A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.
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A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.
Teams like Cedar Rapids Prairie, Linn-Mar and North Linn are climbing The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings after big Week 3 wins. The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses what stood out last week and the Week 4 games that might shake up the next poll.
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Ankeny Centennial is the newest Class 5A No. 1 in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll.
Center Point-Urbana scored 24 straight points and shut out Marion after halftime for a 24-21 victory Friday. CPU has made strides this week and earned its first win under head coach Travis Bark.
The Gazette’s Week 3 Iowa high school football roundup with Friday night’s statewide scores and complete coverage from Gazette-area games.
North Linn defeated Starmont 14-0 in a high school football game in Arlington on Friday.
North Linn’s streaks of 10 wins, six shutouts and 24 scoreless quarters against Starmont remained intact with a 14-0 win over the Class A sixth-ranked Stars.
Prairie Coach Kyle Knock took a page from the Cyclone playbook that got them a comeback win at Iowa. The Hawks followed the formula to perfection and the end result was a 30-20 upset win over No. 5 Southeast Polk on Friday night at John Wall Field.
A combination of steady offense, turnover-inducing defense and a little trickery proved to be the winning formula for Iowa City Regina against Mediapolis.
Lisbon senior quarterback Dakota Clark ran for a touchdown, threw for two more and even returned a punt 40 yards for a score. And that was just the first half. He added a third touchdown toss in the third quarter as the Class A eighth-ranked Lions routed Columbus Community, 49-6.
Here’s how all 70 teams ranked in The Gazette’s poll fared in Week 3 of the Iowa high school football season Friday night.
Senior running back Dylan Muszynski rushed 25 times for 272 yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversion as Class 5A No. 8 Linn-Mar beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 21-7, Friday night at Kingston Stadium
Linn-Mar beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 21-7 in a high school football game Friday night at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa City Regina beat Mediapolis 31-21 in a Week 3 Iowa high school football game Friday night at Regina.
Class 3A third-ranked Mount Vernon fought past Benton Community, 15-13, in a non-district football game Friday night at Bobcat Stadium. Ethan Wood knocked the ball free on Benton’s final, frantic drive, the Mustangs recovered and improved to 3-0.
Follow Gazette-area Week 3 Iowa high school football games live with our updating scoreboard Friday night.
Three Solon pass catchers — Kaden Hoeper, Maddox Kelley and Cody Milliman — hauled in receptions of 40 or more yards.
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