Nathan Ford

There are four classifications in Iowa high school boys’ soccer for the first time this season, meaning an additional eight state tournament qualifiers for a total of 32. Tuesday, the substate brackets to determine those 32 qualifiers were released by the IHSAA.

Terry Vaughn, an Iowa City West and Coe College graduate who became one of the nation’s top soccer referees, died Thursday after battling Huntington’s Disease. He was 50.

A new champion will be crowned Sunday as the Iowa Hawkeyes face the LSU Tigers in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game.

Friday’s NCAA women’s basketball Final Four nightcap features the No. 2-seed Iowa Hawkeyes (30-6) taking on the No. 1 overall seed, defending champion South Carolina Gamecocks (36-0) at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The University of Iowa announced its Final Four watch party for Friday’s Iowa women’s basketball game against South Carolina is canceled “due to the severe weather threat in Eastern Iowa Friday afternoon and evening.”

The Iowa Raptors’ first Major Arena Soccer League 2 season so far has resulted in a North Division title and a spot in the four-team playoffs.They’ll face the Amarillo Bombers in a MASL2 semifinal game Friday in Mesquite, Texas.

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark was awarded the Naismith Trophy on Wednesday as the national player of the year in women’s college basketball.

Here are some of the top Gazette area players and teams to watch entering the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ soccer season.

Here are some of the top Gazette area players and teams to watch entering the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ soccer season.

The No. 2-seed Iowa Hawkeyes (29-6) and No. 5-seed Louisville Cardinals (26-11) meet Sunday in an NCAA women’s basketball Elite Eight game at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

The No. 2-seed Iowa Hawkeyes (28-6) take on the No. 6-seed Colorado Buffaloes (25-8) in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament Sweet 16 game Friday at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

The No. 2-seed Iowa Hawkeyes host the No. 10-seed Georgia Bulldogs in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament second-round game Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Surrounded by Iowa fans who filled Target Center’s lower bowl to produce a Big Ten women’s basketball tournament attendance record of 9,505, Iowa did its part to keep the volume turned up. The Hawkeyes set a tournament record of their own with 105 points in a 33-point rout of No. 14 Ohio State for a championship repeat.

Watch Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder’s postgame press conference after the Hawkeyes beat Ohio State 105-72 to win their second straight Big Ten tournament championship at Target Center in Minneapolis.

Gabbie Marshall’s 7-for-13 shooting from 3-point range in Iowa’s Big Ten tournament semifinal win over fifth-ranked Maryland added to an outstanding month, in which the 5-foot-9 guard has made 23 of her last 39 3-point attempts.