Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 8

The regular season ended with a bang in the smaller Iowa high school football classes, with three unbeaten matchups and four games between ranked teams on the schedule Friday night.

The top-ranked teams in Class 1A and Class A — Van Meter and West Hancock — handled fellow 7-0 foes in Guthrie Center ACGC and North Butler. But 2A No. 1 Southeast Valley suffered its first loss, 21-14 to Spirit Lake.

The other three classes also had ranked matchups in their penultimate regular-season week.

Here’s a look at how the 70 teams ranked in the Gazette poll fared in Week 8.

Class 5A

No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Johnston, 24-10

No. 2 Southeast Polk beat Ankeny Centennial, 16-0

No. 3 West Des Moines Valley lost to No. 9 West Des Moines Dowling, 31-27

No. 4 Ankeny beat Waukee Northwest, 48-7

No. 5 Urbandale beat Waukee, 35-0

No. 6 Cedar Rapids Prairie beat Iowa City West, 50-14

No. 7 Iowa City High beat Davenport West, 76-0

No. 8 Linn-Mar beat Davenport Central, 62-13

No. 9 West Des Moines Dowling beat No. 3 West Des Moines Valley, 31-27

No. 10 Cedar Falls lost to Bettendorf, 28-0

No. 10 Pleasant Valley beat Dubuque Senior, 28-14

Class 4A

No. 1 North Scott beat Fort Madison, 35-0

No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Newton, 48-24

No. 3 Bondurant-Farrar lost to No. 8 Indianola, 15-7

No. 4 Lewis Central beat Dallas Center-Grimes, 42-10

No. 5 Norwalk lost to Carlisle, 21-14

No. 6 Waverly-Shell Rock beat Western Dubuque, 55-39

No. 7 Winterset beat Des Moines Hoover, 53-0

No. 8 Indianola beat No. 3 Bondurant-Farrar, 15-7

No. 9 Webster City beat Storm Lake, 41-6

No. 10 Decorah beat Waterloo East, 37-0

Class 3A

No. 1 Harlan beat Creston, 42-0

No. 2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley beat MOC-Floyd Valley, 41-7

No. 3 West Delaware beat No. 6 Independence, 25-14

No. 4 Solon beat Grinnell, 35-17

No. 5 Humboldt beat No. 7 Nevada, 19-15

No. 6 Independence lost to No. 3 West Delaware, 25-14

No. 7 Nevada lost to No. 5 Humboldt, 19-15

No. 8 Benton Community beat Maquoketa, 42-14

No. 9 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Sioux City Heelan, 42-9

No. 10 Adel ADM beat Knoxville, 52-0

No. 10 Algona lost to Ballard, 49-21

Class 2A

No. 1 Southeast Valley lost to No. 7 Spirit Lake, 21-14

No. 2 West Marshall beat Albia, 53-8

No. 3 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Clarion CGD, 56-26

No. 4 Waukon beat Union Community, 59-28

No. 5 Greene County beat Clarke, 49-3

No. 5 West Lyon beat Cherokee, 50-0

No. 7 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Okoboji, 45-14

No. 7 Spirit Lake beat No. 1 Southeast Valley, 21-14

No. 9 Estherville-Lincoln Central beat Pocahontas Area, 45-0

No. 10 Williamsburg beat Eddyville EBF, 42-0

Class 1A

No. 1 Van Meter beat No. 8 Guthrie Center ACGC, 41-7

No. 2 Underwood beat Carroll Kuemper, 42-7

No. 3 Iowa City Regina beat Durant, 34-16

No. 4 Dike-New Hartford beat Central Springs, 55-0

No. 5 Sigourney-Keota beat Van Buren County, 49-0

No. 6 Dyersville Beckman beat MFL MarMac, 41-7

No. 6 West Sioux beat Sioux Central, 26-14

No. 8 Guthrie Center ACGC lost to No. 1 Van Meter, 41-7

No. 9 Pella Christian beat Central Decatur, 42-7

No. 10 Waterloo Columbus beat Sumner-Fredericksburg, 42-0

Class A

No. 1 West Hancock beat No. 6 North Butler, 36-0

No. 2 Grundy Center beat North Tama, 28-0

No. 3 North Linn beat Maquoketa Valley, 50-0

No. 4 Lisbon beat Starmont, 36-21

No. 5 Logan-Magnolia beat Lawton-Bronson, 41-0

No. 6 North Butler lost to No. 1 West Hancock, 36-0

No. 7 Woodbury Central beat Missouri Valley, 60-8

No. 8 Belle Plaine lost to Lynnville-Sully, 25-8

No. 9 East Buchanan beat South Winneshiek, 40-16

No. 10 Southwest Valley lost to Mount Ayr, 41-33

8-Player

No. 1 Anita CAM beat Boyer Valley, 74-6

No. 2 Montezuma beat Woodward Academy, forfeit

No. 3 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Glidden-Ralston, 53-0

No. 4 Easton Valley beat No. 9 Lansing Kee, 51-46

No. 5 Audubon beat Woodbine, 49-24

No. 6 Turkey Valley beat West Central, 65-8

No. 7 WACO was idle

No. 8 Lenox beat Fremont Mills, 52-46 (2OT)

No. 9 Lansing Kee lost to No. 4 Easton Valley, 51-46

No. 10 Don Bosco beat Meskwaki, forfeit

Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com