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How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 2
New to rankings, Iowa City Liberty and Linn-Mar square off
Sep. 2, 2022 8:00 am, Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 11:53 pm
Xavier Saints Aidan McDermott (1) runs the ball into the end zone for a touchdown in the second quarter of the game against West Delaware at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, September 2, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar climbed into The Gazette’s Class 5A poll this week at No. 9. Iowa City Liberty entered the Class 4A poll at No. 8.
Suddenly, the Week 2 game between the Lions and Lightning in North Liberty became one of the highlights of Friday night’s Iowa high school football slate.
The Lightning bolted to a 25-0 halftime lead at home, then held on for a 25-14 win. It’s their second win over a 5A Top 10 team, including last week’s 36-19 victory over Iowa City High over Kinnick Stadium, and one of 10 ranked matchups this week.
The Lightning bolted to a 25-0 halftime lead at home, then held on for a 25-14 win. It’s their second win over a 5A Top 10 team, including last week’s 36-19 victory over Iowa City High over Kinnick Stadium, and one of 10 ranked matchups this week.
Here’s how the teams ranked in The Gazette poll fared this week.
Class 5A
No. 1 Ankeny beat Ankeny Centennial, 17-10
No. 2 Southeast Polk beat No. 5 West Des Moines Valley, 24-7
No. 3 Pleasant Valley beat Dubuque Hempstead, 42-0
No. 4 Urbandale lost to Johnston, 24-7
No. 5 West Des Moines Valley lost to No. 2 Southeast Polk, 24-7
No. 6 West Des Moines Dowling beat Waukee Northwest, 45-19
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Bettendorf, 34-0
No. 8 Cedar Falls beat Waterloo West, 57-0
No. 9 Linn-Mar lost to 4A No. 8 Iowa City Liberty, 25-14
No. 10 Sioux City East beat Sioux City North, 28-2
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central beat Carlisle, 28-21
No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock beat Crestwood, 35-0
No. 3 Bondurant-Farrar beat Dallas Center-Grimes, 21-14
No. 4 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat West Delaware, 44-7
No. 5 Indianola beat Glenwood, 31-17
No. 6 Norwalk beat Des Moines Lincoln, 45-0
No. 7 North Scott beat Western Dubuque, 45-7
No. 8 Iowa City Liberty beat 5A No. 9 Linn-Mar, 25-14
No. 9 Cedar Rapids Washington beat Marion, 41-13
No. 10 Clear Creek Amana lost to 3A No. 10 Independence, 13-7
No. 10 Le Mars beat Sioux City Heelan, 28-0
No. 10 Webster City beat Boone, 54-0
Class 3A
No. 1 Harlan beat Grinnell, 63-6
No. 2 Solon lost to Mount Vernon, 17-14
No. 3 Humboldt beat Garner GHV, 37-0
No. 4 Adel ADM beat Ballard, 59-20
No. 5 Davenport Assumption lost to 2A No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert, 34-21
No. 5 Nevada lost to 2A No. 4 West Marshall, 35-31
No. 7 North Polk beat Pella, 24-7
No. 8 Sergeant Bluff-Luton lost to 2A No. 2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 42-0
No. 9 Creston beat Winterset, 31-14
No. 10 Independence beat 4A No. 10 Clear Creek Amana, 13-7
Class 2A
No. 1 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Storm Lake, 42-0
No. 2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat 3A No. 8 Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 42-0
No. 3 Williamsburg beat 1A No. 4 Van Meter, 18-13
No. 4 West Marshall beat 3A No. 5 Nevada, 35-31
No. 5 Southeast Valley beat Emmetsburg, 28-14
No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert beat 3A No. 5 Davenport Assumption, 34-21
No. 7 North Fayette Valley beat Sumner-Fredericksburg, 13-0
No. 8 New Hampton beat Charles City, 36-7
No. 9 Spirit Lake beat Forest City, 47-0
No. 10 Estherville-Lincoln Central lost to West Lyon, 43-14
Class 1A
No. 1 West Sioux beat Sioux Center, 58-14
No. 2 Dike-New Hartford lost to A No. 4 Grundy Center, 17-14
No. 2 Dyersville Beckman beat Anamosa, 20-12
No. 4 Van Meter lost to 2A No. 3 Williamsburg, 18-13
No. 5 Pella Christian beat Panorama, 61-3
No. 6 Underwood beat Clarinda, 59-22
No. 7 West Branch beat Waterloo Columbus, 34-13
No. 8 Denver beat Union Community, 42-7
No. 9 Aplington-Parkersburg beat Osage, 34-17
No. 10 Western Christian beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 27-20
Class A
No. 1 West Hancock beat Mason City Newman, 42-7
No. 2 Woodbury Central beat Logan-Magnolia, 41-6
No. 3 Lynnville-Sully beat North Mahaska, 50-6
No. 4 Grundy Center beat 1A No. 2 Dike-New Hartford, 17-14
No. 5 Hartley HMS beat No. 7 Le Mars Gehlen, 50-35
No. 6 East Buchanan lost to North Linn, 14-8
No. 7 Le Mars Gehlen lost to No. 5 Hartley HMS, 50-35
No. 8 South O’Brien lost to Sheldon, 17-0
No. 9 Wapsie Valley beat Nashua-Plainfield, 41-6
No. 10 Mount Ayr beat Central Decatur, 33-13
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat River Valley, 60-6
No. 2 WACO beat HLV, 60-14
No. 3 Don Bosco beat No. 9 Turkey Valley, 48-8
No. 4 Lenox beat East Mills, 50-32
No. 5 Newell-Fonda beat Siouxland Christian, 72-0
No. 6 Anita CAM beat Woodbine, 56-16
No. 7 Easton Valley beat South Beloit (Ill.), 69-22
No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Colo-Nesco, 54-14
No. 9 Turkey Valley lost to No. 3 Don Bosco, 48-8
No. 10 Winfield-Mount Union lost to Iowa Valley, 68-52
Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com
