Articles Tagged: West Branch High School

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.

Paths to the UNI-Dome have been mapped out. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Round of 16 pairings for the Iowa high school football playoffs Saturday morning.

Here’s our Week 9 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage from the final week of the regular season in Class 5A, 4A and 3A and the first round of the playoffs in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

It’s playoff time in Iowa high school football, at least for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast previews the Round of 32 in those classes and looks at what’s at stake in the final week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A teams.

The West Branch football team has dealt with the loss of legendary head coach Butch Pedersen, who died from cancer last spring. The Bears had a tough schedule to boot, especially early in the season, has dealt with injuries and a quarterback shuffle. Yet West Branch finds itself in familiar territory, a playoff participant in Class 1A, a first-round home game on tap Friday night against Pleasantville.

When you get to Week 9 of the Iowa high school football season, there’s a lot to sift through. Doing the math on Class 5A RPIs, visiting the district races in 4A and 3A, and peeking at the big games as playoffs start in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.