivers trio of North Linn, Maquoketa Valley and Springville take aim at state berths Wednesday.
Rivalry Saturday: Maquoketa Valley rallies from 9-point third quarter deficit, tops Montezuma, 38-35.
Girls’ basketball: IGHSAU releases its preseason state rankings. Johnston, Sioux City Heelan, Estherville ELC, Eddyville EBF and Algona Garrigan are No. 1.
Girls’ basketball 2024-25: Preseason area Super Ten teams to watch. Mount Vernon, Clear Creek Amana, Cedar Rapids Prairie look like three of the area’s best.
With Iowa high school football teams one win away from the UNI-Dome, The Gazette’s Prep Football Huddle podcast reviews last week’s playoff games and takes a class-by-class look at this week’s quarterfinals.
Previewing Thursday’s Iowa high school football 8-Player state quarterfinal games involving Gazette-area teams.
Iowa City West played well in all three phases of the game and Jack Wallace hit Julian Manson for three touchdowns in a 21-16 victory over No. 6 Bettendorf. The Trojans advance to the Class 5A state quarterfinals at Southeast Polk.
The Iowa high school football playoff field is down to 56 teams, eight in each of the seven classes. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the quarterfinal host sites Friday night.
Twenty-two Iowa high school football playoff games Friday feature Gazette-area teams. Here is an overview of 12 contests and the full schedule.
American Rivers Conference rivals Wartburg and Coe have done a lot of excellent things on football fields over the years. With lots of Eastern Iowans helping their causes, and they meet again Saturday with a lot on the line.
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