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Curt Ritchie has merged football and family into a cornerstone of a successful program and coaching career. Ritchie guided Williamsburg to a 12-1 record and the Class 3A state title, garnering The Gazette’s 2023 area football coach of the year award
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.
Williamsburg High School hosted the Williamsburg girls’ wrestling invitational at Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg, Iowa on Dec. 4, 2023.
Williamsburg girls’ basketball coach Stephanie Dacey considered Center Point-Urbana one of the programs she wanted to model after, and the Raiders ended an 18-game losing streak to the Stormin’ Pointers on Tuesday.
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.
A look at some of the top Gazette-area teams and swimmers in the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ swimming season. Iowa City High and West will be among best teams in Eastern Iowa.
See photos as Williamsburg beat Sioux City Heelan 20-0 to claim the Class 3A state football title.
Williamsburg has one of the best football programs in the state, has been to the playoffs 24 times and finished state runner-up three times. Friday afternoon provided the school’s first championship, a 20-0 win over Sioux City Heelan securing the Class 3A title.
Versatile Rayce Heitman has scored 18 touchdowns — rushing, receiving, defensively and on special teams. Williamsburg takes on Sioux City Heelan in Friday’s Class 3A state football championship game.
Champions will be crowned in seven classes Thursday and Friday as the UNI-Dome hosts the 2023 Iowa high school state football championship games. Follow The Gazette’s live scoreboard and live blog for the latest updates.
There’s one week left in the Iowa high school football season. We talk about what to expect in the seven state championship games and what happened in last week’s semifinals on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.
Three Iowa high school football state football championship games in the UNI-Dome feature Gazette-area teams. MFL MarMac and Williamsburg look for their first titles. Western Dubuque attempts to win its first crown since 2019.
See photos as the Whitecaps traveled to Cedar Rapids to play for the Midwest League title.
High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Clear Creek Amana reclaims the top spot after winning the Caroline Found Invitational.
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