Iowa City Liberty quarterback Reece Rettig has been named the Class 5A football player of the year by the Iowa Football Coaches Association. There are 45 players from The Gazette area that are first-team players in their respective classes.
The coach at West Central High School will turn 74 in September and shows no signs of slowing down, still teaching about the game and life
High school baseball all-conference selections are being released. The first set are the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi and Valley divisions. Keep checking in for more.
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.
A watch list of top Gazette-area teams and individuals for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ cross country season.
Midland hosted the 2023 Tri-Rivers Conference cross country meet in Wyoming on Tuesday. Individual winners were Meghan Wheatley of North …
State cross country, Class 2A: Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler won her third straight championship, and the seventh straight for her family.
When you need to understand the wonders of high school football in Eastern Iowa, people seek our answers. Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, Nathan Ford and K.J. Pilcher address midseason MVP candidates, deep talent pools in the Metro, midseason surprises and whether seven classes work.
Josh Beatty’s first varsity catch was something. He grabbed a deflected Hail Mary pass from quarterback Mitch Johnson for a 51-yard touchdown on the final play of the game Friday night as Independence shocked Clear Creek Amana, 13-7.
West Central Coach Steve Milder, who will begin his 51st year coaching high school football this fall, is leading the North squad in the 50th annual Iowa Shrine Bowl on Saturday at the UNI-Dome.
Photos from Central City’s 68-52 win over West Central in a Class 1A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional first-round game.
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