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Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 8 (Oct. 18, 2024)
Top-ranked teams in 5A and 4A fall
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Here’s how all 70 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 8 games Friday night.
The top-ranked teams in both Class 5A and 4A went down against unranked opponents.
Ankeny (coincidentally the preseason No. 1) topped West Des Moines Valley, 13-10. Other contenders for the No. 1 spot faced upset bids of their own: West Des Moines Dowling and Bettendorf both won by a point, while Pleasant Valley was knocked off, 49-35, by Iowa City West.
Bettendorf, which rallied to beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 48-47 in overtime, remains 5A’s only undefeated team.
Lewis Central’s hopes of a wire-to-wire run as the No. 1 team in 4A were dashed by Norwalk, 21-7. Pella, North Polk and Decorah are the last unbeatens in that class.
This was the last week of the regular season for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Class 5A
No. 1 West Des Moines Valley lost to Ankeny, 13-10 (OT)
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat Southeast Polk, 35-34
No. 3 Bettendorf beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 48-47 (OT)
No. 4 Pleasant Valley lost to Iowa City West, 49-35
No. 5 Ankeny Centennial beat Waukee Northwest, 28-10
No. 6 Johnston beat Urbandale, 56-14
No. 7 Linn-Mar beat No. 9 Iowa City High, 28-27
No. 8 Iowa City Liberty beat Waterloo West, 63-9
No. 9 Iowa City High lost to No. 7 Linn-Mar, 28-27
No. 10 Sioux City East beat Ames, 56-34
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central lost to Norwalk, 21-7
No. 2 Pella beat Bondurant-Farrar, 28-21
No. 3 North Polk beat Boone, 48-7
No. 4 Decorah beat No. 10 Western Dubuque, 10-7
No. 5 Adel ADM beat Indianola, 35-31
No. 6 Cedar Rapids Xavier lost to Clear Creek Amana, 28-24
No. 7 North Scott beat Clinton, 49-14
No. 8 Gilbert beat No. 9 Newton, 30-7
No. 9 Newton lost to No. 8 Gilbert, 30-7
No. 10 Western Dubuque lost to No. 4 Decorah, 10-7
Class 3A
No. 1 Williamsburg beat Grinnell, 49-12
No. 2 Dubuque Wahlert beat Central DeWitt, 63-6
No. 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat No. 7 Sioux City Heelan, 42-23
No. 4 Mount Vernon beat Washington, 42-21
No. 5 Humboldt beat Clear Lake, 23-13
No. 6 Algona beat Webster City, 28-21
No. 7 Sioux City Heelan lost to No. 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 42-23
No. 8 Independence beat West Delaware, 13-7
No. 9 Benton Community beat South Tama, 56-26
No. 10 Solon beat Fairfield, 61-19
Class 2A
No. 1 West Lyon beat No. 9 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 41-7
No. 2 Monroe PCM beat Iowa Falls-Alden, 48-0
No. 3 Spirit Lake beat Clarion CGD, 42-0
No. 4 Van Meter beat Interstate 35, 49-7
No. 5 Carroll Kuemper beat Southeast Valley, 34-12
No. 6 North Fayette Valley beat Crestwood, 34-7
No. 7 Northeast lost to Anamosa, 41-0
No. 8 Roland-Story beat Saydel, 55-8
No. 9 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock lost to No. 1 West Lyon, 41-7
No. 10 Cherokee beat Sheldon, 49-6
Class 1A
No. 1 Grundy Center beat Hudson, 35-0
No. 2 Wilton lost to No. 9 Iowa City Regina, 20-8
No. 3 Dike-New Hartford beat Denver, 57-13
No. 3 Emmetsburg lost to Manson-Northwest Webster, 20-14 (OT)
No. 5 South Hardin beat Waterloo Columbus, 39-6
No. 6 Treynor beat Missouri Valley, 42-0
No. 7 Sigourney-Keota beat Eddyville EBF, 79-6
No. 8 Hinton beat West Sioux, 14-7
No. 9 Iowa City Regina beat No. 2 Wilton, 20-8
No. 10 Dyersville Beckman beat Cascade, 30-0
Class A
No. 1 West Hancock beat Mason City Newman, 50-0
No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC beat Southwest Valley, 40-7
No. 3 Saint Ansgar beat Lake Mills, 53-12
No. 4 Lisbon beat Van Buren County, 49-0
No. 4 Tri-Center beat Kingsley-Pierson/River Valley, 49-7
No. 6 Le Mars Gehlen beat Hartley HMS, 47-7
No. 7 Maquoketa Valley beat Starmont, 42-6
No. 8 Pekin beat Louisa-Muscatine, 58-0
No. 9 Oakland Riverside beat Panorama, 44-6
No. 10 Madrid beat Wayne, 34-8
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat West Harrison/Whiting, 67-0
No. 2 Algona Garrigan beat Harris-Lake Park, 62-0
No. 3 Don Bosco beat Waterloo Christian, 88-0
No. 4 Lenox beat Lamoni, 60-28
No. 5 Audubon beat Baxter, 50-26
No. 6 Iowa Valley lost to Belle Plaine, 30-24
No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Garwin GMG, 57-6
No. 8 Bedford beat Southeast Warren, 63-8
No. 9 Edgewood-Colesburg beat Lansing Kee, 49-6
No. 9 Woodbine beat East Mills, 76-6
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