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How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 9
Last week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A, while the playoffs kick off in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player
Nathan Ford
Oct. 21, 2022 8:00 am, Updated: Oct. 22, 2022 1:43 pm
There were only three ranked matchups on this week’s Iowa high school football schedule, but still plenty of intrigue.
It was the last week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A teams and the first round of the playoffs in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Here’s how the teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared Friday night.
Class 5A
No. 1 Ankeny beat Des Moines Lincoln, 54-6
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat Waukee, 43-7
No. 3 Pleasant Valley beat Iowa City West, 35-14
No. 4 Southeast Polk beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 63-7
No. 5 Cedar Falls beat Dubuque Senior, 24-14
No. 6 Cedar Rapids Prairie lost to No. 9 Linn-Mar, 28-13
No. 7 Johnston beat Ames, 31-9
No. 7 Waukee Northwest beat Urbandale, 20-7
No. 9 Iowa City High beat Davenport Central, 79-0
No. 9 Linn-Mar beat No. 6 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 28-13
No. 9 West Des Moines Valley beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 54-29
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central beat Winterset, 42-15
No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock beat Decorah, 32-13
No. 3 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Oskaloosa, 52-6
No. 4 Carlisle beat Perry via forfeit
No. 5 Bondurant-Farrar beat No. 9 Norwalk, 34-7
No. 6 Iowa City Liberty beat Clinton, 42-7
No. 7 North Scott beat Mount Pleasant, 49-10
No. 8 Indianola beat Boone, 49-0
No. 9 Norwalk lost to No. 5 Bondurant-Farrar, 34-7
No. 10 Cedar Rapids Washington lost to Pella, 47-14
Class 3A
No. 1 Harlan beat Knoxville, 49-0
No. 2 Mount Vernon beat Vinton-Shellsburg, 55-6
No. 3 Nevada lost to No. 8 North Polk, 35-14
No. 4 Adel ADM beat Saydel, 65-0
No. 5 Independence beat Center Point-Urbana, 38-13
No. 6 Solon beat Keokuk, 41-7
No. 7 Humboldt beat Algona, 31-8
No. 8 North Polk beat No. 3 Nevada, 35-14
No. 9 MOC-Floyd Valley lost to Sioux Center, 21-20
No. 10 Benton Community lost to DeWitt Central, 21-14 (OT)
Class 2A
First round of the playoffs
No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Iowa Falls-Alden, 57-0
No. 2 Williamsburg beat Camanche, 42-0
No. 3 Spirit Lake beat Sheldon, 35-7
No. 4 West Marshall beat Clarke, 63-13
No. 5 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Unity Christian, 29-23
No. 6 Greene County beat Union Community, 35-13
No. 7 West Lyon beat Estherville-Lincoln Central, 37-26
No. 8 Osage beat Clarion CGD, 49-15
No. 9 Monticello beat Central Lee, 42-0
No. 10 Waukon beat New Hampton, 24-22
Class 1A
First round of the playoffs
No. 1 Van Meter beat Pleasantville, 49-0
No. 2 West Sioux beat East Sac County, 58-0
No. 3 West Branch beat South Hardin, 42-0
No. 4 Underwood beat Interstate 35, 49-17
No. 5 Aplington-Parkersburg beat Eagle Grove, 56-8
No. 6 Carroll Kuemper beat Emmetsburg, 35-8
No. 7 Pella Christian beat Iowa City Regina, 31-0
No. 8 MFL MarMac beat Durant, 48-12
No. 9 Mediapolis beat Central Decatur, 52-7
No. 10 Dike-New Hartford beat Cascade, 48-14
Class A
First round of the playoffs
No. 1 West Hancock beat Nashua-Plainfield, 44-16
No. 2 Grundy Center beat Belle Plaine, 49-0
No. 3 Lynnville-Sully beat Earlham, 49-16
No. 4 Woodbury Central beat South O’Brien, 42-0
No. 5 Avoca AHSTW beat Westwood, 46-21
No. 6 North Linn beat Wapello, 45-0
No. 7 Hartley HMS beat North Union, 46-31
No. 8 East Buchanan beat Lisbon, 44-14
No. 9 Le Mars Gehlen beat Tri-Center, 40-22
No. 10 Alburnett beat Bellevue, 38-27
8-Player
First round of the playoffs
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Audubon, 76-0
No. 2 WACO beat Martensdale-St. Marys, 57-14
No. 3 Don Bosco beat Winfield-Mount Union, 48-18
No. 4 Lenox beat Colo-Nesco, 66-14
No. 5 Easton Valley beat BGM, 40-34
No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat New London, 46-14
No. 7 West Harrison beat Bedford, 29-27
No. 8 Newell-Fonda beat Harris-Lake Park, 55-26
No. 9 Southeast Warren beat East Mills, 38-32
No. 10 Ruthven GTRA beat Kingsley-Pierson, 50-34
Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com
Linn-Mar senior, TJ Jackson, returns a kick-off against Prairie at John Wall Field Friday, October 21, 2022. (Amir Prellberg/Freelance)