Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Prairie will face off two times in as many weeks, opening the first round of the Class 5A playoffs next Friday at John Wall Field. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Round of 16 pairings for all classes Saturday.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets and the round of 16 pairings for the 2022 Iowa high school football playoffs Saturday.
Linn-Mar’s football team got three touchdown runs from Carter Henderson and beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 28-13, Friday night at John Wall Field to assure itself a Class 5A playoff berth. Prairie also is in.
Scores, stats and more from the first round of the 2022 Iowa high school football playoffs.
Gazette area scores, stats and more from Week 9 of the 2022 Iowa high school football season.
A week after a dramatic, district-clinching victory over Burlington, Iowa City Liberty followed up Friday at home with a much more convincing win over Clinton.
Thomas Park served as the home for Marion football since 1936, but the Wolves will move into a brand new facility next season. Marion provided a proper farewell, flying past Waterloo East, 42-13, on Friday night.
Cedar Rapids Xavier used the big play early and often, rolling to a 52-6 win over Oskaloosa on Senior Night.
No. 10 Alburnett overcame a double-digit deficit with four touchdowns in the second quarter, including three Mason Neighbor touchdown passes, to take the lead for good and defeat Bellevue, 38-27, in the first round of the Class A playoffs.
Photos from No. 8 East Buchanan’s win over Lisbon in the first round of the Class A Iowa high school football playoffs
Scenes from Cedar Rapids Prairie hosting Linn-Mar in a Week 9 Iowa high school football game.
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East Buchanan scored on its first six possessions and blasted Lisbon in a Class A first-round playoff game, 44-14.
Scenes from Iowa City Liberty’s 42-7 win over Clinton in a Week 9 Iowa high school football game.
Follow The Gazette’s live blog and scoreboard to stay up to date on Week 9 of the 2022 Iowa high school football season, which includes the first round of the playoffs in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Cedar Rapids Xavier senior football linebacker Thomas Sundell led the Saints in tackles last season and is tops again this season, with more than double the stops of the next-highest Saint. His success has been predicated on playing physical and watching a lot of game film.
Here’s how the Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 9, the last week of the regular season for some and the first round of the playoffs for others.
Linn-Mar running back Carter Henderson missed the first two games of the season and slowly increased his workload the next two weeks. He has regained his form, surpassing the 100-yard mark and scoring at least once in each of No. 9 Linn-Mar’s last four games.
Hannah Stuelke has been in the spotlight for Iowa women’s basketball as she gives the Hawkeyes “what we haven’t had.”
Prep volleyball: Claude Howard steps down after leading Springville to eight state-tournament appearances; Tricia Carty resigns at Iowa City High.
Iowa’s track record with previous walk-ons was again helpful as the Hawkeyes recruited many who turned down scholarship opportunities elsewhere.
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