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How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 6
3 games featured 5-0 teams going head-to-head
Nathan Ford
Sep. 30, 2022 9:01 am, Updated: Oct. 1, 2022 1:30 pm
Week 6 brought us at least one top-10 matchup in every Iowa high school football class. Class 3A alone had three of them.
Three games statewide featured undefeated teams going head-to-head — and all three were one-sided in favor of the higher-ranked team. No. 3 Adel ADM beat No. 6 Creston 38-7 in 3A, No. 3 West Branch handled No. 7 Durant 49-13 in 1A and top-ranked Remsen St. Mary’s put up a 61-13 win over No. 4 Newell-Fonda in 8-Player.
There were plenty of other big games. Here’s how the teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared Friday night.
Class 5A
No. 1 Ankeny beat No. 8 West Des Moines Valley, 34-24
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling beat Johnston, 42-19
No. 3 Pleasant Valley beat Bettendorf, 44-14
No. 4 Southeast Polk beat Linn-Mar, 49-27
No. 5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy lost to Cedar Falls, 23-16
No. 6 Urbandale lost to No. 9 Ankeny Centennial, 28-23
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie beat Waterloo West, 45-14
No. 8 West Des Moines Valley lost to No. 1 Ankeny, 34-24
No. 9 Ankeny Centennial beat No. 6 Urbandale, 28-23
No. 10 Iowa City High beat Davenport North, 55-0
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central beat Des Moines Hoover, 63-14
No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock beat Marion, 42-7
No. 3 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Pella, 47-0
No. 4 Carlisle beat Boone, 42-0
No. 5 Indianola beat No. 6 Norwalk, 45-33
No. 6 Norwalk lost to No. 5 Indianola, 45-33
No. 7 Bondurant-Farrar beat Perry, 70-0
No. 7 Iowa City Liberty beat Mount Pleasant, 68-6
No. 9 Newton beat Oskaloosa, 56-10
No. 10 Cedar Rapids Washington beat Clear Creek Amana, 27-24
Class 3A
No. 1 Harlan beat Atlantic, 54-7
No. 2 Humboldt beat No. 5 North Polk, 24-14
No. 3 Adel ADM beat No. 6 Creston, 38-7
No. 4 Mount Vernon beat Davenport Assumption, 42-17
No. 5 North Polk lost to No. 2 Humboldt, 24-14
No. 6 Creston lost to No. 3 Adel ADM, 38-7
No. 7 Nevada beat Ballard, 17-12
No. 8 Independence beat No. 10 Hampton-Dumont-CAL, 21-7
No. 9 Solon beat Washington, 44-0
No. 10 Hampton-Dumont-CAL lost to No. 8 Independence, 21-7
Class 2A
No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat Unity Christian, 39-7
No. 2 Williamsburg beat Mid-Prairie, 56-7
No. 3 Spirit Lake beat No. 10 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 45-0
No. 4 West Marshall beat Monroe PCM, 13-12
No. 5 New Hampton lost to Osage, 21-8
No. 6 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Pocahontas Area, 62-0
No. 7 Dubuque Wahlert lost to Waukon, 28-6
No. 8 West Lyon beat Okoboji, 49-7
No. 9 Greene County beat Red Oak, 34-23
No. 10 Estherville-Lincoln Central lost to No. 3 Spirit Lake, 45-0
Class 1A
No. 1 Van Meter beat Nodaway Valley, 42-0
No. 2 West Sioux beat Ridge View, 35-0
No. 3 West Branch beat No. 7 Durant, 49-13
No. 4 Underwood beat Treynor, 54-0
No. 5 Aplington-Parkersburg lost to No. 6 Dike-New Hartford, 27-20
No. 6 Dike-New Hartford beat No. 5 Aplington-Parkersburg, 27-20
No. 7 Durant lost to No. 3 West Branch, 49-13
No. 8 Carroll Kuemper beat East Sac County, 63-0
No. 9 Dyersville Beckman lost to Waterloo Columbus, 41-13
No. 10 Pella Christian beat Pleasantville, 54-7
Class A
No. 1 West Hancock beat No. 5 Hartley HMS, 31-18
No. 2 Grundy Center beat Nashua-Plainfield, 35-8
No. 2 Woodbury Central beat Sloan Westwood, 40-14
No. 4 Lynnville-Sully beat Colfax-Mingo, 58-0
No. 5 Hartley HMS lost to No. 1 West Hancock, 31-18
No. 6 Avoca AHSTW beat Sidney, 69-8
No. 7 North Linn beat Starmont, 59-0
No. 8 East Buchanan beat Bellevue, 44-13
No. 9 Le Mars Gehlen beat South O’Brien, 28-20
No. 10 Alburnett beat North Cedar, 44-0
No. 10 Wapsie Valley beat South Winneshiek, 48-24
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat No. 4 Newell-Fonda, 61-13
No. 2 WACO beat Lone Tree, 42-17
No. 3 Don Bosco beat Garwin GMG, 85-8
No. 4 Newell-Fonda lost to No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s, 61-13
No. 5 Lenox beat Griswold, 81-14
No. 6 Easton Valley was idle
No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Northwood-Kensett, 78-0 (Thursday)
No. 8 Ruthven GTRA lost to Harris-Lake Park, 42-40
No. 9 West Harrison beat Woodbine, 49-0
No. 10 Baxter beat Collins-Maxell, 63-16
Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com
West Branch players celebrate after a football game between West Branch and Mediapolis at Little Rose Bowl in West Branch on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. West Branch defeated Mediapolis, 35-13. (Gabby Drees/The Daily Iowan)