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Meet The Gazette’s 2023-24 all-area high school boys’ basketball team. Decorah’s Jonathan Carlson is the Coach of the Year. Linn-Mar’s Davis Kern is the Player of the Year.
Meet The Gazette’s 2023-24 all-area high school girls’ basketball team. Clear Creek Amana’s P.J. Sweeney is the Coach of the Year. Solon’s Callie Levin is the Player of the Year.
One of the first moves Kirkwood women's basketball coach Kim Muhl made for this season was signing former Benton Community all-stater Jenna Twedt. The 5-foot-8 guard has been a standout, helping lift the Eagles to the national tournament for a record 22nd time.
Upper Iowa University grad student Jake Hilmer is his school’s all-time leading scorer and assists man. He is eyeing a possible pro basketball career when his career ends at UIU, which plays in a NCAA Division II regional game Saturday
As we close the book on the Iowa high school girls’ basketball season and transition into spring, here is The Gazette’s first draft of 2024-25 preseason rankings.
The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association has announced its all-state boys’ basketball teams. First-teamers include two players from North Linn and one each from Linn-Mar, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Williamsburg, Decorah, West Branch, Monticello and Maquoketa Valley.
West Des Moines Valley beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 63-59 in the Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball championship game Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s dreams of an undefeated championship season ended Friday night, as West Des Moines Valley won its second straight Class 4A boys’ basketball title with a 63-59 win.
North Linn’s boys’ basketball team won its third state championship with a 57-56 win over Bellevue Marquette in the Class 1A title game at Wells Fargo Arena. The Lynx were making their seventh consecutive appearance in a championship game.
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North Linn beat Bellevue Marquette 57-56 in the Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball championship game Friday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Here is a look at Friday’s schedule at the Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. And an in-depth look at the games involving Gazette-area schools. Four champions will be crowned.
Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team is known for its game-changing offensive spurts. A 27-point first quarter helped lift the Cougars past Ankeny, 63-51, Thursday night in Class 4A state tournament semifinals and into Friday night’s championship game.
Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat No. 8 Ankeny 63-51 in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
This was the most successful boys’ basketball team in the history of Decorah High School. The Vikings finished the regular season ranked No. 1, made it to the state tournament for the second time in three years. Davenport Assumption owned overtime in a 61-53 Class 3A semifinal Thursday. Still, the future of the program appears bright.
No. 9 Davenport Assumption beat top-ranked Decorah, 61-53 in overtime in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Kennedy Cougars win in overtime against the Johnston Dragons in boy’s basketball Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
Here is The Gazette’s first 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
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