Iowa City Liberty quarterback Reece Rettig has been named the Class 5A football player of the year by the Iowa Football Coaches Association. There are 45 players from The Gazette area that are first-team players in their respective classes.
See photos from the Iowa Class 2A and Class 3A state cross country championships.
Players and coaches from Solon and Washington (Iowa) met at midfield as one large mass during a postgame moment of silence in honor of the late Carson Ryan, a Washington football player who died in a hunting accident at the end of September at the age of 17.
Photos from Solon vs. Washington Iowa High School Football Friday, October 10, 2025. Solon won the game 42-0.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 7 games to watch. Waterloo West and Kennedy collide Thursday in a pivotal game of 3-3 teams.
Results from Week 5 of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
The Gazette’s Iowa high school football contributors answer high school football questions you need to know. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash can gain in 4 Downs:
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 2 games to watch. Iowa City Liberty plays at four-time defending state champion Southeast Polk in a Class 5A top-five showdown.
Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman is the reigning Class 3A boys’ state cross country champion, Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres was the 2A runner-up and Oelwein won the 2A title
State softball: Williamsburg pulls away late from Washington, advances to its sixth straight 3A semifinal.
Photos from the 3A quarterfinal state softball game between the Williamsburg Raiders and the Washington Demons. Williamsburg won 7-2.
Capsules on the nine Gazette area teams that have qualified for the Iowa high school state softball tournament, plus predictions for each class.
State softball: The 2025 tournament schedule, at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge.
Softball notes: Tracking the conference softball races, and saluting the champions. The MVC Mississippi Division race should become more clear tonight. Meanwhile, Lisbon, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon and Sigourney have extended lengthy title strings.
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