Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints

Here’s a look at how all 72 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in their Week 4 games Friday night.

For the first time in 13 years, Class 4A 10th-ranked Cedar Rapids lost back-to-back regular-season games after No. 3 Pella visited Saints Field and triumphed, 21-19, in the final non-district game for both teams Friday night.

Class 4A third-ranked Pella beat No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier 21-19 in a high school football game Friday night at Saints Field.

Here’s a look at who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 4 games Friday night.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.

Area volleyball Super Ten through matches played Sept. 17: Status quo among the top four -- Mount Vernon, Cedar Rapids Xavier, West Delaware and Beckman.

Linn-Mar’s Christian Cloyd and Cedar Rapids Xavie’s Logan Otting played a sudden-victory playoff to determine medalist honors at the CRANDIC boys’ golf meet Tuesday at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion. Cloyd won the playoff after two holes.

How is Linn-Mar making co-head coaches work? Which 0-3 team is in desperate need of a victory? Sifting through the Class 5A jumble and identifying coaches who would make good podcast hosts. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on these Iowa high school football topics.