Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 7 games to watch. Waterloo West and Kennedy collide Thursday in a pivotal game of 3-3 teams.

This could be Iowa's 100th-consecutive game without going to overtime.

The Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football Week 6 results, upcoming matchups in Week 7, games to watch in Week 7 and the recently rankings.

The Hawkeyes have two more home matches this season, but are hoping to be in the conversation to host a postseason match later this year.

Former Gazette Hawkeye beat writer John Steppe, now covering the Wisconsin Badgers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, talks with Madison Hricik ahead of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisconsin in this weeks episode of Hawk Off the Press. Steppe and Hricik discuss the Badgers this season so far, Gronowski updates, the Big Ten Conference as a whole and their predictions for this week's matchup.

High school cross country: The state's best boys gather at the Mississippi Valley Conference meet Thursday at Kickers Soccer Complex in Iowa City.

Iowa football doesn't know its starting quarterback for the first time this season, and it's impacting how the Hawkeyes are preparing for the Badgers.

As a freshman Sowell proudly donned a Buffaloes jersey — until head coach Deion Sanders took over the program and told him and many of his teammates to "jump into the portal" so he could fully reshape the downtrodden program.

Momcilovic is such a talented long-range shooter that his volume must go up even as opponents increasingly game plan to deny him looks.

See photos as the Iowa City West Trojans hosted the Iowa City Liberty Lightning for an Iowa high school volleyball match.

The Nature Call: Many obstacles made for a long day during recent kayak trip

Ben McCollum's first Hawkeyes team is slotted ahead of Indiana, among others. Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz is a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice.

The first fall season ended on Tuesday with Cedar Rapids Xavier and Waukee Northwest defending the team titles they won in June.

High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Five-set win Tuesday vaults Iowa City West to No. 2.

High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette's poll play in Week 7. Class A unbeatens West Sioux and MMCRU collide Friday at Marcus.

High school volleyball: Iowa City West outlasts Iowa City Liberty, forces a deadlock for the MVC Mississippi Division championship.

Twenty-six of Hawkeyes' 31 games will be televised with the other five on streaming services

No. 22 Cyclones struggled to execute in crucial junctures for the first time this season during Saturday's 38-30 loss at Cincinnati, Mouser and Becht looked inward to correct issues on their side of the ball.

The high school football season enters the final weeks of the regular season. Gazette staff breaks down what teams are in most need of a win, most reliable kickers, which district is still up for grabs and what will high school football be like in 25 years.

Big Ten football had East and West divisions for 10 seasons, from 2014 to 2023. Wisconsin and Iowa were the best of the West with the Badgers winning the division four times and the Hawkeyes three. Five of their meetings in that time determined the division's representative in the league's championship game.

Iowa football has been quiet about Mark Gronowski's status since facing Indiana, but head coach Kirk Ferentz provided the first piece of news on the starting quarterback and others.

Iowa women's basketball: Times and TV has been added to the 2025-26 schedule.

Stirtz was the Missouri Valley Conference's Player of the Year last season at Drake

Coach Ben Jacobson enters his 20th season with high hopes and liking the roster he's built

The Badgers begin an important six-game stretch with their home game against the Hawkeyes