Nathan Ford

Ninth-ranked Iowa City Liberty claimed the school’s first state championship in any boys’ sport Saturday by routing No. 6 Norwalk, 5-0, the most-lopsided boys’ soccer championship game in history.

Johnston freshman Cael Leach headed in a double-overtime golden goal, bringing the third-ranked Dragons back from a 2-0 second-half deficit to win their first boys’ state soccer championship in the first Class 4A final, 3-2 over No. 6 Iowa City West.

The Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association announced its 2023 all-state girls’ soccer teams and season awards.

All 28 Iowa high school baseball state tournament games are available to watch this week via Iowa High School Sports Network TV affiliates or live stream, but the streaming option isn’t available for free this year.

All Iowa high school state softball tournament quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games will be streamed live — 35 games in all — for free this week, with the finals also set to air on TV.

Former University of Iowa women’s soccer star Cloé Lacasse made her FIFA Women’s World Cup debut with Canada, adding to a lengthy recent list of accomplishments.

Three years after a pandemic-canceled season, the Cedar Rapids Inferno are still playing soccer, still having fun — and winning.

Here is The Gazette’s Iowa high school football 8-Player poll ahead of the 2023 season. Gladbrook-Reinbeck starts at No. 1.

Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll fared this week.

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