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The Iowa high school baseball season opens competition Monday. Here are 16 Gazette area players to keep an eye on this season.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the boys’ qualifying list for the 2024 state track and field meet. Here are the Gazette area qualifiers.

Prep track and field: Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf competes in three field events, and wins two, at Thursday’s Bobcat Invitational.

Veo, the Chicago vendor that owns and operates Cedar Rapids’ bike and scooter rental program, has worked with the city

Meet The Gazette’s 2023-24 all-area high school boys’ basketball team. Decorah’s Jonathan Carlson is the Coach of the Year. Linn-Mar’s Davis Kern is the Player of the Year.

The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association has announced its all-state boys’ basketball teams. First-teamers include two players from North Linn and one each from Linn-Mar, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Williamsburg, Decorah, West Branch, Monticello and Maquoketa Valley.

Decorah’s boys’ basketball team didn’t win a game in its three previous appearances at the state tournament. But the Vikings used a huge run in the second and third quarters to dominate Williamsburg, 66-42, Tuesday afternoon in a Class 3A quarterfinal.

Class 2A quarterfinals finish up, then it’s 3A

These kids are just winners. Williamsburg won a state football championship this past fall, won a state track and field championship last spring. It beat Keokuk, 51-40, in a Class 3A substate final boys’ basketball game Monday night, giving it a chance now to win a title in that sport, too.

Eight teams clinch spots in the boys’ basketball state tournament Monday night, as Class 3A substate games are conducted. That includes a double-header at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.