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Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 5 (Sept. 27, 2024)
Ballard upsets 4A No. 5 Indianola on a last-second field goal
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Here’s how all 70 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared Friday night.
District play opened in Class 4A and 3A with plenty of excitement, including a last-second field goal from Sam Hoffman to send Ballard past No. 5 Indianola, 16-14, in 4A.
Class 5A
No. 1 West Des Moines Valley beat Ames, 49-14
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 37-0
No. 3 Bettendorf beat Dubuque Hempstead, 30-12
No. 4 Pleasant Valley beat Dubuque Senior, 49-6
No. 5 Waukee lost to Johnston, 21-7
No. 6 Ankeny Centennial beat Des Moines East, 44-7
No. 7 Southeast Polk beat Sioux City East, 48-3
No. 8 Iowa City Liberty beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 26-21
No. 9 Linn-Mar beat No. 10 Cedar Falls, 28-27
No. 10 Cedar Falls lost to No. 9 Linn-Mar, 28-27
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central beat Glenwood, 55-15
No. 2 Pella beat Carlisle, 34-21
No. 3 North Polk beat Des Moines North, 48-12 (Thursday)
No. 4 Gilbert beat Des Moines Hoover, 56-0
No. 5 Indianola lost to Ballard, 16-14
No. 6 Decorah beat Mason City, 41-7
No. 7 Western Dubuque lost to Waverly-Shell Rock, 25-6
No. 8 North Scott beat Burlington, 38-0
No. 9 Adel ADM beat Boone, 49-27
No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Clinton, 56-0
Class 3A
No. 1 Solon beat No. 7 Grinnell, 26-7
No. 2 Algona beat Charles City, 53-25
No. 3 Williamsburg beat South Tama, 54-14
No. 4 Dubuque Wahlert beat Center Point-Urbana, 43-0
No. 5 Mount Vernon beat Mount Pleasant, 59-0
No. 5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 42-7
No. 7 Grinnell lost to No. 1 Solon, 26-7
No. 8 Independence beat Central DeWitt, 39-3
No. 9 Clear Lake beat Webster City, 49-21
No. 10 Humboldt beat Hampton-Dumont-CAL, 28-10
Class 2A
No. 1 West Lyon beat No. 8 Western Christian, 13-0
No. 2 Monroe PCM beat Union Community, 53-7
No. 3 Spirit Lake beat Okoboji, 42-7
No. 4 Van Meter beat Clarke, 56-0
No. 5 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock lost to Cherokee, 16-13 (OT)
No. 6 Carroll Kuemper beat Greene County, 28-0
No. 7 Northeast beat Monticello, 48-7
No. 8 Anamosa lost to West Liberty, 28-14
No. 8 Western Christian lost to No. 1 West Lyon, 13-0
No. 10 North Fayette Valley beat Osage, 35-0
Class 1A
No. 1 Grundy Center beat Waterloo Columbus, 48-6
No. 2 Wilton beat Durant, 45-7
No. 3 Dike-New Hartford beat Central Springs, 48-6
No. 4 Emmetsburg beat Sioux Central, 50-6
No. 5 South Hardin beat East Marshall, 48-0
No. 6 Iowa City Regina beat Cascade, 21-7
No. 7 Ida Grove OABCIG beat No. 10 Ridge View, 26-0
No. 8 Avoca AHSTW lost to Treynor, 28-7
No. 9 Hudson lost to Alburnett, 47-6
No. 10 Ridge View lost to No. 7 Ida Grove OABCIG, 26-0
Class A
No. 1 Guthrie Center ACGC beat Oakland Riverside, 50-42
No. 2 West Hancock beat West Fork, 48-0
No. 3 Saint Ansgar beat Nashua-Plainfield, 27-7
No. 4 Madrid lost to No. 8 Earlham, 21-14
No. 5 Lisbon beat Pekin, 28-15
No. 6 Woodbury Central beat Council Bluffs St. Albert, 35-27 (OT)
No. 7 Le Mars Gehlen beat Akron-Westfield, 49-20
No. 8 Earlham beat No. 4 Madrid, 21-14
No. 8 Tri-Center beat Logan-Magnolia, 37-0
No. 10 North Linn beat East Buchanan, 32-0
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Newell-Fonda, 50-6
No. 2 Algona Garrigan beat Rockford, 17-0 (forfeit)
No. 3 Audubon beat Coon Rapids-Bayard, 64-6
No. 4 Don Bosco beat West Central, 70-6
No. 5 Lenox beat East Union, 58-0
No. 6 Iowa Valley was idle
No. 7 Anita CAM beat Exira-EHK, 32-30
No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Janesville, 49-32
No. 9 Bedford beat Mormon Trail, 76-6
No. 10 Woodbine beat Ar-We-Va, 50-20
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