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Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 9, Round of 32 playoffs
Regular-season finale for some, first round of the playoffs for others
Nathan Ford
Oct. 22, 2021 11:46 am, Updated: Oct. 23, 2021 1:11 pm
Some teams wrapped up the regular season. Others kicked off their postseason journeys. It was a unique Friday in Iowa high school football, with Week 9 in 5A, 4A and 3A and the playoffs in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
There were big-time regular-season games, like No. 9 Linn-Mar hosting No. 6 Cedar Rapids Prairie in Class 5A and three top-10 matchups in Class 4A. And there were some intriguing first-round playoff games, like our two Class 2A No. 8 teams — Central Lyon/George-Little Rock and Estherville-Lincoln Central — facing each other.
Here’s a look at how the 70 teams ranked in The Gazette poll fared Friday.
Class 5A
No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Dubuque Hempstead, 33-25
No. 2 Southeast Polk beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 61-0
No. 3 Ankeny beat Des Moines Lincoln, 56-0
No. 4 Urbandale lost to Waukee Northwest, 17-16
No. 5 West Des Moines Dowling beat Waukee, 38-14
No. 6 Cedar Rapids Prairie beat No. 9 Linn-Mar, 36-20
No. 7 West Des Moines Valley beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 42-7
No. 8 Iowa City High beat Davenport Central, 63-7 (Thursday)
No. 9 Linn-Mar lost to No. 6 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 36-20
No. 10 Pleasant Valley beat Iowa City West, 41-20
Class 4A
No. 1 North Scott beat Mount Pleasant, 55-0
No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Oskaloosa, 38-14
No. 3 Indianola beat Boone, 41-0
No. 3 Lewis Central beat No. 6 Winterset 38-37
No. 5 Waverly-Shell Rock beat No. 8 Decorah, 26-7
No. 6 Winterset lost to No. 3 Lewis Central, 38-37
No. 7 Bondurant-Farrar beat No. 10 Norwalk, 23-7
No. 8 Decorah lost to No. 5 Waverly-Shell Rock, 26-7
No. 8 Webster City beat Denison-Schleswig, 56-14
No. 10 Norwalk lost to No. 7 Bondurant-Farrar, 23-7
Class 3A
No. 1 Harlan beat Knoxville, 76-0
No. 2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley beat Sioux City Heelan, 48-9
No. 3 Solon beat Keokuk, 63-6
No. 4 Humboldt beat Algona, 35-26
No. 4 West Delaware beat Charles City, 58-14
No. 6 Independence beat Center Point-Urbana, 40-14
No. 7 Benton Community beat DeWitt Central, 33-22
No. 8 Nevada beat North Polk, 35-0
No. 9 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Carroll, 41-7
No. 10 Adel ADM beat Saydel, 69-0
Class 2A
Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 32
No. 1 West Marshall beat Centerville, 42-0
No. 2 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Red Oak, 56-0
No. 3 Southeast Valley beat Sheldon, 46-7
No. 3 Waukon beat West Liberty, 38-24
No. 5 Spirit Lake beat Osage, 46-20
No. 6 West Lyon beat Garner GHV, 42-8
No. 7 Greene County beat Roland-Story, 55-14
No. 8 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat No. 8 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 38-23
No. 8 Estherville-Lincoln Central lost to No. 8 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 38-23
No. 10 North Fayette Valley beat New Hampton, 29-28
Class 1A
Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 32
No. 1 Van Meter beat Pleasantville, 77-14
No. 2 Underwood beat Nodaway Valley, 49-3
No. 3 Iowa City Regina beat Cascade, 41-19
No. 4 Dike-New Hartford beat Eagle Grove, 49-0
No. 5 Sigourney-Keota beat Durant, 34-8
No. 6 Dyersville Beckman beat South Hardin, 42-6
No. 7 West Sioux beat West Monona, 57-7
No. 8 Pella Christian beat Mediapolis, 42-21
No. 9 Guthrie Center ACGC beat South Hamilton, 40-22
No. 10 Waterloo Columbus beat Aplington-Parkersburg, 27-13
Class A
Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 32
No. 1 West Hancock beat Alta-Aurelia, 43-7
No. 2 Grundy Center beat Saint Ansgar, 35-8
No. 3 North Linn beat Nashua-Plainfield, 46-16
No. 4 Lisbon beat Bellevue, 30-27
No. 4 Logan-Magnolia beat Le Mars Gehlen, 42-14
No. 6 Woodbury Central beat Avoca AHSTW, 46-12
No. 7 East Buchanan beat Mason City Newman, 44-29
No. 8 North Butler beat Starmont, 12-0
No. 9 Hartley HMS beat Tri-Center, 70-54
No. 9 Lynnville-Sully beat Highland, 40-15
8-Player
Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 32
No. 1 Anita CAM beat East Mills, 66-0
No. 2 Montezuma beat New London, 36-34
No. 3 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Exira-EHK, 48-12
No. 4 Easton Valley beat Dunkerton, 69-8
No. 5 Audubon beat Stanton-Essex, 55-20
No. 6 Turkey Valley beat Springville, 54-14
No. 7 WACO beat Edgewood-Colesburg, 39-36
No. 8 Lenox beat Lamoni, 52-8
No. 9 Lansing Kee beat Northwood-Kensett, 50-45
No. 10 Don Bosco beat Tripoli, 54-12
Regina wide receiver Sam Aitchison works to move around Cascade corner back Tanner Simon during a playoff football game between Regina and Cascade at Regina High School on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021