Iowa high school football playoffs: Round of 32 scores, stats and more

The 2022 Iowa high school football playoffs kicked off Friday night for teams in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Winners advance to the round of 16, with brackets set to be released at 10 a.m. Saturday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Here’s a look at Friday’s first-round scores, with notes from a few Gazette area games.

Class 2A

No. 9 Monticello 62, Central Lee 0

The Panthers held the Hawks to 85 total yards, and the offense scored on its first nine possessions in a Class 2A playoff game.

Quarterback Preston Ries rushed for 112 yards and four touchdowns for the host Panthers (7-2), and threw for three more scores. Gage Guilford made an interception and blocked a Central Lee punt.

The Panthers led 42-0 at halftime.

— Pete Temple

Dubuque Wahlert 62, West Liberty 0

Ryan Brosius scored six touchdowns, including a 106-yard interception return, as the Golden Eagles rolled to a Class 2A playoff win.

Brosius also scored on runs of 11, 5 and 11 yards and on two receptions from Bryce Rudiger.

— Dubuque Telegraph Herald

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No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 57, Iowa Falls-Alden 0

No. 6 Greene County 35, Union Community 13

No. 8 Osage 49, Clarion CGD 15

No. 3 Spirit Lake 35, Sheldon 7

No. 10 Waukon 24, New Hampton 22

No. 4 West Marshall 63, Clarke 13

No. 2 Williamsburg 42, Camanche 0

Centerville 50, Des Moines Christian 42

Clarinda 56, Roland-Story 27

Crestwood 28, North Fayette Valley 20

Mid-Prairie 7, Northeast 6

Clear Lake 28, Monroe PCM 27

No. 5 Ida Grove OABCIG 29, Unity Christian 23

No. 7 West Lyon 37, Estherville-Lincoln Central 26

Class 1A

No. 3 West Branch 42, South Hardin 0

Andy Henson rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns as the Bears opened the Class 1A playoffs with a lopsided win.

Tye Hughes added 120 yards of total offense and two rushing touchdowns.

The Bears (9-0) led 28-0 at the half.

Senior Kinnick Boelk ended the scoring with a 56-yard scamper along the east sideline.

— Jason Miller

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No. 5 Aplington-Parkersburg 56, Eagle Grove 8

No. 8 MFL MarMac 48, Durant 12

Sigourney-Keota 31, Sumner-Fredericksburg 0

South Hamilton 54, Ridge View 12

No. 4 Underwood 49, Interstate 35 17

No. 1 Van Meter 49, Pleasantville 0

No. 2 West Sioux 58, East Sac County 0

Guthrie Center ACGC 34, Treynor 29

Waterloo Columbus 14, Denver 7

No. 10 Dike-New Hartford 48, Cascade 14

No. 6 Carroll Kuemper 35, Emmetsburg 8

No. 9 Mediapolis 52, Central Decatur 7

No. 7 Pella Christian 31, Iowa City Regina 0

Western Christian 36, South Central Calhoun 18

Woodward-Granger 34, West Central Valley 3

Class A

No. 8 East Buchanan 44, Lisbon 14

The line is big. The backs are slippery.

The punter? Not a factor.

Eighth-ranked East Buchanan scored on its first six possessions behind a bruising ground game and dusted Lisbon, 44-14, in a Class A first-round playoff game Friday night at Buccaneer Field.

“We played Buccaneer football,” said Tanner Thurn, who rushed for 223 yards and five touchdowns. “This wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. We average about 400 (rushing) yards per game.”

It was 444 yards on the ground (on 55 carries) Friday as the Buccaneers (8-1) won their seventh straight game.

» Read more from The Gazette’s Jeff Linder

No. 10 Alburnett 38, Bellevue 27

Alburnett was cold at the start.

Ice cold, actually. The Pirates defense struggled to stop Bellevue, while the offense made uncharacteristic mistakes that Coach Rich Valezquez hadn’t see from the district champions this year.

The thaw took about a quarter and then the Pirates started to warm up. Once they caught fire, they scorched the Comets.

No. 10 Alburnett overcame a double-digit deficit with four touchdowns in the second quarter, including three Mason Neighbor touchdown passes, to take the lead for good and defeat Bellevue, 38-27, in the first round of the Class A playoffs Friday night at Jim Carver Field of Martin Sports Complex.

“We came out slow,” Velazquez said. “We were able to adjust and then we were able to do what we know we could do.”

Neighbor passed for 278 yards.

» Read more from The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher

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No. 5 Avoca AHSTW 46, Westwood 21

No. 2 Grundy Center 49, Belle Plaine 0

No. 7 Hartley HMS 46, North Union 31

No. 3 Lynnville-Sully 49, Earlham 16

No. 6 North Linn 45, Wapello 0

No. 1 West Hancock 44, Nashua-Plainfield 16

No. 4 Woodbury Central 42, South O’Brien 0

Columbus Community 62, Maquoketa Valley 14

No. 9 Le Mars Gehlen 40, Tri-Center 22

Hinton 46, Logan-Magnolia 22

Southwest Valley 21, Madrid 14

Mount Ayr 27, Ogden 24

Mason City Newman 49, Hudson 42

Wapsie Valley 35, Saint Ansgar 0

8-Player

Turkey Valley 71, Edgewood-Colesburg 42

Noah Hanson passed for four touchdowns and ran for another as the Trojans rolled in an 8-Player playoff game.

Oliver Schmitt rushed for 144 yards and a TD and caught two passes for 87 yards and two TDs. Carson Busta added 122 rushing yuards and three scores.

Ed-Co’s Cael Funk passed for 290 yards and three TDs and rushed for 109 yards and two more TDs.

— Darin Svenson

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No. 3 Don Bosco 48, Winfield-Mount Union 18

No. 7 West Harrison 29, Bedford 27

No. 5 Easton Valley 40, BGM 34

No. 10 Ruthven GTRA 50, Kingsley-Pierson 34

No. 4 Lenox 66, Colo-Nesco 14

Montezuma 44, Iowa Valley 42

No. 9 Southeast Warren 38, East Mills 32

No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s 76, Audubon 0

No. 2 WACO 57, Martensdale-St. Marys 14

No. 8 Newell-Fonda 55, Harris-Lake Park 26

West Bend-Mallard 48, Clarksville 0

Anita CAM 58, Baxter 38

Fremont-Mills 44, Moravia 38

No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 46, New London 14

Central City 46, Tripoli 26