Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 1

Of the 71 teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll, 24 saw their unbeaten dreams end Friday night.

Three of our No. 1 teams held on for season-opening one-score wins.

Can every Friday be this dramatic?

Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll fared this week. Note: A couple games are scheduled for Saturday this week, and this post will be updated with those finals when available.

Class 5A

No. 1 Southeast Polk beat No. 5 West Des Moines Valley, 24-18

No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat No. 6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 38-21 (Saturday)

No. 3 Cedar Falls lost to Cedar Rapids Prairie, 20-17

No. 4 Johnston beat No. 9 Waukee Northwest, 23-17

No. 5 West Des Moines Valley lost to No. 1 Southeast Polk, 24-18

No. 6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy lost to No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling (Saturday), 38-21

No. 7 Iowa City High lost to Joliet Catholic (Ill.), 48-13

No. 8 Pleasant Valley lost to Bettendorf, 30-10

No. 9 Waukee Northwest lost to No. 4 Johnston, 23-17

No. 10 Linn-Mar beat Dubuque Senior, 64-7

Class 4A

No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat No. 8 Waverly-Shell Rock, 41-6

No. 2 Bondurant-Farrar lost to No. 10 North Polk, 43-39

No. 2 Council Bluffs Lewis Central beat 3A No. 3 Harlan, 21-20

No. 4 Adel ADM beat No. 8 Newton, 49-21

No. 5 North Scott beat DeWitt Central, 34-7

No. 6 Western Dubuque beat West Delaware, 61-27

No. 7 Glenwood beat Sioux City East, 28-24

No. 8 Newton lost to No. 4 Adel ADM, 49-21

No. 8 Waverly-Shell Rock lost to No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 41-6

No. 10 North Polk beat No. 2 Bondurant-Farrar, 43-39

Class 3A

No. 1 Mount Vernon beat 2A No. 7 Monticello, 35-6

No. 2 Williamsburg beat 1A No. 9 West Branch, 42-14

No. 3 Harlan lost to 4A No. 2 Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 21-20

No. 4 Webster City beat Fort Dodge, 35-28

No. 5 Nevada beat 2A No. 10 West Marshall, 31-0

No. 6 Humboldt beat Spencer, 20-3

No. 7 Solon lost to Davenport Assumption, 34-7

No. 8 Hampton-Dumont-CAL beat Iowa Falls-Alden, 42-20

No. 9 Clear Lake beat Forest City, 34-0

No. 9 Creston beat Winterset, 36-17

No. 9 Independence beat North Fayette Valley, 50-22

Class 2A

No. 1 Van Meter beat 1A No. 2 Underwood, 21-14

No. 2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Emmetsburg, 48-8

No. 3 Spirit Lake beat Algona, 30-22

No. 4 Western Christian beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 27-6

No. 5 Greene County lost to Carroll, 20-0

No. 6 West Lyon beat Sioux Center, 14-2

No. 7 Carroll Kuemper lost to Sioux City Heelan, 22-19

No. 7 Monticello lost to 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon, 35-6

No. 9 Osage lost to A No. 10 Saint Ansgar, 25-24

No. 10 West Marshall lost to 3A No. 5 Nevada, 31-0

Class 1A

No. 1 Grundy Center beat Dike-New Hartford, 7-6

No. 2 Underwood lost to 2A No. 1 Van Meter, 21-14

No. 3 MFL MarMac beat Crestwood, 35-0

No. 4 Sigourney-Keota lost to Monroe PCM, 22-15

No. 5 South Hamilton beat South Hardin, 20-14

No. 6 Avoca AHSTW beat Tri-Center, 64-27

No. 6 Waterloo Columbus beat Dyersville Beckman, 37-0

No. 8 Iowa City Regina beat West Liberty, 44-6

No. 9 West Branch lost to 3A No. 2 Williamsburg, 42-14

No. 10 Aplington-Parkersburg beat Union Community, 23-7

Class A

No. 1 West Hancock beat Garner GHV, 55-6

No. 2 Woodbury Central beat Lawton-Bronson, 27-24

No. 3 East Buchanan lost to Sumner-Fredericksburg, 18-12 (OT)

No. 4 Lynnville-Sully beat Danville, 54-13

No. 5 Columbus Community lost to Mediapolis, 33-7

No. 6 Southwest Valley beat Red Oak, 34-31

No. 7 Madrid beat Woodward-Granger, 28-27

No. 8 Nashua-Plainfield beat Postville, 46-0 (Thursday)

No. 9 Le Mars Gehlen lost to Hinton, 10-0

No. 10 Saint Ansgar beat 2A No. 9 Osage, 25-24

8-Player

No. 1 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Don Bosco, 34-21

No. 2 Anita CAM beat Audubon, 42-12

No. 3 Central City lost to No. 4 Winfield-Mount Union, 44-36

No. 4 Winfield-Mount Union beat No. 3 Central City, 44-36

No. 5 Southeast Warren lost to Montezuma, 47-28

No. 6 Moravia lost to Bedford, 63-20

No. 7 Fremont-Mills lost to No. 10 WACO, 26-20 (Saturday)

No. 8 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Harris-Lake Park, 28-7

No. 9 Lenox beat Stanton, 54-16

No. 10 WACO beat No. 7 Fremont-Mills, 26-20 (Saturday)

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