Articles Tagged: West Branch High School

Spencer Lee is back to being Spencer Lee with another freestyle title. Upper Iowa with a strong showing at the Midwest Classic. Linn-Mar leads a good local performance at the Battle of Waterloo. Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ and West Branch boys’ win team titles. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

In addition to overall co-players of the year Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg and Preston Ries of Monticello, The Gazette’s 2023 all-area football team is led by offensive player of the year Grant Glausser of Western Dubuque and defensive player of the year Rayce Heitman of Williamsburg. Curt Ritchie of Williamsburg is the area coach of the year.

Here are eight Gazette-area teams to keep an eye on during the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.

Here are 12 of the area’s players heading into the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ basketball season.

Derek Weisskopf of Class 3A state champion Williamsburg and Preston Ries of 2A semifinalist Monticello have been named class captains by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. The honors were in conjunction with the IPSWA all-state teams, which were voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.

Here’s our Round of 16 playoff roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage from Friday night’s games.

It’s all about the playoffs now on the Prep Football Huddle podcast. After quickly reviewing the Round of 32, we preview the Round of 16 in all seven Iowa high school football classes on this week’s episodes. Plus, our picks for the 28 teams that will advance to the UNI-Dome.

All seven classes will compete in the Iowa high school football postseason Friday. Here are some of the Gazette-area’s Round of 16 games.

The 2023 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament field is set after Wednesday’s regional finals in Class 2A and 1A. Here’s a look at the regional finals, plus the state tournament brackets in those two classes.

Prep volleyball: Denver serves 17 aces, comes on strong after dropping Game 1 and denies West Branch in a Class 2A regional final.

A quick turnaround and tough regional-final tests await the West Branch, Edgewood-Colesburg and North Tama volleyball teams.

All seven classes will compete in the Iowa high school football playoffs this week. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on topics related to the postseason.

West Branch beat Lisbon in a five-set Class 2A Iowa high school volleyball regional semifinal match Monday night at Lisbon.

West Branch snagged its second straight five-set postseason triumph Monday night, outlasting Lisbon (26-24, 25-20, 24-26, 23-25, 15-9) in a Class 2A volleyball regional semifinal Monday night at Lisbon High School.

Here are five of Monday’s best area Iowa high school volleyball regional-semifinal matches in 2A and 1A. No. 11 Dyersville Beckman plays at No. 10 Wapsie Valley in a 2A showdown.