Iowa high school football roundup: Week 7 scores, stats and more (Oct. 11, 2024)

The Gazette’s Week 7 Iowa high school football roundup with Friday night’s statewide scores and complete coverage of area games.

3A No. 2 Williamsburg 42, 3A No. 5 Solon 13

The most prolific passing duo in Iowa high school football?

Hocker-to-Heitman has a nice ring to it.

The all-class state leader in touchdown passes, Grant Hocker threw five of them Friday night. Three of them went to Rayce Heitman, the all-class state leader in touchdown receptions.

That, and a pivotal early fourth-down stop by Trenton Davies led second-ranked Williamsburg to a 42-13 Class 3A District 5 romp over No. 5 Solon at Bob Murphy Stadium.

“He trusts me to go get the ball,” Heitman said after pushing his TD-reception total to 19. “And I trust him to make the throws.”

Williamsburg (6-1 overall, 3-0 district) outscored the Spartans 21-0 in the second half to pull away. The Raiders were effective both on the ground (215 yards, 102 by Nile Sinn) and through the air (206 yards and those five TD passes by Hocker).

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

Maquoketa Valley 35, A No. 9 North Linn 16

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Someone finally scored on Maquoketa Valley’s football team Friday night. It’d been five weeks and 21 quarters since that happened.

But that was just part of the news in this Class A showdown. The biggest part was MV’s offense cranking out five touchdowns and 35 points to upset ninth-ranked North Linn, 35-16.

“Of course it’s a team effort,” added sophomore MV receiver-defensive back Eli Dougherty. “I don’t know how to say this (specifically), but everybody is doing their jobs. That’s how everybody gets their stats. It’s a team victory. That’s all I’ve got to say.”

Dougherty said enough here with two interceptions that helped his team score a pair of touchdowns. Then he had one of his own on a beautiful play in which he ran a stop-and-go pattern and hauled in a beautifully thrown deep ball over the North Linn secondary for a 28-16 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Maquoketa Valley is 6-1 overall, its lone loss in the season opener to Cascade, 10-9. The Wildcats are 6-0 in District 4.

North Linn (6-1) lost for the first time overall and, obviously, in District 4 play.

Maquoketa Valley took a 12-0 lead after the first quarter on touchdowns runs of 10 and 5 yards by sophomore running back Rogan Heidt.

Heidt had 125 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 20 carries for Maquoketa Valley. North Linn actually outgained the Wildcats by a 284-221 margin.

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

4A No. 5 Decorah 57, Marion 14

Decorah turned a cold start into its own snowball effect. And once it started rolling, the Vikings’ avalanche overwhelmed Marion.

Quarterback Louis Bucksa passed for four touchdowns and Trevor Kuennen returned an interception for a score in the second quarter.

Bucksa finished with 241 passing yards, including 97 to Larson. He also rushed for a TD in the third.

“We wanted to run the ball and our game plan was to get some,” Decorah first-year head coach Mike Tangen said. “Once they started triggering down, we knew the passing game was going to have to loosen up a little bit. That’s what we had to do.

“Louis did a good job all night, staying calm. He threw to the open guy. Once we got rolling it was fun.”

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

5A No. 6 Linn-Mar 55, Davenport West 6

Dylan Muszynski had just three carries, but two went for long touchdown runs as the Lions rolled to an easy win at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Muszynski had 116 yards on three carries, but two of the runs went for scores of 55 and 49 yards as Linn-Mar (6-1) likely locked up a Class 5A playoff berth with the win. Kain Polniak and Carson Luense each returned interceptions for scores for Linn-Mar, which held the Falcons (0-7) to 151 total yards.

Alex Thurm, Chase Bradley, Tyree Alons and Emerson Gasper all had TDs for the Lions, who led 49-0 at intermission.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Mike Condon

Cedar Rapids Prairie 56, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7

Prairie got rolling early with two touchdowns in the first six-plus minutes of the game. After Prairie tailback Brandon Brune scored with a short touchdown run, Nile Fall recovered a Jefferson fumble in the end zone on the J-Hawks’ first offensive play.

From that point on, tight end David Fason took over the game. His touchdown receptions of 10 and 25 yards pushed the Prairie advantage to 28-0 less than two minutes into the second quarter.

On defense, the 6-foot-1, 235-pound defensive end registered a strip sack fumble, two fumble recoveries and a tackle for loss – all before halftime – as Prairie took a 49-7 lead into the locker room.

“All week, my coaches were just saying, ‘Let the dog loose and play like there is no tomorrow,” Fason said. “I am just trying to make it to the next level. That is what it takes.”

In the third quarter, Fason took a short toss from Prairie reserve quarterback Cael Kongshaug and outran the Jefferson defense for his third receiving touchdown of the game and team-best ninth this season.

The win snapped a three-game losing skid for Prairie (3-4) and kept its Class 5A playoff hopes alive.

» Read the game story from Gazette correspondent Douglas Miles

Iowa City West 56, Cedar Rapids Washington 21

The Trojans rolled on the back of an impressive four-touchdown performance by senior quarterback Jack Wallace.

West scored touchdowns on its first three offensive plays from scrimmage, each from 80 yards out or more, and never looked back.

West senior running back Butali Butali added a pair of touchdown runs.

— Jonah Frey

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45, Dubuque Hempstead 14

Jacob Doyle rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns as the Cougars won at Dalzell Field.

Quarterback Vinny Gianforte completed 11 of 15 passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns, including a 30-yard strike to Jackson Popelka just before halftime.

— Tim O’Neill, Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Mount Vernon 56, Fort Madison 7

Kellen Haverback threw for 220 yards on 16-of-25 passing with scoring throws to Jase Jaspers and Watson Krob.

Haverback also ran for two TDs. Cooper Hird added 58 rushing yards and three TDs.

— Ryan Suchomel

Independence 69, Maquoketa 0

EJ Miller passed for 164 yards and three touchdowns, all in the first half, as the Mustangs won big.

Miller completed 11 of 15 passes, including three to Brady Kurt for 52 yards and two TDs. Kurt also returned a kickoff 90 yards for a score.

Iowa City High 56, Davenport North 27

Senior Gabe Egeland rushed for five touchdowns as the Little Hawks won their fifth straight game.

— Rachel Bierman

Monticello 28, West Liberty 21

Quarterback Brady Gogel passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns for the Panthers (2-5, 2-2), who won for the second time in a row.

Carson Lambert, Conley Schauf and Jerin McElmeel caught touchdown passes. Lambert finished with 100 receiving yards.

West Liberty (2-5, 2-2) scored twice on trick plays; a halfback pass off a reverse from Enrique Michel to Cameron Iske for 21 yards, and a lateral and pass from Seth Axsom to Owen Daufeldt.

— Pete Temple

Anamosa 49, Camanche 14

Quarterback Vince Diers set a school record by throwing four first-quarter touchdowns as the Blue Raiders won on the road.

Adam Brophy and Nate Fischer each grabbed two TDs passes and Dane Owen had five receptions for 112 yards and one touchdown.

Diers completed 16 of 19 passes for 264 yards.

Hudson Scranton had two rushing touchdowns for the Raiders.

— Daryl Schepanski

3A No. 3 Dubuque Wahlert 17, West Delaware 14 (OT)

Nathan Schiesl’s 27-yard field goal in overtime sealed the win for the Golden Eagles.

West Delaware’s Brent Yankovic scored on a 1-yard run with 20 seconds left, then passed for a 2-point conversion to send the game into OT. He finished with 155 rushing yards and two TDs and passed for 131, completing 13 of 23 passes.

Luke Welbes broke a scoreless tie in the third quarter on a 3-yard TD pass from Drew Reilly to give Wahlert a 7-0 lead.

— Bill Logan

8P No. 3 Don Bosco 62, Turkey Valley 0

Kyler Knaack rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns and completed 4 of 5 passes for two more TDs as the Dons rolled at home.

Ty Christensen added 121 rushing yards and three TDs as Don Bosco scored on its first six possessions.

— Darin Svenson

1A No. 2 Wilton 39, West Branch 20

Drew Keith rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two more as the Beavers won in West Branch.

— Jason Miller

Statewide Week 7 Iowa high school football scores

CLASS 5A

Ankeny Centennial 45, Des Moines Roosevelt 3

Bettendorf 48, Davenport Central 0

Cedar Falls 38, Dubuque Senior 0

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45, Dubuque Hempstead 14

Cedar Rapids Prairie 56, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7

Iowa City High 56, Davenport North 27

Iowa City Liberty 28, Ankeny 20

Iowa City West 56, Cedar Rapids Washington 21

Johnston 56, Council Bluffs Lincoln 7

Linn-Mar 55, Davenport West 6

Marshalltown 26, Ames 21

Pleasant Valley 42, Muscatine 7

Sioux City East 54, Des Moines Lincoln 6

Sioux City North 37, Des Moines East 0 (Thursday)

Southeast Polk 31, Waukee 28

Waukee Northwest 65, Ottumwa 13

West Des Moines Dowling 49, Urbandale 28

West Des Moines Valley 49, Waterloo West 0

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 1

Le Mars 44, Fort Dodge 37 (Thursday)

Spencer 41, Sioux City West 0

Storm Lake 36, Denison-Schleswig 27

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 2

Decorah 57, Marion 14

Waverly-Shell Rock 40, Mason City 15

Western Dubuque 42, Waterloo East 10

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 3

Cedar Rapids Xavier 35, Oskaloosa 0

Clinton 34, Burlington 32

North Scott 28, Clear Creek Amana 7

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 4

Bondurant-Farrar 31, Gilbert 28

Newton 45, Carlisle 11

Pella 42, Des Moines Hoover 10 (Thursday)

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 5

Adel ADM 28, Ballard 10

Boone 40, Des Moines North 0

North Polk 22, Indianola 21

CLASS 4A DISTRICT 6

Glenwood 20, Dallas Center-Grimes 17

Lewis Central 28, Winterset 24

Norwalk 45, Council Bluffs Jefferson 0

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 1

MOC-Floyd Valley 35, Sioux Center 14

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21, Carroll 0

Sioux City Heelan 37, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 6

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 2

Clear Lake 36, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 0

Humboldt 21, Algona 20

Webster City 42, Charles City 21

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 3

Center Point-Urbana 28, Central DeWitt 17

Dubuque Wahlert 17, West Delaware 14 (OT)

Independence 69, Maquoketa 0

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 4

Davenport Assumption 34, Washington 6

Mount Pleasant 34, Keokuk 27

Mount Vernon 56, Fort Madison 7

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 5

Benton Community 38, Grinnell 7

Fairfield 33, South Tama 29

Williamsburg 42, Solon 13

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 6

Atlantic 35, Perry 14

Creston 70, Knoxville 0

Harlan 24, Nevada 21

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 1

Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 23, Western Christian 7

Cherokee 26, Unity Christian 14

West Lyon 50, Sheldon 0

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 2

Forest City 33, Estherville-Lincoln Central 27 (OT)

Okoboji 49, Clarion CGD 21

Spirit Lake 49, Garner GHV 6

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 3

Crestwood 28, New Hampton 27

North Fayette Valley beat Oelwein (forfeit)

Osage 42, Waukon 6

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 4

Anamosa 49, Camanche 14

Monticello 28, West Liberty 21

Northeast 36, Tipton 14

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 5

Mid-Prairie 48, Central Lee 14

Mediapolis 49, Davis County 20

West Burlington/Notre Dame 49, Albia 7

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 6

Jesup 35, Iowa Falls-Alden 6

Monroe PCM 49, West Marshall 7

Union Community 42, Vinton-Shellsburg 6

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 7

Clarinda 47, Chariton 7

Interstate 35 42, Clarke 6

Van Meter 54, Centerville 0

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 8

Carroll Kuemper 49, Saydel 0

Greene County 10, Southeast Valley 7

Roland-Story 28, Des Moines Christian 21

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 1

Hinton 19, Ida Grove OABCIG 13

Mapleton MVAOCOU 27, Lawton-Bronson 21

Ridge View 22, West Sioux 7

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 2

Emmetsburg 64, Eagle Grove 0

Manson-Northwest Webster 35, East Sac County 6

Sioux Central 43, Pocahontas Area 6

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 3

Dike-New Hartford 42, Aplington-Parkersburg 0

MFL MarMac 42, Denver 6

Sumner-Fredericksburg 54, Central Springs 12

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 4

Grundy Center 41, Alburnett 13

South Hardin 34, Hudson 21

Waterloo Columbus 26, East Marshall 21

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 5

Cascade 34, Durant 12

Dyersville Beckman 28, Iowa City Regina 15

Wilton 39, West Branch 20

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 6

Pella Christian 62, Eldon Cardinal 12

Pleasantville 48, Eddyville EBF 22

Sigourney-Keota 62, Colfax-Mingo 26

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 7

Grand View Christian 48, Nodaway Valley 8

West Central Valley 28, Ogden 16

Woodward-Granger 49, South Hamilton 12

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 8

Avoca AHSTW 42, Red Oak 28

Treynor 36, Shenandoah 6

Underwood 41, Missouri Valley 6

CLASS A DISTRICT 1

Akron-Westfield 29, Alta-Aurelia 15

Le Mars Gehlen 56, South O’Brien 21

Sibley-Ocheyedan 48, Hartley HMS 14

CLASS A DISTRICT 2

North Union 29, Mason City Newman 28

Saint Ansgar 53, West Fork 0

West Hancock 60, Lake Mills 6

CLASS A DISTRICT 3

North Butler 22, Nashua-Plainfield 0

South Winneshiek 44, North Tama 36

Wapsie Valley 46, Conrad BCLUW 0

CLASS A DISTRICT 4

Bellevue 40, Starmont 35

East Buchanan 33, Clayton Ridge 14

Maquoketa Valley 35, North Linn 16

Postville 14, North Cedar 8

CLASS A DISTRICT 5

Columbus Community 48, Van Buren County 7

Highland 41, Louisa-Muscatine 6

Lisbon 50, Danville 7

Pekin 57, Wapello 0

CLASS A DISTRICT 6

Lynnville-Sully 48, Martensdale-St. Marys 7

Madrid 41, North Mahaska 6

Wayne 30, Central Decatur 6

CLASS A DISTRICT 7

IKM-Manning 13, Southwest Valley 6

Oakland Riverside 41, Earlham 6

South Central Calhoun 41, Panorama 12

CLASS A DISTRICT 8

Kingsley-Pierson 21, West Monona 14

Logan-Magnolia 14, Council Bluffs St. Albert 10

Tri-Center 34, Woodbury Central 8

CLASS A NON-DISTRICT

Belmond-Klemme 26, Ackley AGWSR 21

Guthrie Center ACGC 40, Mount Ayr 14

Marcus MMCRU 41, Westwood 18

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 1

Ar-We-Va 34, Newell-Fonda 13

Boyer Valley 47, Siouxland Christian 12

Remsen St. Mary’s 46, Woodbine 30

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 2

Algona Garrigan 52, Ruthven GTRA 38

North Iowa 46, Harris-Lake Park 40

West Bend-Mallard 42, Northwood-Kensett 6

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 3

Don Bosco 62, Turkey Valley 0

Lansing Kee 44, Elkader Central 0

Riceville 57, Waterloo Christian 0

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 4

Garwin GMG 52, Meskwaki Settlement 0

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 49, Clarksville 8

Tripoli 66, Dunkerton 26

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 5

Central City 64, Lone Tree 8

Easton Valley 61, Midland 21

Edgewood-Colesburg 84, Calamus-Wheatland 31

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 6

Iowa Valley 74, HLV 36

WACO 60, English Valleys 12

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 7

Belle Plaine 88, Twin Cedars 0

BGM 95, Melcher-Dallas 6

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 8

Bedford 77, Lamoni 0

East Union 64, Murray 36

Lenox 55, Southeast Warren 8

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 9

Audubon 36, Collins-Maxwell 24

Fort Dodge St. Edmond 43, Colo-Nesco 6

Glidden-Ralston 48, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6

8-PLAYER DISTRICT 10

Exira-EHK 50, East Mills 44

Fremont-Mills 40, Anita CAM 28

Sidney 62, Stanton/Essex 20

8-PLAYER NON-DISTRICT

Griswold 66, West Harrison/Whiting 49

Janesville 62, Rockford 6

Montezuma 55, Baxter 44

Moravia 36, New London 20 (Saturday)

Springville 49, West Central 7

Winfield-Mount Union 68, Mormon Trail 8

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