‘Ground and Pound’ leads Braves over Sioux Central CHEROKEE — A 2024 version of Braves football is titled ‘Ground and Pound’ as Cherokee racked up 375 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns in a 31-12 win over Sioux Central on Friday. It was the annual Robert Martin Memorial game In two games this season the…

The Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union (IGHSAU) No. 3 Top 15 high school volleyball rankings of the 2024 season this afternoon. Won-loss 2024 record, in parenthesis. Class 1A School Record LW 1 Ankeny Christian 8-2 1 2 Riverside 11-0 2 3 River Valley 7-0 3 4 St. Ansgar 12-4 7 5 Holy Trinity Catholic…

Here are The Iowa Prep Illustrated’s Top 10 No. 3 Iowa high school volleyball rankings of the 2024 season. Won-loss record, in parenthesis. The season is full of expectations for teams, battling wire to wire for a right to advance in the playoffs and eventually make a post-season tournament run all the way to the…

HOLSTEIN — It was two very different outcomes for area schools MMCRU and host Ridge View on Saturday at the Ridge View Classic. MMCRU struggled dropping two of three matches, falling to Westwood 2-0 (8-21, 13-21), OABCIG 2-0 (19-21, 12-21), and defeating Newell-Fonda 2-1 (13-21, 21-17, 16-14). It was the Royals initial match victory of…

1A Girls Rank Name School Grade 1 Nora Peterson Alta-Aurelia 12 2 Lili Denton Council BluffsSt. Albert 11 3 Tyra Schupbach West Bend-Mallard 11 4 Chloe Glosser Pekin 11 5 Madelyn Grothus Madrid 10 6 Lauren Krogmann Starmont 10 7 Katelyn Brandhorst Madrid 11 8 Iris Melody South Central Calhoun 11 9 Kylie Rochholz Panorama 10…

Girls 1A Rank Team 1 Madrid 2 Earlham 3 Martensdale 4 South Winneshiek 5 Treynor 6 Sioux Central 7 Lynnville-Sully 8 Alta-Aurelia 9 English Valleys 10 Fort Dodge St. Edmonds 11 Iowa City Regina 12 Danville 13 Wapsie Valley 14 AC/GC 15 Logan Magnolia 16 Grand View Christian 17 Panorama 18 Cascade 19 Central Decatur…

Royals experience difficulties at No. 5 ranked Blackhawks HINTON — Class 2A No. 5 ranked Hinton failed to show their War Eagle Conference opponent MMCRU any hospitality on Thursday, dominating the Royals 25-3, 25-3, 25-11. MMCRU was unable to establish any momentum against the Blackhawks, as Hinton’s front line of defense came up with a…

PLEASE report scores following your event involving schools from the Lakes, Missouri River, Siouxland, Twin Lakes, War Eagle and Western Valley Conference. To report a score do so by emailing: Iiowaprepillustrated@gmail.com or texting/calling 712-661-8004.  If your score (s) are not listed, unfortunately they weren’t reported. Rankings # are those of Iowa Prep Illustrated. Tuesday, Sept. 10 ScoresLakes ConferenceCentral Lyon 25-22, 25-22,…

SPIRIT LAKE — The Iowa Great lakes XC Invitational 5K events held at the Brooks Golf Course on Thursday, saw a total of 238 runners in two divisions. Of those runners several were individually ranked, including eight girls and boys runners from Cherokee. This early in the season you can simply toss those rankings out…

Champion performance by Cherokee at MOC/FV Dutch Invitational ORANGE CITY — A destined team in Cherokee Volleyball captured their first tournament win of the season on Tuesday, as the Iowa Prep Illustrated Class 3A eighth ranked Braves came home with the hardware. Cherokee defeated host MOC/FV and Sheldon in Pool Play A to advance to…