Mount Vernon quarterback Kellen Haverback passed for two touchdowns and rushed for one, helping Class 3A top-ranked Mount Vernon defeat No. 9 Benton Community, 30-14, in a high school football game Friday night at Armstrong Field of Martha Parsons Activity Complex. The Mustangs recorded their fourth straight victory over the Bobcats.
Roundup of Week 2 results of Gazette-area schools
Xavier started fast. After stopping the Bobcats on their first drive, the Saints needed just eight plays to score but could never quite put away visiting Western Dubuque.
Photos from West Branch visiting Iowa City Regina in Week 2 of Iowa School Football Friday, September 5, 2025
Cedar Rapids Prairie has a really good football team this season, one that won for the second straight time this early season, 38-13, Friday night over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Kingston Stadium.
Braden Bickford ran the opening kickoff back 90 yards for a touchdown, and West Liberty handled Tipton, 30-7, in a non-district football game Friday night at Memorial Field.
See photos as the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars hosted the Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks for an Iowa high school football game at Kingston Stadium.
An injury and two suspensions depleted the quarterback position for the North Scott football team going into this season. Senior Cole Green got the nod despite not playing at all his junior season and only going out this season because he anticipated being his team’s kicker. He rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown, threw two TD passes, kicked five extra points and a field goal Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.
Enrollment numbers forced BGM High School back into 11-player football this season after five previous years of being an 8-Player program. Behind 545 combined yards rushing and passing, including seven total touchdowns, from senior quarterback Beau Burns, BGM won its opener last Friday over Columbus Junction, 47-14.
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 2 games to watch. Iowa City Liberty plays at four-time defending state champion Southeast Polk in a Class 5A top-five showdown.
High school football: Who the ranked teams in The Gazette’s poll play in Week 2. Four top-10 matchups this week in Class 5A, including No. 1 West Des Moines Valley at No. 2 Waukee Northwest.
Results from week 1 and a look at week 2 matchups in Iowa High School Football -Triple Option Podcast
The Gazette’s Iowa high school football staff and Gazette contributor Scott Unash tackles high school football questions. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Unash can gain in 4 Downs:
High school football: The Gazette’s post Week-1 poll.
Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier was businesslike in its 31-0 drubbing of No. 9 North Scott Friday night at Eldridge. The Saints won their 11th straight season opener.
Photos from Iowa High School football between Cedar Rapids Prairie at Linn-Mar High School Friday, August 29, 2025
High school volleyball: Examining a few of the big area winners of the season’s first week.
High school volleyball: Resurgent Iowa City Liberty opens MVC divisional play with a sweep of Cedar Rapids Xavier.
As college football programs from across the country covet the Chicago area, a variety of factors have helped the Hawkeyes maintain it as a recruiting pipeline.
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