The Solon girls’ cross country team won the Bob Brown Invitational in a tiebreaker over Monticello, while the Marion boys topped a loaded field that included 11 ranked teams.
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The Solon girls’ cross country team won the Bob Brown Invitational in a tiebreaker over Monticello, while the Marion boys topped a loaded field that included 11 ranked teams.
Here are a dozen Gazette-area Week 2 Iowa high school football games to watch. Linn-Mar visits Iowa City Liberty in a game with added significance, and Solon goes after its 20th consecutive win over Mount Vernon.
A 2022 watch list for top area Iowa high school boys’ cross country teams and runners.
A 2022 watch list for top area Iowa high school girls’ cross country teams and runners.
A dozen Gazette-area Week 1 Iowa high school football games to watch, including the Iowa City High vs. Iowa City Liberty battle at Kinnick Stadium.
The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Defending champion Harlan is a unanimous No. 1 in Class 3A after a 13-0 season that featured more than 50 points per game.
Previews and predictions for the Gazette area Class 3A Iowa high school football districts.
Senior Blake Timmons was the guy tabbed to replace all-stater Cam Miller in 2021 as Solon’s quarterback. Miller is the school’s all-time yardage leader and led North Dakota State to an FCS national championship last year. Timmons, meanwhile, has acquitted himself very nicely, leading the Spartans to the state playoff semifinals and quarterfinals in his career.
The Marion and Tipton boys and Solon girls are preseason No. 1 teams in the 2022 Iowa high school cross country rankings.
James “Jim” White, a former softball coach at Solon High School and Clear Creek Amana High School, was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a student 15 years ago.
Matt Morrison, James Morris and Derrick Loveless were key components of a successful Solon stretch, amassing eight state team championships with three more runner-up finishes in five sports from 2006 through 2011. They were named Gazette Athletes of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Here are five Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school softball regional quarterfinal games to watch in the area Thursday.
See photos from Solon’s 5-1 win over Iowa City Regina in an Iowa high school baseball game.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs have reached the state quarterfinals. Teams across the state in all classes will compete for a chance to play at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls next week.
Live updates Wednesday from semifinals at the 2025 state volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena, Coralville.
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