Iowa high school football scores: Gazette area Week 5 roundup

Iowa City High had Zeus, thanks to its win over Iowa City Liberty. The Little Hawks possessed the Little Cy-Hawk trophy after beating Ames. Friday night, they took back The Boot from Iowa City West — emphatically, with a 56-7 win.

That was just one game we were covering Friday night for Week 5 of the Iowa high school football season. Find all the area scores and complete coverage below.

City High (5-0) cracked the Class 5A top 10 this week at No. 6, and you can see how the rest of our ranked teams fared Friday night here.

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5A No. 6 Iowa City High 56, Iowa City West 7

How good, precisely, is this team?

“We’re better than good, man,” Iowa City High running back Darren Richardson said. “We’re great.”

No argument here. And, presumably, none from their archrival.

Class 5A sixth-ranked City High stung Iowa City West with a 556-yard offensive attack and whipped the Trojans, 56-7, Friday night at Bates Field.

West had won five straight games in this series, including a pair of one-sided victories (56-20 and 35-7) last year.

But Friday, The Boot was most certainly on the other foot.

Full story from Jeff Linder: The Boot’s on the other foot

5A No. 9 Linn-Mar 65, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 0

The Lions keep rolling. For the first time since 2011, Linn-Mar is 5-0.

The Class 5A ninth-ranked Lions jumped all over a depleted Cedar Rapids Jefferson team, running away with a 65-0 victory Friday night at Kingston Stadium.

The fast start is a welcome departure from the 1-5 season Linn-Mar endured last year. A strong defense has led the way. Jefferson couldn’t budge the Linn-Mar defensive front. The J-Hawks finished with negative-21 yards of offense and no first downs.

Full story from Culley Kline: Linn-Mar remains undefeated

4A No. 4 Cedar Rapids Xavier 31, Cedar Rapids Washington 0

You wondered how a football team that hardly ever loses in the regular season would respond to actually losing in the regular season.

The answer in Cedar Rapids Xavier’s case would be fine. Just fine.

The Saints were stifling defensively and pulled away from a tight game with a strong offensive second half to take apart Cedar Rapids Washington, 31-0, Friday night at Saints Field.

Xavier (4-1), ranked fourth in Class 4A, lost to No. 1 North Scott at home last week, 20-8. That was just its second loss in its last 53 regular-season games.

But the rebound was strong. The start to district play was strong.

Full story from Jeff Johnson: Xavier responds to loss with big win

Western Dubuque 41, Marion 0

The stats for Western Dubuque’s Spencer Zinn were impressive.

The Bobcat senior tailback tallied four touchdowns for the second straight game and rushed for 124 yards on 16 carries in Friday night’s 41-0 triumph over Marion in the Class 4A District 2 opener for both teams at Thomas Park.

That didn’t stop Western Dubuque quarterback Jack Clemens from giving his teammate a little dig after the game.

“We gave him a little bit of a hard time because he stole two of our receivers’ touchdowns,” Clemens said with a smile on his face. “They got tripped up just short of the goal line but it is what it is.”

Zinn had the table set twice on long completions from Clemens to Daviyon Gaston for 67 yards and another of 66 yards to Nick Bryant.

Full story from Mike Condon: Spencer Zinn’s 4 scores lead Western Dubuque over Marion

Benton Community 20, 3A No. 9 Mount Vernon 13

Benton Community produced the big drive when it needed it most.

The Bobcats went 65 yards on 10 plays, burning 4:40 off the clock for the decisive touchdown with a little more than a minute left.

Colin Buch rolled in from 15 yards out to give Benton Community a 20-13 Homecoming victory over Class 3A ninth-ranked Mount Vernon in the district opener Friday night at Bobcats Stadium.

“We were setting it up with the downhill run with (Jacob) Brecht,” Buch said. “We were watching their guys creep in and creep in. We knew after the last run that Brecht had it was time to pull the trigger and go get in the end zone.

“Credit to my guys up front. They did an awesome job blocking. All I had to do was get in the end zone and not fumble. It was a great feeling overall.”

Full story from K.J. Pilcher: Late TD propels Benton Community past Mount Vernon

A No. 6 North Linn 20, South Winneshiek 6

Sometimes the smallest tweak can make all the difference.

Say to safe, North Linn’s offensive tweak has paid dividends this season.

Spectators saw a lot of “Haughenbury-to-Hilmer” Friday night as the sixth-ranked Lynx (5-0) outlasted South Winneshiek, 20-6, in a gritty, Class A District 4 battle.

But it hasn’t always been Haughenbury-to-Hilmer.

Following a 2-6 season in 2020, the Lynx decided to make a switch and move junior Tate Haughenbury to quarterback and senior Austin Hilmer to receiver. The move actually came toward the end of the 2020 season, but it’s been particularly effective in 2021.

Full story from Ryan Pleggenkuhle: North Linn switch paying off

Decorah 33, Mason City 14

Kennan Tyler passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more as the Vikings rolled at home.

Tyler connected with Zach Jermier for 28 yards out to give Decorah a 7-0 lead. After Mason City tied the game on a 72-yard strike from Kale Hobart to Carter Thomas, the Vikings scored three more times in the first half — on a 10-yard run by Jaden Baker, a Tyler run of 3 yards and a 2-yard pass from Tyler to Jacob Pipho.

Tyler down the sideline for a 46 TD run in the second half.

– Randy Iverson, correspondent

West Liberty 41, Monticello 35

West Liberty's Jahsiah Galvan did a little of everything as the host Comets (1-4, 1-1) held off the Panthers.

Galvan rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, returned a kickoff 83 yards for a score, threw a touchdown pass and blocked a punt.

Monticello rallied from a halftime deficit of 27-7 behind Preston Ries, who threw for 245 yards. Rylan Cooper had two rushing touchdowns for the Panthers (3-2, 1-1).

– Pete Temple, correspondent

3A No. 3 West Delaware 49, Center Point-Urbana 14

Conner Funk rushed for 89 yards and four touchdowns and also had a TD reception as the Hawks won in Center Point.

Funk scored on runs of 4, 8, 9 and 22 yards and also caught an 18-yard TD pass from Kyle Cole. Cole passed for 93 yards and two TDs and rushed for 75.

West Delaware led 42-6 at halftime.

Braylon Habel had a pair of TD passes for the Stormin’ Pointers, hitting Gavin Brincks from 29 yards out and Tucker Clark from 13.

– Bill Logan, correspondent

West Branch 24, Mediapolis 21

Carver Boelk’s 6-yard touchdown pass to twin brother Kinnick Boelk with 3:50 left lifted the Bears on the road.

The Bulldogs (3-2, 0-2) missed a possible game-tying field goal with 52 seconds remaining as West Branch improved to 4-1 overall, 2-0 in Class 1A-5.

The Bears led 17-7 at halftime after a pair of Andy Henson touchdowns. Mediapolis took a 21-17 lead with 9:00 left in the fourth on an Anthony Isley 4-yard run.

– Jason Miller, correspondent

3A No. 6 Independence 48, South Tama 7

Marcus Beatty rushed for 227 yards and four touchdowns and Mitchell Johnson passed for 149 and two scores as the Mustangs won in Tama.

Beatty scored on runs of 3, 1, 10 and 6 yards.

Johnson completed 12 of 21 passes, connecting with Brady McDonald and Dalton Hoover for TDs.

Independence had 504 yards of offense, South Tama was held to 111.

Edgewood-Colesburg 78, Calamus-Wheatland 0

Ike Jones rushed for 136 yards and four touchdowns to pace the Vikings’ running attack.

Pryce Rochford added 112 rushing yards and two TDs and Dawson Bergan had 96 rushing yards and a pair of scores.

Carter Oberbroeckling led the defensive effort with six tackles.

3A No. 4 Solon 56, West Burlington/Notre Dame 0

The Spartans held the Falcons to 95 yards of offense, improving to 5-0.

Camanche 35, Anamosa 25

Michael Delzell passed for 220 yards and three touchdowns , competing 18 of 26 passes, as the Storm won on the road.

Anamosa quarterback Grahm Humpal completed 17 of 29 passes for 175 yards and three TDs and rushed for 162 yards and a TD.

Grahm’s main target was Devin Brophy, who had 11 receptions for 135 yards and two scores, the final one covering 45 yards with 17 seconds remaining.

– Daryl Schepanski, correspondent

4A No. 1 North Scott 21, Iowa City Liberty 0

The Lancers exploded for all three of their touchdowns in a span of a little more than five minutes in the second quarter to topple the Lightning.

Oliver Hughes caught eight passes for 144 yards and made several big plays defensively for North Scott.

The Lancers managed to hold Liberty running back Darius Willis-Newell to just 76 yards on 21 carries. Willis-Newell had 306 yards last week in a one-point loss to Clear Creek Amana, but after getting 41 yards on the first four plays of the game Friday, the Lancers handled him.

– Don Doxsie, Quad City Times

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