It’s all about the playoffs now with 16 teams remaining in each of the seven Iowa high school football classes. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle takes a class-by-class look at the brackets with games to watch and surprise teams to consider.
Iowa high school football rankings: Changes atop 5A and 4A; West Lyon, Grundy Center, West Hancock and Remsen St. Mary’s head into the 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player playoffs at No. 1.
Games with playoff implications. Defending champions poised to return to the state finals. What is the next technological impact? The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.
Iowa high school football rankings: An emphatic win over Solon, coupled with Algona’s loss to Humboldt, sends Williamsburg back to the top of Class 3A.
The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses teams with big tests in Week 7, looks back at what happened in Week 6, updates the rankings and playoff picture and plays another game of “Who’s Got More?” on this week’s episode.
Iowa high school football rankings: The top three in each of the seven classes are unchanged from last week.
Iowa high school football rankings: West Des Moines Valley edges Dowling as the latest No. 1 in Class 5A; ACGC assumes the top spot in Class A.
Ankeny Centennial is the newest Class 5A No. 1 in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll.
Solon takes over the top spot in Class 3A in this week’s Gazette football poll. West Des Moines Dowling is the new No. 1 in 5A.
The Gazette’s post-Week 1 Iowa high school football poll: West Des Moines Valley, West Lyon and Grundy Center are newly top-ranked teams in 5A, 2A and 1A.
The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school Class 1A football rankings: No. 1 Dike-New Hartford visits No. 2 Grundy Center in a Week 1 blockbuster.
This is the third in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2024 season. Today, we examine Class 1A. Grundy Center, Wilton, Dike-New Hartford and Pella Christian are the favorites.
Waverly-Shell Rock beat Pella in overtime in a thriller of a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night. Other winners Tuesday included Davenport Assumption, Hudson, Unity Christian and MOC-Floyd Valley
Six games Wednesday wrap up the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Find the schedule, live stream links and updated scores and stats here throughout the day.
Class 2A’s Iowa high school boys’ state basketball qualifiers were determined in substate finals Saturday night. Here’s a look at Saturday’s scores, plus the state bracket and schedule released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.
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