Top Sports Photos from 2015

Here’s a selection of some of the favorite sports photos from 2015. It was a fun year of sports coverage, I went to Seattle for UNI and Iowa in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and in football I covered Iowa’s 12-0 regular season. Plus lots of high school sports coverage. For a look at some of the great sports work done from my colleagues and I at The Gazette in 2015 click here

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Adam

Solon’s infielders signal to the outfielders after recording an out against PCM in a Class 3A regional final at Grinnell High School in Grinnell on Monday, July 13, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Alburnett’s Drake Halblom flexes in celebration after pinning Moravia’s Briar Cochran in sudden victory during a 120 pound first round 1A match at the 2015 State Wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Fans wear black and gold at Kinnick Stadium for Iowa’s game against Pittsburgh in Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

CPU’s Payton Hasleiet (20) and Mount Vernon’s Hayley Corkin (11) vie for the ball in a girls’ high school basketball game at Center Point-Urbana High School in Center Point on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa forward Aaron White (30) dunks against Davidson in a 2nd round men’s basketball NCAA tournament game at KeyArena in Seattle on Friday, March 20, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Blake Whitten (12) sheds tears of joy as he celebrates with Dallas Klein (19) after the Saints defeated Iowa City Regina in a high school football game at Regina High School in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Former Iowa wrestler Matt McDonough walks onto the stage at the AGON-V – Iowa Against the World wrestling event at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids on Friday, April 3, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Kenzie Soeken (13) celebrates after a block near the end of the 2nd set against Dubuque Hempstead in a class 5A volleyball regional final at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Nate Wieland (15) is stopped at the goal line against Iowa City West in a class 4A high school football game at City High School in Iowa City on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa guard Wes Washpun (11) celebrates after drawing a foul against Wyoming in a 2nd round men’s basketball NCAA tournament game at KeyArena in Seattle on Friday, March 20, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Fanta Traore runs ahead of Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Carlie Jurgens in the 200-meter dash at a girls’ high school track meet at West High School in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Sean Draper (7) and Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Desmond King (14) chest bump as the Hawkeyes take the field for warmups before a NCAA football game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes guard Mike Gesell (10) reacts as Iowa Hawkeyes center Adam Woodbury (34) draws a foul in a NCAA basketball game against Florida State Seminoles at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

South Tama’s Jerry Lowe (9) scores a goal past Bishop Heelan goalie Nathan Gobell (1) in a Class 2A quarterfinal at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines on Thursday, June 4, 2015. South Tama won 3-2. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

An Iowa fan cheers in a NCAA football game against Pitt at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Sammy Brooks flexes after his 17-2 win over Oklahoma State’s Jordan Rogers in a NCAA wrestling meet at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Iowa City West’s Izaya Ono-Fullard (23) reacts after tagging out Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Corbin Day (6) at 3rd base in a class 4A high school baseball substate final at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Center Point-Urbana’s Haley Weideman (27) can’t quite reach the ball during a Class 3A quarterfinal against Mount Vernon at the Girls’ High School State Volleyball Tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

A lone Iowa fans stands in the Wisconsin student section as the Wisconsin fans “jump around” in a NCAA football game at Camp Randall stadium in Madison on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Wisconsin Badgers tight end Troy Fumagalli (81) and Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Cole Fisher (36) react as a pass intended for Fumagalli falls incomplete on 4th down late in the 4th quarter in a NCAA football game at Camp Randall stadium in Madison on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Luke Duball (15) celebrates after scoring a golden goal in the 2nd period of extra time to win the 2A championship match for the Saints over Central DeWitt at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines on Saturday, June 6, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Dalles Jacobus (60) holds up a wooden board that reads “Family” as he walks off the field the high school football Class 4A state championship game against West Des Moines Dowling at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

All photos ©2015 Adam Wesley/The Gazette