Articles Tagged: West Branch High School

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Tuesday in Class 2A and 1A regional quarterfinals.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Saturday in Class 3A regional quarterfinals and 2A first-round games.

Photos from the first session of the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ state wrestling tournament at Xtream Arena.

Photos from 2023 Iowa high school girls’ wrestling regional tournaments at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Jan. 27.

The River Valley Conference Shootout went off successfully Saturday at Kirkwood Community College’s Johnson Hall. Fourteen of the league’s 15 teams took part in seven boys’ basketball games.

Longtime West Branch teacher and coach Butch Pedersen was recently diagnosed with blood cancer myelodysplastic syndrome. The West Branch Lions Club is conducting a bone marrow donor drive December 7 at the high school in the hopes of finding a match for Pedersen and others as part of their treatment.

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.

Junior quarterback Tye Hughes decided to leave Iowa City Liberty and transfer to West Branch this season. He has helped the Bears to an 11-0 record and a spot in the Class 1A state playoff semifinals.

The Prep Football Huddle podcast kicks off state semifinal week with a preview of this week’s Iowa high school state football semifinals.

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.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released pairings for state football playoff semifinal games, which will be conducted this week at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

West Branch’s football team scored 14 points in a span of just under three minutes in the fourth quarter to rally past MFL MarMac, 27-24, in a Class 1A state playoff football quarterfinal, thrilling ailing Bears head coach Butch Pedersen

Photos from West Branch vs. MFL MarMac in the quarterfinals of the Iowa high school football playoffs.