One broke a 38-year-old Iowa state record in the long jump. The other became Minnesota’s first two-time Gatorade player of the year award winner. Together, Iowa State sophomore tailbacks Abu Sama and Carson Hansen form a one-two punch in the backfield that should pose a problem for opposing defenses this fall.
This week’s Pinning Combination podcast takes a look back at Penn State’s one-sided win over Iowa, Iowa State’s Super Bowl Sunday win over Northern Iowa and previews this week’s boys’ state wrestling tournament.
Here is a class-by-class breakdown of the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley has had an offseason that’s been busier than usual. Farley announced Thursday the hiring of three new assistants, headlined by former Washington State quarterback Luke Falk, who was named the Panthers offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Don Bosco won the last four matches to beat top-seeded Alburnett for the Class 1A title. Creston won its first title since 2007, winning the final match for a 36-33 win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Southeast Polk rolled through the 3A field
Sergeant Bluff-Luton has slowly climbed the state duals placing chart. The Warriors defeated returning state finalist West Delaware and defending state champion Osage for its first Class 2A state duals finals appearance.
Kadyn Proctor, the former five-star offensive line recruit from Southeast Polk High School and ex-Iowa commit, has entered the transfer portal after one year at Alabama.
The seven-game MVC-CIML Shootout boys’ basketball event went down Saturday at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids. In one of the marquee games of the inaugural event, defending Class 4A defending champion West Des Moines Valley used a fourth-quarter spurt to down Linn-Mar in a matchup of the second and fourth-ranked teams. Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy also beat No. 7 Waukee.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the first installment of its dual rankings for all classes. The poll is used to determined regional dual qualifiers and are considered in pairings. Eight regional dual champions advance to the State Duals tournament Feb. 3 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Iowa State football’s recruiting Class of 2024 includes 22 high school players who have the “fit, feel and family” Coach Matt Campbell likes.
Scenes from the Liberty girls’ wrestling tournament at Liberty High School in North Liberty, Iowa on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.
All seven classes will compete in the Iowa high school football postseason Friday. Here are some of the Gazette-area’s Round of 16 games.
All seven classes will compete in the Iowa high school football playoffs this week. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on topics related to the postseason.
Southeast Polk (5A), Western Dubuque (4A) and Creston (3A) are unanimous No. 1 picks in The Gazette’s final Iowa high school football rankings of the 2023 season.
It’s playoff time in Iowa high school football, at least for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast previews the Round of 32 in those classes and looks at what’s at stake in the final week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A teams.
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