Iowa high school football roundup: Week 4 scores, stats and more

Here’s our Week 4 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.

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5A No. 9 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45, Cedar Rapids Washington 7

Cedar Rapids Kennedy was on a mission to reclaim its brand of football.

Well, mission accomplished.

The Cougars scored on their first six possessions of the game, forced five total turnovers and cruised to a 45-7 victory over Cedar Rapids Washington on Friday night at Kingston Stadium. Class 5A No. 9 Kennedy won its second straight game to improve to 2-2 and hasn’t allowed an offensive touchdown in eight quarters.

“We had to get better defensively,” Kennedy Coach Brian White said. “What it boiled down to was fundamentals, tackling. Do your assignment, do what you’re asked on the field and rely on your teammates to do their job. I think we got better last week against Linn-Mar and we were really good at that tonight.”

The Cougars overpowered Washington, recovering three fumbles and picking off a pair of passes while holding the Warriors to just 58 total yards. They also tallied five sacks.

“We love to send the dogs in,” Kennedy senior linebacker B.J. Henry said. “For the most part, everybody is doing their jobs. They are just playing fast.

“Once we get momentum going and everybody is on the same page it’s hard to stop it.”

Kennedy’s offense did capitalize when the defense got the ball. The Cougars scored 24 points off turnovers and short fields.

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

Iowa City High 23, Iowa City West 8

His name is Miles. His game is yards.

Lots of yards.

Miles Parlet rushed for 220 of them on 36 carries, including a back-breaking, Boot-clinching 63-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and Iowa City High outplayed Iowa City West, 23-8, Friday night at Bates Field.

The Little Hawks (2-2) keep The Boot on the east side of town for the third consecutive year.

“Adversity is an opportunity to grow,” Parlet said. “We started 0-2, we looked at that as motivation, and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Parlet spent his first two years of high school at Cedar Rapids Washington, his junior year in Hawaii.

“This program is a blessing,” he said. “Tonight, I just followed my line.”

City dominated the action for much of the game, outgaining West (2-2) by a yardage margin of 445-227 and claiming four takeaways.

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

Solon 37, 3A No. 2 Mount Vernon 20

Mount Vernon had hoped to send First Street Field off on a high note.

Solon head coach Luke Stanton, a Mount Vernon alum, had his own version of a farewell.

The Spartans, led by Stanton and wildcat back Conlan Poynton, upset Class 3A No. 2 Mount Vernon, 37-20, in the final home football game for the Mustangs at First Street Field.

“It feels great,” Stanton said. “With so much history on this field ... I mean, I grew up playing pickup football games on this field and I was the water boy. It’s just kind of surreal, to be completely honest.

“As much as they wanted to win on this field for the last time, I wanted to win.”

Poynton finished with 218 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Ryan Pleggenkuhle

5A No. 3 Bettendorf 21, Linn-Mar 14

They are bruised, battered and missing a lengthy list of players due to injury.

Even in defeat against No. 3 Bettendorf on Friday night at Linn-Mar Stadium, the Lions showed they are far from broken.

Linn-Mar battled the visiting Bulldogs on even terms the entire night. It looked like the Lions would have a chance to pull the upset when Stone Morgan connected with Landon Sorg on an apparent 18-yard scoring pass with one minute remaining.

However, it was taken off the board when officials called Linn-Mar for an illegal block, allowing Bettendorf to head home with a 21-14 victory.

Linn-Mar Coach Tim Lovell was understandably proud of the effort, coming off a 34-0 loss to Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

“The kids really responded to the next man in challenge,” he said. “We had a chance. We were one play and one call away from going to overtime with the No. 3 team in the state.”

The injury situation for the Lions has been well-documented. Junior running back Dylan Muszynski injured an ankle last week against Kennedy and his replacement, Tyree Alons, was helped off the field after just two carries on Friday night. He was ruled out for the game after taking a hit to the head.

Bettendorf (4-0) has relied mostly on its running game this season, but never really got it going against an aggressive Lion defense. Coach Aaron Wiley's team was held to 124 yards on 33 carries.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Mike Condon

Marion 34, Maquoketa 7

There was genuine fear that Kaiden Griffith might not be able to play his senior football season.

The Marion wide receiver-cornerback took a helmet to the knee in his team’s preseason scrimmage against Linn-Mar. A lot of bad things can happen to a knee when that happens.

“I got off the field, it felt fine walking until I got down on the training bench,” Griffith said Friday night after his team beat Maquoketa, 34-7, at Marion Stadium. “Our trainer started doing her stuff, I got up, and it started buckling on me, started to move. After that, it was like ‘I don’t know if this is good.’”

But everything turned out fine. There was no major damage to his knee, some physical therapy helped things get right, and Griffith has gotten to play.

Which is a really, really good thing for Marion. The kid caught two touchdown passes from quarterback Kaleb Diers: a 29-yarder off a fade route down the left sideline in the first quarter and a 70-yarder in the third quarter in which he literally went up and over a Maquoketa defensive back to snag a long, wobbling pass from Diers, then rolling about 35 yards to the end zone.

That Griffith magic came on a third-and-long play and completely returned every ounce of momentum back to the Wolves (3-1) after Maquoketa (3-1) had snatched it with a six-minute scoring drive to start the second half. Quarterback Carter Meyer’s scrambling 12-yard TD run and the extra point made it a 13-7 game.

“Found a mismatch, had to just do what I do and go up for the jump ball. I’ll catch it,” Griffith said. “All Kaleb has to do is throw it up, and I’ll be there. I got my space, and I just took off. I think it was a game changer. Like you said, they had all the momentum. After that play, they just got down on themselves, and we took over.”

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

A No. 9 North Linn 48, North Cedar 0

Fueled by turnovers and the arm and legs of Jake VanEtten, Class A ninth-ranked North Linn continued its healthy start to the season with a 48-0 prep football victory Friday night over North Cedar.

The Lynx forced five turnovers. All of them left the Lynx with short fields. Short fields that VanEtten was able to capitalize on.

“I thought defensively we played really well,” North Linn Coach Jared Collum said. “Up front did a good job getting on the passer. We talked to our (defensive) backs this week about ball-hawking. Balls in the air, we wanted to go get it.”

The Knights (1-3, 0-3) were one play away from sending North Linn off the field. On third-and-12, Cole Griffith broke free of his defender and hauled in a 69-yard touchdown pass to put the Lynx up 7-0 with 5:44 left in the first quarter.

The wheels fell off from there.

Unable to budge the North Linn (4-0, 3-0) front four on the ground, the Knights continued to work through the air, but the Lynx buckled down. The snap on the Knights’ first punt attempt was high and North Linn took over deep in North Cedar territory.

This began three drives where the Lynx went 19, 29, and 10 yards as the lead quickly ballooned to 27-0 with 10:21 left in the half. The barrage included a forced fumble and a Griffith interception.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Culley Kline

Cedar Rapids Jefferson 56, Des Moines East 12

Braylon Evans scored on an interception he tipped to himself and L.J. Nyenow also scored as the J-Hawks improved to 4-0.

Independence 21, Decorah 7

EJ Miller completed 15 of 18 passes for 138 yards and rushed for 88 more and two touchdowns as the Mustangs handed the Vikings their first loss of the season.

Miller scored on runs of 2 and 16 yards. Brady Kurt caught seven passes for 80 yards.

Tate Wood had 21 tackles, 14 solo, for Independence.

Decorah’s Dakota Johnson rushed for 133 yards and a TD.

West Delaware 42, 3A No. 4 Webster City 13

Brent Yonkovic rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns as the Hawks rocked No. 4 Webster City in Manchester.

Yonkovic also completed 5 of 11 passes for 82 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown pass to Seth Jackson. Ryan Hilby opened the scoring for West Delaware with an 84-yard punt return and Jax Miller added 5-yard TD run.

The Hawks totaled 416 yards of offense, 334 on the ground.

— Bill Logan

West Branch 38, Cascade 0

Brennen Dale passed for one touchdown and ran for another as the Bears rolled to a home victory.

Joe Hamann had a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown and Zach Capper and Cooper Gates also had rushing TD for West Branch (2-2, 1-0 Class 1A District 5).

— Jason Miller

South Winneshiek 27, Mason City Newman 20

Parker Timp’s 1-yard touchdown run with five seconds left lifted the Warriors on the road.

Brady Ohrt scored on a run and caught a TD pass from Braiden Todd. Kyle Kuboushek rushed for 8 yards and a TD. Carson Streeter had eight catches for 100 yards.

— Darin Svenson

2A No. 5 Monticello 38, Anamosa 20

In a game of big plays, the visiting Panthers (3-1, 1-0) outlasted the Blue Raiders (2-2, 0-1).

Monticello quarterback Preston Ries rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns, and passed for 153 yards and two more scores, including tosses of 65 yards to Peyton Schilling and 45 yards to Easton Prull.

Conner Jordan returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a TD.

For Anamosa, Vince Diers passed for 290 yards and two touchdowns — 68 yards to Easton Wheeler and 65 yards to Grayson Weers.

— Pete Temple

How the ranked teams fared

Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s poll fared in their Week 4 games.

Statewide Week 4 Iowa high school football scores

Adel ADM 47, Norwalk 14

Akron-Westfield 36, Hartley HMS 8

Algona 53, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 20

Algona Garrigan 59, Northwood-Kensett 22

Ames 34, Des Moines Roosevelt 14

Anita CAM 50, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6

Ankeny 16, Johnston 10

Audubon 66, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 48

Ballard 24, Dallas Center-Grimes 0

Bedford 52, East Union 6

Belle Plaine 66, BGM 35

Bellevue 42, Clayton Ridge 0

Benton Community 42, Clear Creek Amana 27

Bettendorf 21, Linn-Mar 14

Bondurant Farrar 36, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 26

Burlington 42, Mount Pleasant 7

Camanche 33, Northeast 8

Carlisle 17, Indianola 6

Carroll Kuemper 42, Roland-Story 7

Cedar Falls 35, Iowa City Liberty 19

Cedar Rapids Jefferson 56, Des Moines East 12

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45, Cedar Rapids Washington 7

Center Point-Urbana 58, South Tama 0

Central City def. New London, forfeit

Central Decatur 31, Mount Ayr 14

Central Lee 20, Davis County 14

Central Springs 42, Denver 6

Charles City 19, Mason City 14

Clarion CGD 41, Garner GHV 6

Clarke 40, Centerville 28

Clarksville 68, Tripoli 14

Clear Lake 28, Waverly-Shell Rock 25

Collins-Maxwell 46, Colo-Nesco 26

Columbus Community 56, Pekin 24

Council Bluffs Jefferson 28, Council Bluffs Lincoln 27

Creston 50, Carroll 21

Crestwood 54, Oelwein 15

Danville 49, Louisa-Muscatine 6

Davenport Assumption 30, Dubuque Wahlert 6

Davenport West 36, Davenport Central 3

Denver 42, Central Springs 6

Des Moines Christian 52, Southeast Valley 12

DeWitt Central 44, Clinton 6

Dike-New Hartford 24, Sumner-Fredericksburg 14

Don Bosco 68, Lansing Kee 34

Earlham 60, Southwest Valley 14

Easton Valley 74, Calamus-Wheatland 47

Eddyville EBF 34, Colfax-Mingo 7

Edgewood-Colesburg 50, Midland 22

Emmetsburg 40, East Sac County 3

Estherville-Lincoln Central 34, Okoboji 23

Exira-EHK 62, Sidney 32

Fort Dodge 45, Waterloo East 27

Fremont Mills 49, Griswold 0

Gilbert 31, Boone 12

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 56, Dunkerton 0

Glenwood 28, Denison-Schleswig 14

Glidden-Ralston 42, Baxter 32

Greene County 41, Saydel 0

Grinnell 35, Washington 18

Grundy Center 49, East Marshall 0

Guthrie Center ACGC 35, South Central Calhoun 21

Hampton-Dumont-CAL 24, Nevada 21

Harlan 42, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6

Harris-Lake Park 26, Newell-Fonda 18

Hinton 12, Ridge View 8

Ida Grove OABCIG 55, Mapleton MVAOCOU 2

IKM-Manning 38, Oakland Riverside 37

Independence 21, Decorah 7

Interstate 35 24, Chariton 6

Iowa City High 23, Iowa City West 8

Iowa City Regina 49, Durant 12

Iowa Falls-Alden 28, Union Community 20

Janesville 85, Meskwaki 0

Keokuk 30, Fairfield 13

Kingsley-Pierson 47, Council Bluffs St. Albert 29

Knoxville 50, Des Moines Hoover 0

Lenox 66, Mormon Trail 8

Lisbon 57, Highland 6

Logan-Magnolia 26, West Monona 0

MFL MarMac 42, Aplington-Parkersburg 0

MOC-Floyd Valley 18, Le Mars 13

Madrid 27, Lynnville-Sully 9

Maquoketa Valley 59, Postville 0

Marcus MMCRU 27, South O'Brien 14

Marion 34, Maquoketa 7

Martensdale-St. Marys 22, North Mahaska 14

Mediapolis 29, Albia 0

Mid-Prairie 40, West Burlington/Notre Dame 18

Monroe PCM 50, Jesup 7

Monticello 38, Anamosa 20

Moravia 59, Southeast Warren 28

Murray 49, Lamoni 32

Muscatine 41, Dubuque Hempstead 21

Nashua-Plainfield 42, Ackley AGWSR 7

Newton 45, Marshalltown 0

North Fayette Valley 34, Waukon 7

North Iowa 57, Rockford 20

North Polk 28, Humboldt 7

North Tama 36, Conrad BCLUW 6

Ogden 29, Grand View Christian 14

Osage 40, New Hampton 7

Ottumwa 30, Oskaloosa 28

Panorama 35, Wayne 6

Pella 31, Cedar Rapids Xavier 21

Pleasant Valley 28, Cedar Rapids Prairie 23

Remsen St. Mary’s 12, Boyer Valley 7

Riceville 36, West Central 0

Saint Ansgar 61, Belmond-Klemme 6

Shenandoah 53, Missouri Valley 6

Sibley-Ocheyedan 42, Alta-Aurelia 6

Sigourney-Keota 67, Eldon Cardinal 0

Sioux Center 35, Spencer 14

Sioux Central 44, Eagle Grove 26

Solon 37, Mount Vernon 20

South Hamilton 56, West Central Valley 8

South Hardin 28, Alburnett 21

South Winneshiek, Calmar 27, Mason City Newman 20

Southeast Polk 24, Ankeny Centennial 21

Spirit Lake 63, Forest City 6

Stanton 52, East Mills 48

Storm Lake 56, Perry 31

Tipton 21, West Liberty 11

Treynor 46, Red Oak 6

Tri-Center 24, Westwood 0

Turkey Valley 76, Elkader Central 25

Underwood 28, Avoca AHSTW 12

Urbandale 30, Dubuque Senior 12

Van Buren County 40, Wapello 36

Van Meter 56, Clarinda 22

WACO 59, HLV 12

Wapsie Valley 19, North Butler 0

Waterloo Columbus 42, Hudson 18

Waterloo West 19, Davenport North 3

Waukee 37, West Des Moines Valley 15

West Bend-Mallard 58, Ruthven GTRA 18

West Branch 38, Cascade 0

West Delaware 42, Webster City 13

West Des Moines Dowling 31, Waukee Northwest 17

West Hancock 49, North Union 7

West Lyon 35, Unity Christian 0

West Marshall 52, Vinton-Shellsburg 21

West Sioux 30, Lawton-Bronson 29

Western Christian 28, Cherokee 21

Western Dubuque 31, North Scott 24

Williamsburg 48, Fort Madison 14

Wilton 47, Dyersville Beckman 7

Winterset 21, Atlantic 2

Woodbine 78, Siouxland Christian 38

Woodbury Central 43, Le Mars Gehlen 14

Woodward-Granger 46, Nodaway Valley 0