Here’s who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll face in Week 6 games Friday night.
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Here’s who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll face in Week 6 games Friday night.
Pryce Rochford stood on the sidelines when his dad, James, coached older brothers, Preston and Parker, in the state football semifinals at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The younger Rochford has helped the Vikings to a 5-0 start this season.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 6.
The Prep Football Huddle podcast reviews the notable games from Week 5 of the Iowa high school football season and the updated Gazette statewide rankings. Plus, a look at the Class 5A RPI system and a trivia game of “Who’s Got More?”
What teams have been pleasant surprises? Which Iowa City high school quarterback would you choose? Conversions vs. extra points and the best media accommodations. We also introduce reader questions. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.
The 16-team playoff field in Class 5A Iowa high school football will be determined solely by RPI. Here is how the top 20 teams stand through Week 5 determined by our unofficial calculations.
Iowa high school football rankings: The top three in each of the seven classes are unchanged from last week.
Restoration efforts led by the Class of 1973 unveiled at Linn-Mar High’s homecoming football game Friday
MFL MarMac football coach Dan Anderson didn’t have anyone on his team’s roster who had ever played quarterback, other than an incoming freshman. So he brought in a quarterback tutor in the spring and conducted a tryout that senior Carter Stoddard won. He completed 8 of 11 passes for 110 yards in the team’s 28-13 win Friday night over Sumner-Fredericksburg, improving the Bulldogs to 4-1.
There were 38 points scored in a wild and wacky fourth quarter Friday night at Kingston Stadium between Cedar Rapids Washington and Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Logan Barton provided the final three, a 25-yard field goal with just over three seconds left that lifted the Warriors to a 30-27 win.
Sixth-ranked Iowa City Regina beat Cascade 21-7 in a Class 1A Iowa high school football game Friday night at Regina.
The Gazette’s Week 5 Iowa high school football roundup with Friday night’s statewide scores and complete coverage of area games.
Offense. Defense. Special teams. There wasn’t an area of weakness for Marion in a 31-7 Class 4A District 2-opening victory over Waterloo East.
Dylan Muszynski’s fourth touchdown of the night tied the score with 16 seconds left. Bradley Duncan-Porter’s PAT kick provided the winning margin as No. 9 Linn-Mar rallied from a two-touchdown deficit to beat No. 10 Cedar Falls, 28-27.
The Iowa City Liberty offense has garnered a lot of attention by piling up yards and scoring loads of points. Iowa City Liberty’s defense has a game with which to hang its hat, a 26-21 win Friday over Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Ninth-ranked Linn-Mar beat No. 10 Cedar Falls 28-27 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game Friday night in Marion.
No. 8-ranked Iowa City Liberty beat Cedar Rapids Prairie 26-21 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game Friday night in North Liberty.
Three Solon pass catchers — Kaden Hoeper, Maddox Kelley and Cody Milliman — hauled in receptions of 40 or more yards.
High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Mid-Prairie moves to the No. 1 spot after an 8-0 start.
As college football programs from across the country covet the Chicago area, a variety of factors have helped the Hawkeyes maintain it as a recruiting pipeline.
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