Daily NewslettersGirls’ basketball notes: Jaime Brandt is back on the sideline, and Iowa City Liberty is better than ever. Natalie Ramsey is among the top scorers in Class 5A, and the Bolts are 7-2.
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Girls’ basketball notes: Jaime Brandt is back on the sideline, and Iowa City Liberty is better than ever. Natalie Ramsey is among the top scorers in Class 5A, and the Bolts are 7-2.
Iowa City West rolled to a win at Saturday’s ServPro Crossover Challenge, while Iowa City Liberty and Dubuque Senior lost.
The Liberty Lightning take on the Bettendorf Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 2025
Pairings were set Thursday for the 14-team, 7-game crossover event, which will be held January 4th at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse. Matchups include Cedar Falls and West Des Moines Valley, Dubuque Senior and Waukee Northwest, and Cedar Rapids Kennedy versus Johnston.
Girls’ basketball notes: Heading into Friday’s Liberty-City High showdown, the three Iowa City public-school teams are 11-4, and Regina has the look of a Class 2A state-championship contender.
Former Iowa Hawkeyes tight end Scott Chandler came back to the state after a career in the National Football League. His first season as head coach at Iowa City Liberty saw the Lightning finish 10-2 and advance to the Class 5A state playoff semifinals.
The Gazette’s 2024 all-area volleyball team: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester repeats as player of the year; Mustangs Coach Maggie Willems is coach of the year.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie rises to the top spot after opening with wins over Sioux City Heelan, Mount Vernon.
Girls’ basketball 2024-25: Preseason area Super Ten teams to watch. Mount Vernon, Clear Creek Amana, Cedar Rapids Prairie look like three of the area’s best.
For the first time since 1977, there are no Gazette-area teams in the Iowa high school state football championships. But the Prep Football Huddle is making picks for all seven of this week’s games anyway.
Southeast Polk scored 24 points in the second half and edged Iowa City Liberty, 38-35, in a thrilling Class 5A state football playoff semifinal Friday night at the UNI-Dome
Sutton Koller and Dallas Miller are perfect examples of why this Iowa City Liberty football team has had a great season that includes playing in Friday night’s Class 5A state playoff semifinal against three-time defending champion Southeast Polk. Already offensive stalwarts, they were asked to play defense this season, too.
We discuss last week’s Iowa high school football state quarterfinal results, preview some noteworthy semifinal matchups and pick the champions in all seven classes on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle.
Top-ranked Shayden Washburn was one of four Alburnett champions Saturday at the J-Hawk Invitational hosted by Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The Pirates won the team title by 81 points over Waukee Northwest.
No. 2 Iowa State simply couldn’t shoot straight from 3-point range Saturday at West Virginia, and its 1-of-17 performance from beyond the arc helped pave the way for a draining and dispiriting 64-57 loss in Morgantown, W.Va.
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