Iowa Prep Sports Podcast

Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson take a look at Gazette area Iowa high school basketball storylines on the Prep Basketball Huddle podcast. Iowa City West knocked off 4A No. 4 Cedar Rapids Prairie on Tuesday, continuing the parity in the Mississippi Valley Conference. It's a similar story for the girls in the Wamac as Solon beat Marion. Speaking of the Wamac, Grinnell will make the move there in 2023 from the Little Hawkeye Conference. What's next for conference realignment?

The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs look at the weekend that was in Iowa high school wrestling, including takeaways from Cedar Rapids Jefferson's J-Hawk Invitational, Marion's Loyd Shaffer Invitational and Solon's Ed Hadenfeldt Invitational. Plus, a look at the week ahead.

The Gazette's Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder are bringing back the Prep Basketball Huddle! In the first episode of 2022, a look at the top storylines in each of the Gazette area conferences (Mississippi Valley, Wamac, River Valley, Tri-Rivers, Northeast Iowa, Upper Iowa and South Iowa Cedar). Plus, the depth of Class 2A boys, Hannah Stuelke's record-breaking night for Cedar Rapids Washington and more.

The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs take a look at the weekend wrestling action, including West Delaware’s win at the Benton Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational, Vinton-Shellsburg’s potential and takeaways from Ames’ Jack Mendenhall Invitational. Plus, is Linn-Mar a wrestling school now? And a trophy idea for the Cedar Rapids Kennedy-Cedar Rapids Xavier dual.

It's the first episode of the Pinning Combination in 2022! The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs preview the Benton Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational and other big tournaments coming up this weekend.

K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs look back at the first big weekend of high school wrestling tournaments and previewing this week's action on the Pinning Combination!

The Pinning Combination returns with K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs talking all things Iowa high school wrestling.

In the final Prep Football Huddle of the 2021 season, The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher preview this week's Iowa high school state football championship games and make their picks. Plus, another look at the gap between Central Iowa and Eastern Iowa in the state's biggest class, and a look back at how our preseason rankings held up.

The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher break down the Iowa high school football state semifinals, with predictions for each game in all seven classes on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle.

All the scores from the Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 16, plus a look at the quarterfinal matchups in all seven classes.

The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford have a class-by-class preview of the Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 16 on this week's Prep Football Huddle.

All the scores from the first round of the Iowa high school football playoffs in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player and postgame reports from key Week 9 regular-season games on our Friday night postgame show.

It's time for the postseason in four Iowa high school football classes. The round of 32 is this week in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the most intriguing matchups on this week's Prep Football Huddle. Plus, a look at some of the big Week 9 regular-season games in 5A, 4A and 3A and what's at stake.

Nathan Ford, Jeff Linder, K.J. Pilcher, Jeff Johnson and Ryan Pleggenkuhle bring you scores, stats, highlights and more on our Week 8 Iowa high school football postgame show.

As the Iowa high school football regular season winds down, The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the latest storylines on this episode of the Prep Football Huddle. That includes Cedar Rapids Prairie nearly taking down Southeast Polk and Iowa City High suffering its first loss against Pleasant Valley in Week 7. Also, a preview of Week 8, including a highly-anticipated rivalry game in Eastern Iowa between West Delaware and Independence. Plus, a look at how the playoffs will work in the smaller four classes.

Highlights, scores and postgame reports from Week 7 of the Iowa high school football season. https://www.thegazette.com/football/iowa-high-school-football-scores-ranked-teams-in-week-7/ (How the ranked teams fared) https://www.thegazette.com/football/iowa-high-school-football-scores-week-7-live-updates/ (Gazette area Week 7 roundup)

The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa high school football storylines on the Prep Football Huddle. Week 6 saw Cedar Rapids Kennedy thump Cedar Falls for a statement win, Williamsburg rally to beat Mid-Prairie and much more. Plus, the IHSAA gave us our first look at RPI standings for the playoffs in 5A, 4A and 3A. Also in this episode: Cedar Rapids Jefferson's perseverance, Coach of the Year front-runners and a Week 7 preview, including Cedar Rapids Prairie's chances against Southeast Polk.

Nathan Ford, Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and Ryan Pleggenkuhle have highlights, postgame reports and scores from Week 5 of the Iowa high school football season, including Cedar Rapids Kennedy's win over Cedar Falls.

The Gazette's Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher are back for another Prep Football Huddle. Up first: A look back at Week 5, including Iowa City High leaving a huge impression with a blowout win over Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Xavier handling Cedar Rapids Washington, Benton Community rallying to beat Mount Vernon and more. Then, it's on to Week 6 and a look at the biggest games in the Gazette area, including multiple top-10 matchups in Class 5A. Finally, a roundtable to close it out with K.J. having Jeff and Jeff guess some stats and the guys choosing their midseason MVPs.

Nathan Ford, Jeff Linder, K.J. Pilcher and Ryan Pleggenkuhle have highlights, postgame reports and scores from Week 5 of the Iowa high school football season, including Iowa City High's win over Iowa City West in the Battle for the Boot.