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Week 3 Metro & Area (Ranked) High School Football Scores
Week 3 of the high school football season unfolded tonight and in games involving metro schools;. Waterloo West (2-1) won big at Dubuque Hempstead (0-3), 31-7, Waterloo East (1-2) lost at Fort Dodge (3-0), 43-14, Columbus Catholic (0-3) suffered a narrow loss to Lisbon (2-1) in its annual Homecoming game,...
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Springville’s Rowan Jacobi is presented The Gazette’s 2026 Female Athlete of the Year award
Rowan Jacobi was presented The Gazette’s 2026 Female Athlete of the Year award by Gazette sportswriter Jeff Linder on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. Since 1983, the Cedar Rapids Gazette has honored the top area high school athletes with its Athlete of the Year program. The honor was inspired by the memory of late sportswriter Jack Ogden. In addition to plaques for the winners, The Gazette provides a traveling trophy for the school as well as a gym banner, which will be kept indefinitely. Since the advent of the Athlete of the Year program, Springville High School had previously been represented once. Elias Nissen was the boys winner in 2014. Rowan Jacobi, Springville’s second winner, was the Class 1A player of the year as a senior in both volleyball and girls basketball. A three-time first-team all-state basketball player, she ranks 19th all-time statewide in scoring, with 2,103 points, and 12th in rebounds with 1,150. In volleyball, Jacobi holds the school record in career kills, with 1,290. She was a 14-time state qualifier in track and field, and an eight-time placewinner. As a senior, she was third in the 100-meter hurdles, fourth in the high jump, fifth in the shuttle hurdle relay.
kgloam.com
Football preview — #1/3A Clear Lake heads to Webster City, #5/A West Hancock hosts Newman
— It’s Week 3 of the high school football season, with most teams still in non-district play, but district play continues in the smaller classes:. == For the Clear Lake Lions, they travel to face North Central Conference foe Webster City tonight. Through two games, the Lions defense has allowed only a total of 92 yards in two games with victories over Forest City and Humboldt. Now they face a Lynx squad that is 0-2 after blowout losses to Iowa Falls-Alden and Fort Dodge.
KWQC
Davenport North beats Marion 38-0
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Davenport North beat Marion 38-0 to improve to 2-1 on the season. Watch highlights in the video player.
Des Moines Business Record
UNI proposes center honoring Chuck Grassley’s public service
The University of Northern Iowa is seeking approval to create a new center dedicated to the public service legacy of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and his wife, Barbara, in a proposal that will be considered by the Iowa Board of Regents at its meeting next week. The proposed center, which...
1650thefan.com
12 Area Schools in the Latest IGHSAU Volleyball Rankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released its weekly Volleyball rankings. Several area schools are in the polls. Cedar Falls continues to be ranked 9th in 5A. Waverly-Shell Rock is still 14th in 4A. In 3A, Dike-New Hartford moves up from 7th to 6th. In 2A, Union is...
1650thefan.com
Week 3 Metro High School Football Matchups
Week 3 of the high school football season kicks off tomorrow (9/11) night and in games involving metro schools;. Waterloo West (1-1) plays at Dubuque Hempstead (0-2), Columbus Catholic (0-2) entertains Lisbon (1-1) in its annual Homecoming game,. Cedar Ridge Christian (1-0) plays at Tripoli (0-2), And Cedar Falls (1-1)...
cbs2iowa.com
Coe College to cut tuition 45% under new Clearly Coe initiative
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Coe College is cutting its published tuition by 45% starting with the 2027 academic year, a move the Cedar Rapids private college says is designed to make costs clearer for students and families as they weigh where to enroll. Under a newly formed effort called...
ottumwaradio.com
New 3D tour offers rare views inside UNI’s century-old campanile
It’s considered a rite of passage for University of Northern Iowa students to kiss under the campanile at midnight, and while the outside of the campus landmark is familiar to many thousands, few have been inside the hundred-foot-tall tower — until now. Nathan Arndt, director and chief curator...
northerniowan.com
Sword fights, jam-packed schedules, and all things international
Panthers traveled all over the world this past summer. From Thailand to Greece, and from France to Malta, students learned about and experienced a wide range of cultures through UNI’s study abroad program. Whether it be discovering pirates in the Mediterranean or immersing yourself in learning at a university,...
KCRG.com
Voters approve East Buchanan school funds in special election
WINTHROP, Iowa (KCRG) - The East Buchanan Community School District will be able to use state funding to improve its infrastructure. Voters approved the funding Tuesday in a special election. The measure passed by 88%. The district will establish a Secure an Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) fund. This fund...
cbs2iowa.com
12 eastern Iowa students named National Math Stars
DES Moines, Iowa — Twelve students from Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Marion have been selected for Iowa’s 2026 National Math Stars cohort, a 10-year enrichment program for students with exceptional math ability. The eastern Iowa students include seven from the Iowa City Community School District, three from...
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Prep football rewind: a clutch OT win for Cedar Rapids Jefferson
CEDAR RAPIDS — It was just the kind of game Cedar Rapids Jefferson has been known to lose. But not this time. Nope, not this time. A bunch of guys made plays down the stretch and in overtime as the J-Hawks notched a huge pick-me-up win Friday night at Kingston Stadium, 29-22, over Muscatine. It ended an eight-game losing streak for Jeff, whose previous win was last season at Muscatine. “It’s amazing the joy you feel after a win, so I was happy,” Jefferson Coach Ed Miles said. “I was happy for those guys. I was definitely happy for those guys. And trust me, at the three-minute marker, I was not happy.” Muscatine (0-2) had a 22-15 lead and seemingly the game when it intercepted a J-Hawks pass and returned it inside the Jefferson 10-yard line with about three minutes to go. But Jefferson’s defense held, and E.J. Baker Jr. blocked a field-goal attempt that gave it a chance. A long Tyree Turner run set up what would eventually be a touchdown pass from Derek Robinson to Lucas Ranard with 1:04 left on fourth down. Extra point, tied at 22. “We ran that that same play on third down, and
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa teachers take summer work-based learning experiences back to the classroom
Amy Tursi teaches students at Marion High School how to survive a zombie apocalypse. The class delves into communication including sign language, Morse code and binary systems for computer science, edible plants and how to grow food and drawing blueprints to build the “ultimate shelter.” It was an effort to engage more students in science that the idea for a zombie apocalypse class was created by Tursi, science teacher Ryley Robinson and Marion High’s assistant principal Chris Raymond. This year, the class will incorporate micro:bits thanks to a one-to-one grant the district received, so each student can have their own pocket-size microcontroller. The students will program these micro:bits as part of the zombie apocalypse class to check a plant’s soil for temperature and moisture and build an automatic watering system. “You don’t want to go outside to water your pea plants if zombies are around,” Tursi said. Tursi and Robinson learned more about micro:bits in an externship — a short-term professional learning experience — over the summer at NewBoCo in Cedar Rapids where they supported the development of computer science educational activities for K-12 students. NewBoCo is a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurship, innovation and technology education, especially championing science, technology,
kchanews.com
Charles City School Voter PPEL Up for Renewal Tuesday (Sept. 8)
Voters in the Charles City School District will decide whether to renew the PPEL levy rate during a special election on Tuesday (09.08). That’s Superintendent Brian Burnight, who says the voter-approved PPEL helps provide some of the district’s most basic necessities for its students. The current PPEL runs...