High School Football

Prep football: Iowa member schools overwhelmingly pass measure dealing with enrollment and classification based on free and reduced lunch. Next up: Iowa Department of Education.

Southeast Polk star running back is part of Coach Matt Campbell’s plan to get the best from central Iowa.

One day after flipping his commitment from Iowa to Alabama, five-star offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor believes the “better opportunity” for him is at Alabama.

Prep football: How free and reduced lunch would have altered classification in 2021 and 2022.

Prep football: IHSAA approves socioeconomic factor to be instituted for football classification. First developed in Minnesota, the factor is free and reduced lunches. If member schools and Iowa Board of Education pass the amendment, it will go into effect next fall.

Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter has been named the 2022 Gazette area prep football player of the year. He’s an Iowa commit, for both football and wrestling. The Gazette’s coach of the year is Mount Vernon’s Lance Pedersen, who led his Mustangs to the Class 3A state championship game.

Meet The Gazette’s 2022 all-area football team. Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf is the defensive player of the year. Iowa City Liberty quarterback Graham Beckman’s breakout season garners Gazette offensive player of the year honors.

Longtime West Branch teacher and coach Butch Pedersen was recently diagnosed with blood cancer myelodysplastic syndrome. The West Branch Lions Club is conducting a bone marrow donor drive December 7 at the high school in the hopes of finding a match for Pedersen and others as part of their treatment.

A Hawkeye at the collegiate level and a Little Hawk at the high school level are finalists for the award that goes to the top linebacker in the country.

Here are the 2022 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state high school football teams, as voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.

Top-ranked Harlan scored three touchdowns in the final 12:16, including a 48-yard pass from Teagon Kasperbauer to Cade Sears with 1:24 remaining, to top No. 2 Mount Vernon, 30-23, in the Class 3A state football championship Friday.

Central Lyon/George-Little Rock racked up a time-of-possession advantage of 36 minutes to 12, converting two drives of nine-plus minutes into 10 points that pushed it past Williamsburg, 10-6, Friday morning in the Class 2A state championship football game.

Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Williamsburg 10-6 in the Class 2A Iowa high school state football championship game.

The Iowa high school state football championships wrap up Friday with four title games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Follow our live blog for updates throughout the day.