Cedar Rapids Jefferson beat Des Moines East 24-8 in an Iowa high school football game Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson beat Des Moines East 24-8 in an Iowa high school football game Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.
Here’s a look at who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 4 games Friday night.
Eddie Johnson has been a regular contributor for the Solon football team. He has returned to the backfield and has become the Spartans’ leading rusher through three games of his senior season. Class 3A No. 1 Solon hosts No. 3 Mount Vernon Friday night at Spartan Stadium
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.
How is Linn-Mar making co-head coaches work? Which 0-3 team is in desperate need of a victory? Sifting through the Class 5A jumble and identifying coaches who would make good podcast hosts. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on these Iowa high school football topics.
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.
High school cross country: Liberty’s Keegan Decker heads back to state as a title hopeful, but won’t be going solo. Both of Iowa City High’s teams qualify (the girls were champions), along with the Liberty boys.
Class 3A regional volleyball: Right-side attack fuels Anamosa to first-round sweep of Waukon. Sophie Sander goes past 3,000 assists for her career.
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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