Articles Tagged: Van Meter High School

The Iowa high school state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday. Here are the top individuals and teams in the girls’ field, along with The Gazette’s championship picks.

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its preseason rankings. Monday marks the first day of official competition. West Des Moines Dowling (4A), Western Dubuque (3A), Van Meter (2A) and Remsen St. Mary’s (1A) open the season top-ranked.

The Iowa high school state football championships wrap up Friday with four title games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Follow our live blog for updates throughout the day.

It’s the final week of the 2022 Iowa high school football season, with seven championship games taking place over two days at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Here’s this week’s schedule, plus information on how to watch all seven games.

Van Meter beat West Branch 48-17 in a Class 1A Iowa high school state football semifinal game.

West Branch’s football team won its first 11 games this season, qualifying for the Class 1A state playoff semifinals despite having their head coach Butch Pedersen be mostly away from the team down the stretch while undergoing treatment for cancer. The Bears dropped a 48-17 decision Friday morning to top-ranked Van Meter.

The Iowa high school football state semifinals continue Friday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls with games in Class 1A and Class 5A. Follow our live blog for updates throughout the day.

Gazette area unbeatens Cedar Rapids Xavier, West Branch, Williamsburg and Mount Vernon look to make Dome statements in the Iowa high school state football semifinals this week.

Capsules for 10 Gazette area Iowa high school state football quarterfinal games.

Central Lyon-GLR, Van Meter, West Hancock and Remsen St. Mary’s head into the playoffs as No. 1 teams in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings.

With four top-10 teams in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll, Class 4A District 5 will begin to sort itself out this week

There is very little movement this week at the top end of The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings.

Another week, another Class 1A No. 1 team in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings. This week, it’s Van Meter.

The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the parity in Class 1A, more takeaways from Week 3 and Week 4 games to watch on the latest Prep Football Huddle podcast.

NIL is the first topic on this week’s Prep Football Huddle podcast. Then, it’s back to the field. Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the Iowa high school football teams and players that had the best performances last week, plus the games to watch this week.