State-qualifying track and field meets are Thursday, with 24 advancing in each event to next week’s state meet in Des Moines. Here are eight area teams that bear close watch.
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State-qualifying track and field meets are Thursday, with 24 advancing in each event to next week’s state meet in Des Moines. Here are eight area teams that bear close watch.
Assignments for district singles and doubles tournament were released on Friday by Iowa High School Athletic Association
Drake Relays, Saturday girls: After barely making into the 4x100 relay finals, Linn-Mar roars in the afternoon to a second-place finish.
A look at the current rankings of Gazette area boys’ soccer
Iowa City West’s Ainsley Wilson has made an instant impact in her first varsity season. She ranks among the state leaders in scoring and claimed medalist honors at the CRANDIC girls’ golf meet Wednesday at Twin Pines Golf Course in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Washington won the team race.
Since a season-opening 1-0 loss to Cedar Rapids Xavier on April 1, the Marion boys’ soccer team has won four straight, outscoring opponents 27-1 — including a 3-0 win over Wamac foe Benton Community on Friday.
Photos: Boys Soccer Benton Community at Marion on Friday, April 18, 2025
Boede Rahe has overcome adversity to become an ace for Kirkwood’s baseball team. He pitched a complete game for his sixth victory of the season in the Eagles’ 13-3 win in six innings over Northeast (Neb.) Community College.
Track & field: Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Quinton Alexander runs an all-time Iowa best in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.64 seconds.
Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten for April 9, 2025. Iowa City High, Marion and Mount Vernon are the top three.
Peyton Johnson was a first-team All-American in her first season at Kirkwood. In her second season, Johnson has continue to produce and impress for the Eagles softball team.
Wolves are set in all phases, now they just have to ‘figure everything else out’ after opening season with 3-1 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Iowa’s men’s basketball team played No. 4 Iowa State to the wire Thursday night before losing by four. As it did two weeks ago after a loss to nationally ranked Michigan State, the Hawkeyes were able to get an immediate bounce back, stomping Western Michigan, 91-51, Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Those infusions of zest proved to be fleeting, however. The Cyclones trailed the Panthers (2-8) for more than five minutes in the first half before a Milan Momcilovic 3-pointer capped a 16-5 run that gave them a 44-28 edge at the break.
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