Articles Tagged: Monticello High School

One-point wins at Rivalry Saturday keep Solon, Clear Creek Amana at the top after the first big week in The Gazette’s area high school girls’ basketball Super Ten rankings.

These aren’t the only quality Iowa high school boys’ basketball teams in the area this season. But it’s a pretty good start to the list.

Here are 12 of the area’s players heading into the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ basketball season.

Rivalry Saturday: Double-double by Jayden Kuper helps Monticello rally past Maquoketa Valley.

The 19th rendition of Rivalry Saturday is, well, Saturday at Johnson Hall on the campus of Kirkwood Community College. Here are thumbnails on the eight games.

Derek Weisskopf of Class 3A state champion Williamsburg and Preston Ries of 2A semifinalist Monticello have been named class captains by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. The honors were in conjunction with the IPSWA all-state teams, which were voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.

Iowa high school girls’ basketball 2023-24 rankings: Johnston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Estherville ELC, Dike-New Hartford and North Linn are the IGHSAU’s preseason No. 1 teams.

Girls’ basketball 2023-24: The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten (Solon is No. 1) and area conference predictions.

Girls’ basketball 2023-24: A dozen of the top area players to watch, including returning first-team all-staters Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Kamryn Kurt of North Linn and Callie Levin of Solon.

There’s one week left in the Iowa high school football season. We talk about what to expect in the seven state championship games and what happened in last week’s semifinals on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

Monticello, led by Preston Ries, made its debut at the UNI-Dome, making its first semifinal appearance since 1977. No. 2 Van Meter scored the last two touchdowns in the final 14 minutes to win 35-21.

No. 2 Van Meter beat No. 4 Monticello 35-21 in a Class 2A Iowa high school football state semifinal game Saturday at the UNI-Dome.

Follow the 2023 Iowa high school state football semifinals from the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls with The Gazette’s live blog, featuring the latest scores and coverage.

The UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls hosts the Iowa high school state football semifinal games this week and the championship games next week in all seven classes. Here’s a viewing guide.

Five Iowa high school football state football semifinals in the UNI-Dome feature Gazette-area teams.