Articles Tagged: Waverly-Shell Rock High School

Seven area girls’ basketball teams are involved in Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals Tuesday. Six of them are making lengthy road trips.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets this week for the boys’ basketball postseason in Class 3A and 4A. Here’s an in-depth look at the substates containing schools from the Gazette area.

A stable high school athletics conference for more than a century, the Northeast Iowa Conference is now on the brink of collapse. Crestwood has been accepted by the Upper Iowa Conference, Waukon and New Hampton have been invited, and Decorah is in no-man’s land in terms of geography and enrollment.

Girls’ basketball: Examining the regional brackets in 5A and 4A.

Waverly-Shell Rock won the last three bouts — all by fall — and rallied past No. 8 Linn-Mar, 42-36, in a Class 3A boys’ wrestling regional dual Tuesday night at Linn-Mar High School.

The Class 4A boys’ rankings saw a big shake-up this week (though Cedar Rapids Kennedy is still the clear No. 1) and that leads this episode of Call It Both Ways, a podcast about Iowa high school basketball.

Aiden Riggins realized what the Iowa men’s wrestling team needed and embraced the opportunity to fill a hole in the starting lineup. Not even a bump to a higher weight class and nearly a 30-pound increase from his starting weight last season could deter the Hawkeyes’ redshirt freshman.

The final area girls’ basketball unbeaten? That will be determined next Tuesday. This Tuesday marks the first night of January action for some teams. Here’s a look at area conference races as we resume.

West Delaware Coach had an interesting analogy to describe his team. They resemble farm dogs chasing passing cars, trying to run down their best performances. The Hawks won the South Winn Invitational and hits a challenging stretch of duals this week.

Girls’ basketball 2023-24: The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten (Solon is No. 1) and area conference predictions.

There will be new high school girls’ wrestling teams and more individuals in the second season as an official sport in Iowa.

Pinpoint passing led to a balanced attack, and Cedar Rapids Xavier swept Waverly-Shell Rock to reach the state volleyball tournament for the eighth straight year.

Cedar Rapids Xavier swept Waverly-Shell Rock in a Class 4A Iowa high school volleyball regional final Tuesday at Xavier High School to advance to the state tournament for the eighth straight year.

Reigning state champion Iowa City Liberty is one of three Metro/Iowa City “big-school” teams — and one of five overall — playing in regional-final volleyball matches Tuesday night.

Here’s our Week 6 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.