Iowa high school football roundup: Week 9 scores, stats and more (Oct. 25, 2024)

The Gazette’s Week 9 Iowa high school football roundup with Friday night’s statewide 5A, 4A and 3A regular-season scores and complete coverage of area games.

Iowa City High 42, 5A No. 2 Bettendorf 23

Iowa City High got the signature win it needed. Dawson Kahl ran for 129 yards and four touchdowns in the Little Hawks’ 42-23 upset of 5A No. 2 Bettendorf.

“It tells everybody in our locker room and gives us confidence that, ‘Hey, we belong in this top echelon of teams,’” fourth-year City High Coach Mitchell Moore said. “There are a lot of good teams. There is a lot of parity out there right now in 5A football. And if this was the No. 1 team and the 8-0 team, we certainly belong on the field with them.”

City High broke the game open with three touchdowns in the second quarter. Facing a fourth down and goal to go at the Bettendorf 3-yard-line and just nine seconds until halftime, Moore elected to try for the touchdown. City High senior quarterback Bobby Bacon threw to senior tight end Parker Sutherland, who used every inch of his 6-foot-7 frame to stretch the ball across the goal line for a 28-10 halftime lead.

Bacon threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns, including a 49-yard strike to sophomore Chayse Newton. Kahl helped put the game away with touchdown runs of 23 and 6 yards in the fourth quarter.

Sutherland caught six passes for 89 yards, while 5-foot-6 tailback Gabe Egeland added 83 rushing yards.

City High defensive linemen Kane Willey and Raphael Etuma each registered sacks and Peter Pufall and Iyon Harris both collected interceptions for the Little Hawks’ defense, which yielded just nine first downs and 227 total yards to the Bettendorf offense.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Douglas Miles

5A No. 6 Iowa City Liberty 70, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 33

Reece Rettig threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as Iowa City Liberty (8-1) downed the J-Hawks (5-4) at Kingston Stadium to lock up the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A playoffs.

Bettendorf's loss to Iowa City High assured Scott Chandler's team the top spot in the RPI rankings.

Rettig threw for 285 yards. Cedar Rapids Jefferson quarterback Vernon Benda passed for 267 yards.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Mike Condon

Cedar Rapids Prairie 28, Iowa City West 21

Prairie rushed for 327 yards in the regular-season finale at John Wall Field. This game was won up front, so give mega props to the big uglies, as they call them, guys who never get any glory.

That’d be Roby Swartzendruber, fellow tackle Javen Donald, guards Justin Velky and Jace Tonne, center Aiden Packard, fullback Brandon Brune and tight ends David Fason and Bennett Koch. Those guys imposed their will.

Brune had a touchdown run, tailback Quinton Alexander two. Fason caught a 57-yard touchdown pass from Wyatt Eash, as Prairie (4-5) rolled to a 21-0 halftime lead and hung on.

“We thought we could be more physical than them,” said Prairie Coach Kyle Knock. “Then also you talk about taking the football out of their hands. When you can run six or seven minutes off the clock …”

Time of possession was dominated by the Hawks, keeping a high-octane West offense averaging 43.6 points off the field.

Alexander finished with 93 yards on 15 carries. BJay Bush Jr. led the way with 125 yards on 14 carries, with Talan Jackson adding 65 on 11 carries.

Butali Butali had 128 yards rushing and a touchdown for West (5-4). Quarterback Jack Wallace completed 16 of 21 passes for 139 yards, running for a score.

The Trojans also ran back a blocked punt for a score. They played much of the game without leading receiver Mason Woods, who injured his leg in a game last week.

» Read the game story from The Gazette’s Jeff Johnson

4A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier 49, Burlington 6

It was an opportunity to get right before playoff time for Cedar Rapids Xavier.

The Saints made the most of it. Class 4A No. 10 Xavier (6-3, 4-1) put the throttle down in their District 3 finale against Burlington (2-7, 0-5).

Carter Hoffmann carried the ball eight times for 72 yards and two scores.

Xavier held Burlington to 133 yards of total offense.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Ryan Pleggenkuhle

3A No. 8 Benton Community 21, 3A No. 1 Williamsburg 0

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If you’re sleeping on Benton Community, quit hitting the snooze button and open your eyes.

The Bobcats are a tough, hard-nosed football team that’s making a habit of humbling highly-ranked teams. For the second time this season, they have knocked off a top-ranked opponent.

Benton produced a stingy defense and Dylan Lefebvere rushed for three touchdowns, including two in the final 3:24, to drop No. 1 Williamsburg, 21-0, and claim the Class 3A District 5 title Friday night at home.

“It was a great opportunity, great team win,” Lefebvere said. “Coaches really pushed us this week. We wanted to win this. We want to be district champions. All of us wanted this all year long.”

» Read the game story from The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher

5A No. 10 Ankeny 56, Cedar Rapids Washington 0

Having to make a second trip to Cedar Rapids in as many days did nothing to slow down the Ankeny football team.

After continuous lightning strikes on Thursday night forced the Hawks and Cedar Rapids Washington to put a halt to play after playing just over four minutes at Kingston Stadium, Ankeny wasted little time in taking control. The Hawks scored just four plays after the resumption of play and never looked back.

Ankeny (5-4) came into the week with the No. 12 RPI ranking in Class 5A and may have done enough to earn a home playoff game when the pairings are released.

The Warriors finish at 3-6 in Eric Addy's first year at the helm.

On the final play Thursday, Ankeny had broken off a big run to get into position. It appeared that the Warriors had received a break when Caden Henkes fumbled shy of the goal line, but Hawks offensive lineman Zach Breitbach jumped on the ball for the first score.

It was all Ankeny from that point on. Coach Jeff Bauer's team scored three times in the second quarter, the final one coming on a 68-yard return off a blocked field goal. Riley McFadden scooped up the ball and took it in on the final play of the first half, giving the visitors a 28-0 lead.

Henkes scored early in the third on a 3-yard run to start the continuous clock.

Ankeny rushed the ball 33 times for 321 yards. The Hawks defense, which got a 35-yard interception return for a score from Samuel Sandvig in the third quarter, held the Warriors to 117 total yards.

— Mike Condon

3A No. 7 Independence 57, Center Point-Urbana 30

EJ Miller passed for 218 yards and rushed for 169, scoring four touchdowns, as the Mustangs won at home.

AJ Kitner added 232 rushing yards and two TDs and Brady Kurt caught 11 passes for 165 yards and a TD.

Miller scored on runs of 8, 9, 2 and 8 yards and completed 17 of 22 passes, including a 4-yard scoring toss to Kurt.

Tyler Knight rushed for 146 yards and two TDs for the Stormin’ Pointrs. Jackson Brincks completed 7 of 13 passes for 102 yards and also scored on a 5-yard run for CPU.

4A No. 3 Decorah 45, Waterloo East 10

Trevor Kuennen scored a pair of rushing touchdowns and Gavin Groux scored on a 77-yard punt return as the Vikings finished the regular season 9-0.

Decorah opened the scoring on a 34-yard pass from Tanner Cadell to Tom Sexton. Kuennen then scored on a 74-yard run to give the Vikings a 13-0 lead.

Kuennen added a 2-yard TD run to make it 21-3 at halftime.

Brayden Wemark kicked a 31-yard field goal and Groux later added a 2-yard TD run late in the game.

— Randy Iverson

West Delaware 35, Central DeWitt 0

Brent Yonkovic completed 14 of 23 passes for 145 yards and rushed for 98 and two touchdowns as the Hawks closed with a win.

Yonkovic scored on runs of 6 and 3 yards and hit Ryan Hilby on a 7-yard TD pass.

Jack Cantwell and Macoy Roling scored rushing TDs for West Delaware of 16 and 5 yards, respectively.

— Bill Logan

Statewide Week 9 Iowa high school football scores

CLASS 5A

Ankeny 56, Cedar Rapids Washington 0

Ankeny Centennial 49, Urbandale 7

Cedar Falls 56, Davenport West 0

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 34, Davenport North 17

Cedar Rapids Prairie 28, Iowa City West 21

Des Moines East 25, Des Moines Roosevelt 20

Dubuque Hempstead 40, Davenport Central 7

Iowa City High 42, Bettendorf 23

Iowa City Liberty 70, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 33

Johnston 35, Sioux City East 14

Muscatine 27, Dubuque Senior 26

Pleasant Valley 35, Linn-Mar 21

Southeast Polk 49, Des Moines Lincoln 0 (Thursday)

Waterloo West 28, Ottumwa 21

Waukee 66, Council Bluffs Lincoln 7

Waukee Northwest 50, Ames 6

West Des Moines Dowling 46, Sioux City North 6

West Des Moines Valley 35, Marshalltown 8

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 1

Denison-Schleswig 51, Sioux City West 15

Fort Dodge 24, Spencer 20

Le Mars 49, Storm Lake 0

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 2

Decorah 35, Waterloo East 10

Waverly-Shell Rock 28, Marion 6

Western Dubuque 56, Mason City 21

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 3

Cedar Rapids Xavier 49, Burlington 6

Clear Creek Amana 56, Clinton 22

North Scott 56, Oskaloosa 7

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 4

Carlisle 21, Bondurant-Farrar 14

Gilbert 14, Pella 7

Newton 49, Des Moines Hoover 7

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 5

Ballard 42, Boone 0

Indianola 69, Des Moines North 18

North Polk 27, Adel ADM 14

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 6

Lewis Central 49, Dallas Center-Grimes 8

Norwalk 29, Glenwood 26

Winterset 56, Council Bluffs Jefferson 7

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 1

Carroll 42, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 13

MOC-Floyd Valley 49, Sioux City Heelan 21

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 28, Sioux Center 21

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 2

Algona 31, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 6

Clear Lake 56, Charles City 0

Humboldt 28, Webster City 14

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 3

Dubuque Wahlert 49, Maquoketa 6

Independence 57, Center Point-Urbana 30

West Delaware 35, Central DeWitt 0

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 4

Davenport Assumption 35, Mount Pleasant 0

Mount Vernon 62, Keokuk 7

Washington 41, Fort Madison 21

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 5

Benton Community 21, Williamsburg 0

Grinnell 45, Fairfield 27

Solon 54, South Tama 6

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 6

Creston 72, Perry 13

Harlan 42, Knoxville 7

Nevada 42, Atlantic 7

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