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Iowa high school football scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 1
11 ranked matchups, including 3A No. 1 Harlan beating 4A No. 1 Lewis Central, 36-29
Week 1 of the Iowa high school football season always come with excitement. It’s the first game of the year, of course. But it also means a lot of non-district games scheduled between highly-ranked teams.
There were 11 ranked matchups on the schedule this week, including a No. 1-vs.-No. 1 game between Harlan, the top-ranked team in 3A, and Lewis Central, 4A’s top-ranked team.
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Here’s how the 70 teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll fared Friday night:
Class 5A
No. 1 Southeast Polk beat No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling, 13-7
No. 2 Ankeny beat No. 9 Waukee, 49-0
No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling lost to No. 1 Southeast Polk, 13-7
No. 4 Cedar Falls lost to Johnston, 28-22
No. 4 Pleasant Valley lost to No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 27-21
No. 6 West Des Moines Valley beat Waukee Northwest, 42-41 (2OT)
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie beat No. 4 Pleasant Valley, 27-21
No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Iowa City West, 27-20
No. 9 Waukee lost to No. 2 Ankeny, 49-0
No. 10 Ankeny Centennial lost to 4A No. 2 Indianola, 42-13
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central lost to 3A No. 1 Harlan, 36-29
No. 2 Indianola beat 5A No. 10 Ankeny Centennial, 42-13
No. 2 North Scott beat Davenport North, 41-7
No. 4 Cedar Rapids Washington beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 79-0
No. 5 Winterset beat Carlisle, 26-3
No. 6 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Western Dubuque, 28-14
No. 6 Webster City lost to 3A No. 8 Humboldt, 35-7
No. 8 Pella lost to Norwalk, 34-31 (OT)
No. 9 Dallas Center-Grimes lost to North Polk, 34-7
No. 10 Bondurant-Farrar beat Ballard, 47-14
Class 3A
No. 1 Harlan beat 4A No. 1 Lewis Central, 36-29
No. 2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley beat 2A No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 35-7
No. 3 West Delaware beat Dubuque Wahlert, 41-7
No. 4 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Le Mars, 36-7
No. 5 Independence beat Maquoketa, 50-7
No. 6 Solon beat West Liberty, 63-0
No. 7 Davenport Assumption beat Rock Island Alleman (Ill.), 62-0
No. 8 Humboldt beat 4A No. 6 Webster City, 35-7
No. 9 Mount Vernon beat Anamosa, 47-18
No. 10 Sioux Center beat Sheldon, 31-0
Class 2A
No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock lost to 3A No. 2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 35-7
No. 2 West Marshall beat South Tama, 45-6
No. 3 Waukon lost to Waverly-Shell Rock, 45-6 (Saturday)
No. 4 West Lyon beat Western Christian, 28-0
No. 5 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Ridge View, 36-13
No. 6 Monroe PCM beat Davis County, 30-14
No. 7 Estherville ELC beat Storm Lake, 34-0
No. 7 Williamsburg lost to 1A No. 4 Iowa City Regina, 16-14
No. 9 Camanche lost to Dyersville Beckman, 28-14
No. 10 Greene County lost to Guthrie Center ACGC, 29-27 (OT)
Class 1A
No. 1 Van Meter beat Earlham, 42-0
No. 2 Underwood beat Tri-Center, 50-14
No. 3 West Sioux beat A No. 3 Hartley HMS, 73-21
No. 4 Iowa City Regina beat 2A No. 7 Williamsburg, 16-14
No. 5 Waterloo Columbus lost to Dike-New Hartford, 35-21
No. 6 MFL MarMac beat New Hampton, 42-14 (Saturday)
No. 7 South Central Calhoun beat East Sac County, 48-7
No. 8 Sigourney-Keota beat Durant, 23-20
No. 9 Pella Christian beat Des Moines Christian, 56-14
No. 10 Cascade lost to Monticello, 42-27
Class A
No. 1 Grundy Center beat South Hardin, 35-7
No. 2 Logan-Magnolia beat Carroll Kuemper, 40-14
No. 3 Hartley HMS lost to 1A No. 3 West Sioux, 73-21
No. 4 Lisbon lost to West Branch, 12-6
No. 4 West Hancock beat Garner GHV, 28-7
No. 6 Council Bluffs St. Albert lost to Treynor, 35-2
No. 7 Mason City Newman beat Central Springs, 33-8 (Saturday)
No. 8 Mount Ayr lost to Nodaway Valley, 20-16
No. 9 Oakland Riverside beat Red Oak, 41-20
No. 9 Saint Ansgar lost to Osage, 20-13 (Saturday)
8-Player
No. 1 Anita CAM beat No. 5 Fremont-Mills, 48-6
No. 2 Audubon beat Southeast Warren, 48-21
No. 3 Montezuma beat HLV, 56-20
No. 4 Don Bosco lost to No. 10 Easton Valley, 60-14
No. 5 Fremont-Mills lost to No. 1 Anita CAM, 48-6
No. 6 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Harris-Lake Park, 44-15
No. 7 Kingsley-Pierson lost to Ruthven GTRA, 42-38
No. 8 Janesville beat Meskwaki, 68-30
No. 9 New London beat Calamus-Wheatland, 52-6
No. 10 BGM lost to Iowa Valley, 52-47
No. 10 Easton Valley beat No. 4 Don Bosco, 60-14
Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com
Cedar Rapids Kennedy quarterback Carson Blietz evades a tackle during a high school football game between Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Trojan Field on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Ayrton Breckenridge/Freelance)
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