There is loud, then there is the experience known as a state meet at the Linda Bloom Natatorium, a part of the Marshalltown's YMCA-YWCA facility. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state swimming and diving championships return to the facility for a 21st straight year this weekend.
State volleyball, 5A quarterfinal: No. 1 Pleasant Valley recovered from a slow start to sweep Waukee. The Spartans overcame a 21-16 deficit in the first set, then hit .579 in the finale.
The top-ranked Pleasant Valley Spartans swept the No. 9 Waukee Warriors in a Class 5A Iowa high school state volleyball match Monday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
The Gazette’s roundup of the first day of the 2024 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament Monday at Xtream Arena in Coralville with quarterfinal matches in Class 5A and Class 4A.
A play-making quarterback and a clutch defense has Iowa City Liberty moving on in Class 5A with a 31-14 win over Waukee.
Twenty-two Iowa high school football playoff games Friday feature Gazette-area teams. Here is an overview of 12 contests and the full schedule.
Sorting out the Gazette-area Iowa high school football playoff hopefuls in Class 5A, 4A and 3A as Week 9 approaches, plus a look at select games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Linn-Mar will serve as one of the six host sites for the Iowa high school girls’ regional swimming meets set for Nov. 9. The regional assignments were released Tuesday by the IGHSAU.
Hawkeye forward Payton Sandfort was terrific last season in many ways. He wants to bow out at Iowa with a big senior season and “a ton of wins” before turning toward pro basketball.
How is Linn-Mar making co-head coaches work? Which 0-3 team is in desperate need of a victory? Sifting through the Class 5A jumble and identifying coaches who would make good podcast hosts. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on these Iowa high school football topics.
This year’s IGHSAU state swimming and diving meet could end up being the last at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA's Linda Bloom Natatorium. Or it could be coming back.
The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school Class 5A football rankings: Led by No. 1 Ankeny, Central Iowa teams sweep the top five spots.
Iowa City High beat Waukee 2-0 in a Class 4A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game Wednesday in Cedar Rapids.
It wasn’t pretty but it didn’t have to be. No. 3 Iowa City High scratched out two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and Jaxton Schroeder and Jake Mitchell combined for a shutout in a 2-0 win over No. 6 Waukee in a 4A state baseball quarterfinal Wednesday at Memorial Stadium.
The 2024 Iowa high school state baseball tournament continued Wednesday at both Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids and Merchants Park in Carroll. Find all the scores, stats and area coverage here.
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