How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 1

It was the first full Friday of Iowa high school football in 2022, but one of The Gazette’s top-ranked teams already had a marquee win.

Lewis Central, the top-ranked team in Class 4A, rallied to beat 3A No. 1 Harlan, 30-27 on Thursday night. The Titans are actually 2-0 after beating Underwood last week.

Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in our poll fared this week.

Class 5A

No. 1 Ankeny beat Waukee, 26-7

No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling lost to No. 4 Southeast Polk, 38-24

No. 3 Pleasant Valley beat No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 37-6

No. 4 Southeast Polk beat No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling, 38-24

No. 5 Urbandale beat Bettendorf, 27-14

No. 6 Iowa City High lost to Iowa City Liberty, 36-19

No. 7 West Des Moines Valley beat No. 10 Waukee Northwest, 17-7

No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Iowa City West, 28-19 (Thursday)

No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie lost to No. 3 Pleasant Valley, 37-6

No. 10 Waukee Northwest lost to No. 7 West Des Moines Valley, 17-7

Class 4A

No. 1 Lewis Central beat 3A No. 1 Harlan, 30-27 (Thursday)

No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock beat Waukon, 42-14

No. 3 Indianola beat Ankeny Centennial, 26-20

No. 4 Bondurant-Farrar beat Ballard, 36-7

No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Western Dubuque, 31-14

No. 6 Webster City lost to 3A No. 5 Humboldt, 10-0

No. 7 Norwalk beat Pella, 44-20

No. 8 North Scott beat Davenport North, 47-7

No. 9 Cedar Rapids Washington beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 47-6

No. 10 Fort Dodge lost to Mason City, 35-30

Class 3A

No. 1 Harlan lost to 4A No. 1 Lewis Central, 30-27 (Thursday)

No. 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton lost to Le Mars, 17-14

No. 3 Solon beat West Liberty, 42-0

No. 4 Adel ADM beat Gilbert, 43-14

No. 5 Humboldt beat 4A No. 6 Webster City, 10-0

No. 6 Independence beat Maquoketa, 44-9

No. 6 Nevada beat Boone, 38-0

No. 8 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley lost to 2A No. 2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 52-7

No. 8 West Delaware lost to Dubuque Wahlert, 31-14

No. 10 Davenport Assumption was idle

Class 2A

No. 1 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Ridge View, 47-0

No. 2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat 3A No. 8 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 52-7

No. 3 Williamsburg beat 1A No. 6 Iowa City Regina, 31-0

No. 4 West Marshall beat South Tama, 42-6

No. 5 West Lyon lost to Western Christian, 21-7

No. 6 Monticello lost to Cascade, 21-13

No. 7 Southeast Valley beat Interstate 35, 20-7

No. 8 Unity Christian lost to A No. 8 Le Mars Gehlen, 21-13

No. 9 North Fayette Valley beat South Winneshiek, 35-6

No. 10 New Hampton beat MFL MarMac, 22-19

Class 1A

No. 1 West Sioux beat A No. 2 Hartley HMS, 38-18

No. 2 Dike-New Hartford beat Waterloo Columbus, 42-14

No. 2 Dyersville Beckman beat Camanche, 20-6

No. 4 Van Meter beat Earlham, 35-6

No. 5 Pella Christian beat Des Moines Christian, 56-28

No. 6 Iowa City Regina lost to 2A No. 3 Williamsburg, 31-0

No. 7 Underwood beat A No. 10 Tri-Center, 58-14

No. 8 West Branch beat Lisbon, 61-20

No. 9 Aplington-Parkersburg beat Union Community, 48-14

No. 9 Denver beat A No. 5 Wapsie Valley, 25-20

Class A

No. 1 West Hancock beat Garner GHV, 32-8

No. 2 Hartley HMS lost to 1A No. 1 West Sioux, 38-18

No. 3 Woodbury Central beat Hinton, 42-13

No. 4 North Linn lost to Alburnett, 16-13

No. 5 Wapsie Valley lost to 1A No. 9 Denver, 25-20

No. 6 Lynnville-Sully beat Pleasantville, 32-7

No. 7 Logan-Magnolia lost to Carroll Kuemper, 34-12

No. 8 Le Mars Gehlen beat 2A No. 8 Unity Christian, 21-13

No. 9 Grundy Center beat South Hardin, 27-6

No. 10 Tri-Center lost to 1A No. 7 Underwood, 58-14

8-Player

No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Harris-Lake Park, 42-7

No. 2 Easton Valley lost to No. 7 Don Bosco, 34-30

No. 3 Newell-Fonda beat West Bend-Mallard, 28-14

No. 4 WACO beat Springville, 57-22

No. 5 Lenox beat Seymour, 76-12

No. 6 Anita CAM beat Fremont-Mills, 26-25

N. 7 Don Bosco beat No. 2 Easton Valley, 34-30

No. 8 Turkey Valley beat Edgewood-Colesburg, 46-26

No. 9 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat North Iowa, 70-13

No. 10 Ruthven GTRA beat Kingsley-Pierson, 40-38

Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com