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Photos: April 2021 Sports Photos
Gazette Visuals share their favorite sports photos of the month

May. 27, 2021 2:59 pm
Josette Norris celebrates her 1500 meter Journey to Gold win in 4:06.17 at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Runners compete in the 110 yard shuttle hurdle event during the Washington Invitational at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Northern Iowa Panthers running back Sam Schnee (23) celebrates a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter at a UNI Panthers football game with North Dakota State University at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Saturday, April 10, 2021. NDSU won the game, 23-20. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Kalyn Scherbring (9) battles Jefferson's Kalyn Wise (28) for the ball during the first half of their Mississippi Valley Conference girls soccer match at Mount Mercy. University's Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Xavier's Brielle Bastien (6) heads the ball under pressure from CPU's Madison Daily (5) in the first half at a girls' soccer game between Xavier High School and Center Point-Urbana at Xavier in Cedar Rapids on Friday, April 30, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Anamosa goalkeeper Jaiden Neuhaus (bottom) collides with Regina's Grace Gaarde (5) as she goes for the ball during the second half of their girls' soccer match at Regina High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday, April 5, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Vinton-Shellsburg's Kale Schulte (13) heads the ball as Williamsburg goalkeeper Kadince Kuesel (0) leaps for a save during the second period of their WaMaC Conference boy's soccer match at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton, Iowa, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Vinton-Shellsburg won 5-0. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Jefferson’s Mpumuro Ngabo (right) traps the ball away from Kennedy’s Luke Bradley (8) during the first half of their Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer match at Mount Mercy. University's Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa City West's Teo Gonzalez (left) greets Iowa City High's Andrew Lopez (22) after their Mississippi Valley Conference boy's soccer match at West High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday, April 23, 2021. West won 3-1. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Vinton-Shellsburg's CJ Rickels (3) raises his arm as he celebrates his goal during the second period of their WaMaC Conference boy's soccer match against the Williamsburg Raiders at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton, Iowa, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Vinton-Shellsburg won 5-0. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa City High's James (Mac) Tinkham (3) heads the ball in front of Iowa City West's Kolby Godbolt (9) during the first period of their Mississippi Valley Conference boy's soccer match at West High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa's Esme Gibson (15) and Maddy Murphy celebrate a goal by Murphy at a University of Iowa field hockey game with Maryland at Grant Field in Iowa City on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Iowa won, 3-0, their first win against Maryland since 1994. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Iowa's Lokke Stribos (14) traps a pass from Iowa's Sofie Stribos (9) during the fourth quarter of their Big Ten Conference tournament semifinal match against the Michigan Wolverines at Grant Field in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Spectators watch at a University of Iowa field hockey game with Maryland at Grant Field in Iowa City on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Iowa won, 3-0, their first win against Maryland since 1994. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes assistant coach Roz Ellis consoles Esme Gibson (15) after their Big Ten Conference tournament semifinal loss to the Michigan Wolverines at Grant Field in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, April 22, 2021. The Wolverines won 2-0. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa State’s Leonel Perez reacts as he wins the university men’s 800 meter run in 1:50.79 at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Kennedy's Allison Harris waves to supporters after clearing the bar during the high jump at the 2021 J-Hawk Relays at Kingston Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Harris finished third at 4'11". (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa City Liberty’s Darius Newell leaves the start of the 800 sprint medley during the Washington Invitational at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Runners compete in the inaugural women’s 3000 meter steeplechase special at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
West Liberty’s Macy Daufeldt lands in the long jump pit while competing in the finals at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Iowa State’s Keiara Williams prepares to throw in the women’s shot put at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Friday, April 23, 2021. Williams placed fifth with a best throw of 15.28 meters. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Clear Creek-Amana's Harrison Rosenburg (right) gies over a hurdle as he races Monticello's Caden Ungs during the 110-meter hurdles at the Clear Creek-Amana Clippers Pacha Relays at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Brody Lovell leads Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Ceondae Adams over the final hurdle in the shuttle hurdle relay at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Kennedy won in 57.95. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
From left: Solon's Mia Stahle, Callie Levin, McKinley Levin and Sophia Stahle celebrate their win of the 4 x 200-meter relay at the Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational track meet at Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Washington's Ethan Patterson during the high jump at the Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational track meet at Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Clear Creek-Amana girls track head coach Jane Astor (center) stands with her son Jacob and daughter Jacqueline as she is presented with a gift from a representative of her team at the Clear Creek-Amana Clippers Pacha Relays at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Astor will retire at the end of the school year. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Friends University runners are covered in mud following the women's 5000-meter race at the NAIC national cross country championships at Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids on Friday, April 9, 2021. Teams from across the U.S. converged on the city to participate in the championship event. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
A young girl in the stands cheers no competitors during the Washington Invitational at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
West Delaware's Elias Tibbott chips onto the 17th green from under a tree during a boy's high school golf triangular meet at Pin Oak Links in Manchester, Iowa, on Monday, April 12, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Clear Creek-Amana's Zach McCarty tees off the fifth tee box during a boy's high school golf triangular meet at Pin Oak Links in Manchester, Iowa, on Monday, April 12, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Xavier's Kaitlin Hotchkiss hits from the 17th fairway at the CRANDIC girls' golf meet at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Modified class cars compete in their feature race during the points season opener at Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Sunday, April 18, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Andrew Swailes rounds the fourth turn in his sportmod feature race during the points season opener at Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Sunday, April 18, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Brendon Cox, 3, and Bentley Price, 5, both of Vinton, hang out at the Lil Racer Car Club activity area during the points season opener at Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Sunday, April 18, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Marion’s Seth Blackford swings at the ball during a dual match at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, April 2, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Iowa Central’s Angel Baylark (6) jousts at the net with Parkland's Summerlyn Smith (7) during the second set of their semifinal match at the NJCAA DII Volleyball Championships at the Alliant Energy Power House in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Northern Iowa Panthers linebacker Alfonzo Lambert (40) holds off North Dakota State Bison center Grey Zabel (74) in the fourth quarter at a UNI Panthers football game with North Dakota State University at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Saturday, April 10, 2021. NDSU won the game, 23-20. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Northern Iowa Panthers wide receiver Logan Wolf (17) pulls in a first down pass under pressure from North Dakota State Bison safety Dawson Weber (2) in the fourth quarter at a UNI Panthers football game with North Dakota State University at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Saturday, April 10, 2021. NDSU won the game, 23-20. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Players and fans wave to the Stead Family Children's Hospital during a break at an Iowa Hawkeyes spring football practice at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Iowa announced it will hold two open football practices this spring. The second is May 1 at 9:30 a.m. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Fans take photos of the Iowa wrestling team after they were recognized at an Iowa Hawkeyes spring football practice at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Iowa announced it will hold two open football practices this spring. The second is May 1 at 9:30 a.m. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes infielder Dylan Nedved (17) slides into third for a triple in the eighth inning of the first game at an Iowa Hawkeyes baseball game with the Minnesota Gophers at Banks Field in Iowa City on Sunday, April 11, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Kirkwood's Kyle Moeder (25) fields a ground ball for the throw to first base during the fourth inning of their college baseball game against the Marshalltown Community College Tigers at Kirkwood Community College in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kirkwood's Andrew Nord (right) bumps helmets with Kirkwood's Trevor Burkhart (23) after they meet at home plate following Nord's home run that also drove in Burkhart during the first inning of their college baseball game against the Marshalltown Community College Tigers at Kirkwood Community College in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa's Brylee Klosterman (left) congratulates Grace Banes (23) after she made a catch during the top of the third inning of their Big Ten Conference softball game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Pearl Field in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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