How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 4

District play got underway in the smaller four Iowa high school football classes. Meanwhile, in 5A and 4A, we were treated to two top-six matchups each this week.

In 5A, top-ranked Southeast Polk took its first loss, 31-14 to No. 4 Ankeny. But the Rams weren’t the only top-ranked team to fall, with Cascade upsetting rival Dyersville Beckman, 14-13, in 1A.

Here’s how the teams ranked teams in this week’s Gazette poll fared Friday night.

Class 5A

No. 1 Southeast Polk lost to No. 4 Ankeny, 31-14

No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat No. 6 Iowa City High, 34-0

No. 3 Pleasant Valley beat Muscatine, 49-9

No. 4 Ankeny beat No. 1 Southeast Polk, 31-14

No. 5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 55-6

No. 6 Iowa City High lost to No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling, 34-0

No. 6 Johnston lost to Waukee Northwest, 21-7

No. 8 Cedar Rapids Prairie beat Bettendorf, 18-17

No. 8 Sioux City East beat Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 42-14

No. 10 Urbandale beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 37-13

Class 4A

No. 1 Lewis Central beat No. 3 Indianola, 34-16

No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock beat West Delaware, 42-7

No. 3 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat No. 6 North Scott, 17-0

No. 3 Indianola lost to No. 1 Lewis Central, 34-16

No. 5 Bondurant-Farrar beat Pella, 35-14

No. 6 North Scott lost to No. 3 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 17-0

No. 7 Carlisle beat Des Moines Lincoln, 53-14

No. 7 Norwalk beat Dallas Center-Grimes, 42-28

No. 9 Cedar Rapids Washington lost to Linn-Mar, 30-12 (Thursday)

No. 10 Iowa City Liberty beat Clear Creek Amana, 55-7

No. 10 Newton beat Saydel, 44-0

Class 3A

No. 1 Harlan beat Glenwood, 49-14

No. 2 Humboldt beat Boone, 37-0

No. 3 Adel ADM beat Winterset, 42-14

No. 4 Mount Vernon beat Center Point-Urbana, 42-6

No. 5 North Polk beat Grinnell, 42-7

No. 6 Creston beat Gilbert, 40-36

No. 7 Algona lost to Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 19-7

No. 8 DeWitt Central lost to Marion, 20-13

No. 8 Independence beat Vinton-Shellsburg, 14-7

No. 10 Hampton-Dumont-CAL lost to Nevada, 24-23

Class 2A

No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat West Lyon, 38-17

No. 2 Ida Grove OABCIG beat No. 10 Southeast Valley, 28-8

No. 3 Williamsburg beat Central Lee, 65-7

No. 4 West Marshall beat Chariton, 28-7

No. 5 Spirit Lake beat Pocahontas Area, 47-6

No. 6 New Hampton beat Garner GHV, 35-0

No. 7 North Fayette Valley lost to Waukon, 45-23

No. 8 Dubuque Wahlert beat Union Community, 42-7

No. 9 Clarion CGD lost to Estherville-Lincoln Central, 27-13

No. 10 Southeast Valley lost to No. 2 Ida Grove OABCIG, 28-8

Class 1A

No. 1 Dyersville Beckman lost to Cascade, 14-13

No. 2 Pella Christian beat Van Buren County, 45-0

No. 2 West Sioux beat Emmetsburg, 45-14

No. 4 Van Meter beat Panorama, 69-3

No. 5 West Branch beat Louisa-Muscatine, 86-0

No. 6 Underwood beat East Sac County, 55-0

No. 7 Aplington-Parkersburg beat Denver, 21-0

No. 8 Dike-New Hartford beat South Hardin, 33-8

No. 9 Carroll Kuemper beat Mapleton MVAOCOU, 55-12

No. 10 Durant beat Wilton, 28-8

Class A

No. 1 West Hancock beat West Fork, 59-0

No. 2 Grundy Center beat Hudson, 47-0

No. 2 Woodbury Central beat Akron-Westfield, 41-7

No. 4 Lynnville-Sully beat Wayne, 51-0

No. 5 Hartley HMS beat Marcus MMCRU, 66-34

No. 6 Mount Ayr lost to No. 8 Avoca AHSTW, 41-13

No. 7 Alburnett lost to East Buchanan, 34-27

No. 8 Avoca AHSTW beat No. 6 Mount Ayr, 41-13

No. 9 Le Mars Gehlen beat Hinton, 28-26

No. 10 North Linn beat Clayton Ridge, 63-0

8-Player

No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Kingsley-Pierson, 49-0

No. 2 Don Bosco beat Colo-Nesco, 63-16

No. 2 WACO beat Iowa Valley, 54-26

No. 4 Newell-Fonda beat Algona Garrigan, 19-0

No. 5 Lenox beat East Union, 70-36

No. 6 Easton Valley beat Springville, 66-0

No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Tripoli, 54-48

No. 8 Ruthven GTRA beat North Iowa, 62-15

No. 9 West Harrison beat Boyer Valley, 35-0

No. 10 West Bend-Mallard beat Northwood-Kensett, 57-6

Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com