Early in a scoreless game at Winthrop, lightning and rain interrupted play for three hours. Play resumed at 11:05 p.m., and at 12:54 a.m., it was over. Behind 232 rushing yards and five touchdowns from Tanner Thurn, East Buchanan rolled past North Linn, 41-14, further muddling the Class A District 4 race.
The Iowa high school football regular season is basically halfway over and still surprising us. This week’s Prep Football Huddle podcast includes reactions to eye-opening wins for Starmont, Solon West Delaware and more.
With the start of district play in Classes 4A and 3A and group schedules beginning in Class 5A, this week’s Iowa high school football schedule is relatively light on ranked-vs.-ranked games. The storylines remain plentiful nonetheless. Here’s who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.
Starmont is producing one of its best football seasons in about a decade. The Stars posted a dominant 46-0 victory over Class A No. 4 East Buchanan at home, showing how far the program has progressed in recent years.
Another week of turmoil in the Class 4A Iowa high school football top 10. Among a big group of really good teams, which ones are set to emerge as the best? That’s how this episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast kicks off.
Iowa high school football district play kicks off for Class 2A and Class 1A teams this week, and each class features a top-10 matchup to get started. Here’s who all 70 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford delve into questions surrounding the high school football season. Read what we had to say on conversions, passing duos, recruits and the expansion of Friday Night Lights.
Lisbon amassed 444 offensive yards, including 277 rushing from Baylor Speidel in a 34-28 victory over Class A No. 10 Columbus Community, plus more notes from the area in the Week 3 Iowa high school football rewind.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 3 games.
A couple big results in Week 2 of the Iowa high school football season caused a bit of a rankings shake-up in this week’s Gazette poll. The Prep Football Huddle podcast breaks it all down.
Take a peek at this week’s Iowa high school football schedule and you might think the postseason has already started. It’s a stacked slate across the state. Here’s who all 73 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 3.
The Gazette’s post-Week 2 Iowa high school football poll: Williamsburg takes over the top spot in 3A after a win at Cedar Rapids Xavier; ADM replaces the Saints at No. 1 in 4A.
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