Articles Tagged: North Linn High School

Mike Hilmer has been named one of 24 recipients of a National Coach of the Year award by the National Federation of State High Schools Coaches Association for the 2023-24 school year. Hilmer led North Linn to the Class 1A boys’ basketball state championship before leaving to take a superintendent job at Bellevue.

The North Linn boys’ basketball team has been a state tournament qualifier eight years in a row. It has played in a state championship game seven years in a row, including winning the Class 1A title last season. It has six seniors, including one of the best players in 1A in Mason Bechen. Yet a 20-point loss this past Saturday at Dunkerton meant the Lynx weren’t even included in the first IHSAA top-10 rankings of the season.

Girls’ basketball: Maquoketa Valley-North Linn highlights a weekend full of goodies. Tri-Rivers West Division showdown also is a battle of unbeatens.

The Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ basketball team went 1-21 last season. It won just three games each thre two seasons before that. But despite having no seniors on the roster, these Vikings are off to a 4-0 start.

It’s believed that North Linn’s boys’ basketball team hasn’t lost a home game since 2014, a streak that was in jeopardy throughout Tuesday night’s game against Alburnett. But the Lynx rallied from 13 points back and pulled out a 54-50 victory.

Girls’ basketball: Five early impressions from the first week of the season.

Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie rises to the top spot after opening with wins over Sioux City Heelan, Mount Vernon.

Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.

Rivalry Saturday: North Linn veterans make winning plays late, and the Lynx stretch their win streak to 27 with a 52-51 win over Riceville in a 1A top-five thriller.

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.

Girls’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season, including six first-team all-staters.

Five Gazette-area 2A and 1A Iowa high school volleyball regional semifinals to watch. Winners play for state-tournament berths Wednesday.

Action from the Class 1A Iowa high school cross country state-qualifying meet at North Linn High School on Thursday.

Here’s who all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 9 games Friday night.