Linn-Mar girls face challenging schedule, new No. 1 teams in IHSAA rankings | Park The Bus

Iowa City Regina is the new No. 1 team in the Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ soccer rankings, but the Regals weren’t the only team that moved up. Nathan Ford and Ryan Pleggenkuhle detail the Gazette-area boys’ and girls’ teams on the move on this week’s episode of Park The Bus.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association’s first weekly boys’ soccer rankings provide some helpful talking points for this week’s episode of Park The Bus, The Gazette’s high school soccer podcast. Hosts Nathan Ford and Ryan Pleggenkuhle also take a look back at last week’s games by naming teams and players of the week in the area for boys and girls.

On the first episode of Park The Bus, a podcast covering Iowa high school soccer in the Gazette area, Ryan Pleggenkuhle details teams and players to watch in 2024 as well as some bold predictions.

The field is set for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament and The Gazette's Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder take a class-by-class look at what to expect on this week’s episode of Call It Both Ways.Plus, an update on the boys’ basketball postseason with state qualifiers soon to be determined.

After another unpredictable Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, the Pinning Combination with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs is here to break down all the top storylines.

It’s set to be a historic basketball night in Iowa, so the Call It Both Ways podcast with The Gazette's Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder can only start this week’s episode by discussing Caitlin Clark on the verge of setting the NCAA women’s basketball scoring record.Then, it’s back to high school basketball and updates from the IHSAA and IGHSAU tournament trails.

In the high school segment of this week's Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs is a class-by-class preview of this week’s boys’ state wrestling tournament with a few predictions as well.

Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast with Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.

The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs look back at last week's girls' state wrestling tournament and boys' state duals and preview this week's boys' district tournaments on this episode of the Pinning Combination.

It’s one of the busiest weeks of the Iowa high school wrestling season and the Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs breaks it all down. We recap last Saturday’s boys’ conference tournaments and Tuesday’s regional duals, then preview the Xtream Arena-hosted boys’ state duals (Saturday) and girls’ state tournament (Thursday and Friday).