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How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 2 (Sept. 6, 2024)
A pair of No. 1 teams fall, but both to ranked foes
Two weeks into the 2024 Iowa high school football season, Class 5A’s top-ranked team has yet to win.
The Dowling-Valley rivalry in West Des Moines lived up to the hype Friday night as the second-ranked Maroons knocked off the No. 1 Tigers, 26-23 in overtime.
Ankeny, The Gazette’s preseason No. 1 team, fell to 0-2 with a 21-13 loss to No. 5 Southeast Polk afer a season-opening defeat to Ankeny Centennial.
In Eastern Iowa, another No. 1 team fell to quality competition: 3A’s Williamsburg came up just short against 4A No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 29-27.
It wasn’t just the top-10 matchups that will likely produce changes in next week’s Gazette poll, though. Eight ranked teams lost to unranked foes.
Here’s a look at how all 71 teams ranked in The Gazette’s poll fared in Week 2.
Class 5A
No. 1 West Des Moines Valley lost to No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling, 26-23 (OT)
No. 2 Waukee beat Waukee Northwest, 40-29
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat No. 1 West Des Moines Valley, 26-23 (OT)
No. 4 Ankeny Centennial beat Ames, 55-14
No. 5 Southeast Polk beat No. 7 Ankeny, 21-13
No. 6 Johnston lost to Cedar Falls, 37-34 (3OT)
No. 7 Ankeny lost to No. 5 Southeast Polk, 21-13
No. 8 Bettendorf beat Davenport West, 42-8
No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy lost to Pleasant Valley, 35-20
No. 10 Linn-Mar beat Cedar Rapids Washington, 41-10
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central beat Creston, 44-8
No. 2 North Scott beat Waverly-Shell Rock, 38-24
No. 3 Western Dubuque lost to Dubuque Wahlert, 28-16
No. 4 North Polk beat Carlisle, 41-27
No. 5 Indianola beat Norwalk, 28-3
No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar lost to Grinnell, 17-14
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat 3A No. 1 Williamsburg, 29-27
No. 8 Pella beat Keokuk, 40-13
No. 9 Decorah beat 3A No. 6 West Delaware, 31-25
No. 10 Gilbert beat Carroll, 36-18
Class 3A
No. 1 Williamsburg lost to 4A No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 29-27
No. 2 Solon beat Clear Creek Amana, 42-14
No. 3 Mount Vernon beat Union Community, 43-6
No. 4 Algona beat Forest City, 61-36
No. 5 Clear Lake beat New Hampton, 56-7
No. 6 West Delaware lost to 4A No. 9 Decorah, 31-25
No. 7 Independence beat Crestwood, 41-27
No. 8 Nevada beat Roland-Story, 20-14
No. 9 MOC-Floyd Valley lost to 2A No. 7 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 27-14
No. 10 Harlan beat Denison-Schleswig, 49-7
Class 2A
No. 1 West Lyon beat Lawton-Bronson, 49-7
No. 2 Van Meter beat No. 10 Des Moines Christian, 24-0
No. 3 Monroe PCM beat Pella Christian, 59-7
No. 4 Spirit Lake beat Sioux Center, 45-6
No. 5 Western Christian lost to Hinton, 33-14
No. 6 Clarinda beat Red Oak, 46-0
No. 7 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat 3A No. 9 MOC-Floyd Valley, 27-14
No. 7 Cherokee beat Sioux Central, 31-12
No. 9 Carroll Kuemper beat 1A No. 4 Underwood, 49-28
No. 10 Des Moines Christian lost to No. 2 Van Meter, 24-0
Class 1A
No. 1 Grundy Center beat Aplington-Parkersburg, 43-7
No. 2 Wilton beat West Liberty, 36-7
No. 3 Ida Grove OABCIG beat East Sac County, 48-14
No. 4 Underwood lost to 2A No. 9 Carroll Kuemper, 49-28
No. 5 Dike-New Hartford beat West Branch, 27-0
No. 6 Emmetsburg beat Estherville-Lincoln Central, 34-0
No. 7 Avoca AHSTW beat Oakland Riverside, 42-22
No. 8 Sumner-Fredericksburg lost to North Fayette Valley, 42-24
No. 9 South Hardin beat Iowa Falls-Alden, 27-0
No. 10 Iowa City Regina beat Mid-Prairie, 28-17
No. 10 MFL MarMac lost to Waukon, 28-12
Class A
No. 1 Woodbury Central beat Westwood, 41-0
No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC beat No. 9 Earlham, 28-21
No. 3 West Hancock beat Belmond-Klemme, 59-21
No. 4 Logan-Magnolia lost to Kingsley-Pierson, 30-22
No. 5 Saint Ansgar beat North Union, 48-7
No. 6 Mount Ayr beat Wayne, 27-6
No. 7 Starmont beat Clayton Ridge, 53-6
No. 8 Madrid beat Martensdale-St. Marys, 48-0
No. 9 Earlham lost to No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC, 28-21
No. 10 Lisbon beat Louisa-Muscatine, 48-0
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Siouxland Christian, 48-6
No. 2 Bedford beat Murray, 60-0
No. 3 Algona Garrigan beat West Bend-Mallard, 41-6
No. 4 Audubon beat Colo-Nesco, 44-8
No. 5 Don Bosco beat Elkader Central, 65-0
No. 6 Lenox beat Fremont-Mills, 41-0
No. 7 Anita CAM beat Griswold, 58-14
No. 8 Iowa Valley beat No. 9 WACO, 56-34
No. 9 WACO lost to No. 8 Iowa Valley, 56-34
No. 10 Lansing Kee beat Turkey Valley, 58-28
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