Articles Tagged: West Des Moines Dowling High School

The 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state soccer tournament kicks off Tuesday in Des Moines. To get ready for the week, let’s run through a few superlatives in each of the classes.

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its preseason rankings. Monday marks the first day of official competition. West Des Moines Dowling (4A), Western Dubuque (3A), Van Meter (2A) and Remsen St. Mary’s (1A) open the season top-ranked.

Drake Relays, Elite Miles: South Dakotan Simeon Birnbaum wins the boys’ race in 4:02.36; Des Moines Roosevelt’s Adrienne Buettner-Cable is the girls’ champion.

With Friday’s football schedule release by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, The Gazette is offering a one-time, 10-game, nine-week tour of the best games in our circulation area, with no stadium visited more than once.

The 2023 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball semifinal round begins Thursday with six games at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Stay up to date with scores, stats and more coverage here throughout the day.

The 2023 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament tips off Monday. Follow along with our live blog for score updates and more coverage throughout the day.

Iowa high school girls’ state basketball 2023: Brackets, predictions, top players and more.

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.

Ankeny Centennial beat West Des Moines Dowling in a Class 5A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal

State volleyball, Class 5A quarterfinal: The match featured 31 blocks, and Centennial’s Jaedan Pratt had the final two. The Jaguars scored the final four points, outlasting West Des Moines Dowling in five sets.

Photos from the 2022 boys and girls Class 4A Iowa high school state cross country championships at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

State cross country, Class 4A: Iowa City High’s Ford Washburn pushes Dowling’s Jackson Heidesch for more than 2 miles, then Heidesch finds another gear and wins in a record effort of 14:56.

From Iowa City Liberty and Marion, to Cascade, East Buchanan and more, we run through the most-impressive wins of Iowa high school football Week 4 on the latest episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

Here are a dozen Gazette-area Week 4 Iowa high school football games to watch, including a 4A top-10 battle of unbeatens between Cedar Rapids Xavier and North Scott.

Shane Falco approves our answers to Iowa high school football questions. Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, Nathan Ford and K.J. Pilcher talk Week 2 wins, defenses, upcoming games and what programs could make good reality TV.