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Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 4 (Sept. 20, 2024)
Class 5A No. 1 falls again, this time Southeast Polk topples Ankeny Centennial
It might no longer be news when Class 5A’s top-ranked team loses. That’s how tight the top teams in Iowa high school football’s largest class appear this season.
Four teams have held the No. 1 ranking in The Gazette’s poll, and all four went on to lose that week. Ankeny Centennial became the latest to join that club Friday night, falling 21-13 to Southeast Polk a week after the Rams were upset by Cedar Rapids Prairie and dropped out of the top 10.
Class A will have a new No. 1 in next week’s poll as well after Le Mars Gehlen took down top-ranked Woodbury Central 22-21.
Here’s a look at how all 72 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in their Week 4 games Friday night.
Class 5A
No. 1 Ankeny Centennial lost to Southeast Polk, 21-13
No. 2 Waukee lost to No. 3 West Des Moines Valley, 42-25
No. 3 West Des Moines Valley beat No. 2 Waukee, 42-25
No. 4 West Des Moines Dowling beat Waukee Northwest, 21-14
No. 5 Bettendorf beat No. 6 Linn-Mar, 27-24
No. 6 Linn-Mar lost to No. 5 Bettendorf, 27-24
No. 7 Cedar Falls lost to Iowa City Liberty, 49-42
No. 8 Pleasant Valley beat No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 38-21
No. 9 Ankeny lost to Johnston, 24-7
No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie lost to No. 8 Pleasant Valley, 38-21
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central beat Bondurant-Farrar, 24-14
No. 2 North Scott lost to No. 8 Western Dubuque, 21-7
No. 3 Pella beat No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 21-19
No. 4 North Polk beat 3A No. 8 Humboldt, 26-17
No. 5 Gilbert beat Boone, 35-21
No. 6 Decorah beat 3A No. 6 Independence, 21-14
No. 6 Indianola beat Carlisle, 28-7
No. 8 Adel ADM beat Norwalk, 35-34 (OT)
No. 8 Western Dubuque beat No. 2 North Scott, 21-7
No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier lost to No. 3 Pella, 21-19
Class 3A
No. 1 Solon beat No. 3 Mount Vernon, 7-6
No. 2 Williamsburg beat Fort Madison, 67-6
No. 3 Algona beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 35-0
No. 3 Mount Vernon lost to No. 1 Solon, 7-6
No. 5 Clear Lake lost to Waverly-Shell Rock, 31-30
No. 6 Independence lost to 4A No. 6 Decorah, 21-14
No. 7 Dubuque Wahlert beat Davenport Assumption, 38-21
No. 8 Humboldt lost to 4A No. 4 North Polk, 26-17
No. 9 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat No. 10 Harlan, 42-0
No. 10 Grinnell beat Washington, 31-0
No. 10 Harlan lost to No. 9 Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 42-0
Class 2A
No. 1 West Lyon beat Unity Christian, 49-0
No. 2 Monroe PCM beat Jesup, 55-7
No. 3 Spirit Lake beat Forest City, 56-0
No. 4 Van Meter beat Clarinda, 45-0
No. 5 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Sheldon, 56-6
No. 6 Carroll Kuemper beat No. 10 Roland-Story, 22-14 (OT)
No. 7 Cherokee lost to Western Christian, 20-16
No. 8 Northeast beat Camanche, 35-25
No. 9 Anamosa beat Monticello, 28-7
No. 10 Roland-Story lost to No. 6 Carroll Kuemper, 22-14 (OT)
Class 1A
No. 1 Grundy Center beat East Marshall, 42-6
No. 2 Wilton beat Dyersville Beckman, 35-7
No. 3 Emmetsburg beat East Sac County, 42-6
No. 4 Dike-New Hartford beat Sumner-Fredericksburg, 46-6
No. 5 Hinton lost to Ridge View, 15-0
No. 5 South Hardin beat Alburnett, 49-19
No. 7 Iowa City Regina beat Durant, 49-14
No. 8 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Mapleton MVAOCOU, 56-18
No. 9 Avoca AHSTW beat No. 10 Underwood, 26-21
No. 10 Underwood lost to No. 9 Avoca AHSTW, 26-21
Class A
No. 1 Woodbury Central lost to Le Mars Gehlen, 22-21
No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC beat South Central Calhoun, 28-14
No. 3 West Hancock beat North Union, 47-7
No. 4 Saint Ansgar beat Belmond-Klemme, 54-14
No. 5 Madrid beat Lynnville-Sully, 21-0
No. 6 Lisbon beat Highland, 49-6
No. 7 Earlham beat Southwest Valley, 41-6
No. 8 Tri-Center beat Westwood, 58-12
No. 9 North Linn beat North Cedar, 66-0
No. 10 Nashua-Plainfield beat Ackley AGWSR, 48-7
No. 10 Pekin beat Columbus Community, 48-0
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Boyer Valley, 44-12
No. 2 Algona Garrigan beat Northwood-Kensett, 74-6
No. 3 Audubon beat Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 44-22
No. 3 Lenox beat Mormon Trail, 65-0
No. 5 Don Bosco beat No. 10 Lansing Kee, 49-12
No. 6 Iowa Valley beat English Valleys, 70-16
No. 7 Anita CAM beat Coon Rapids-Bayard, 62-6
No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Dunkerton, 71-6
No. 9 Bedford beat East Union, 63-0
No. 10 Lansing Kee lost to No. 5 Don Bosco, 49-12
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