With Iowa high school football teams one win away from the UNI-Dome, The Gazette’s Prep Football Huddle podcast reviews last week’s playoff games and takes a class-by-class look at this week’s quarterfinals.
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With Iowa high school football teams one win away from the UNI-Dome, The Gazette’s Prep Football Huddle podcast reviews last week’s playoff games and takes a class-by-class look at this week’s quarterfinals.
Previewing Thursday’s Iowa high school football 8-Player state quarterfinal games involving Gazette-area teams.
Iowa City West played well in all three phases of the game and Jack Wallace hit Julian Manson for three touchdowns in a 21-16 victory over No. 6 Bettendorf. The Trojans advance to the Class 5A state quarterfinals at Southeast Polk.
The Gazette’s roundup of Friday, Nov. 2 Iowa high school football playoff games with statewide scores and complete area coverage.
Junior quarterback Kellen Haverback rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another in No. 4 Mount Vernon’s 42-6 win over Carroll in the first round of the Class 3A state football playoffs.
No. 4 Lisbon ran only two offensive plays the entire first quarter, but jumped to a 21-0 lead on an 81-yard touchdown run from senior Tiernan Boots and a pair of interception returns for scores en route to a 56-12 victory over Bellevue in the second round of the Class A high school football playoffs.
The Iowa high school football playoff field is down to 56 teams, eight in each of the seven classes. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the quarterfinal host sites Friday night.
Solon Coach Lucas Stanton took a picture of the scoreboard after the Spartans’ 21-20 loss to Benton Community on Oct. 4. It proved to be an effective tactic. The Class 3A ninth-ranked Spartans defeated No. 5 Benton Community, 34-27, in the opening round of the Class 3A Iowa high school football playoffs Friday.
A play-making quarterback and a clutch defense has Iowa City Liberty moving on in Class 5A with a 31-14 win over Waukee.
Ninth-ranked Solon beat No. 5 Benton Community 34-27 in a Class 3A Iowa high school football first-round playoff game Friday night in Van Horne.
The Independence football team scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, including a 29-yard touchdown pass from E.J. Miller to Bryce Christian with 21 seconds left for a 21-14 win over defending state champion Williamsburg in a Class 3A football playoff first-round game Friday night.
Eighth-ranked Independence hosted No. 7 Williamsburg in a Class 3A Iowa high school football first-round playoff game Friday night.
Follow Friday night’s Iowa high school football playoff games in all seven classes live with our updating scoreboard. Sixteen teams remain in each class. Friday’s winners advance to next week’s state quarterfinals.
Very young, inexperienced, undersized, all that combined to make Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys basketball team less than stellar in the early going this season. But the Cougars have figured things out despite three freshmen who are playing big roles and are on a five-game win streak after Monday night’s 72-68 win at Linn-Mar.
West Delaware has applied a team philosophy to an individual sport. The Hawks have thrived in duals and look to continue that success, hosting a Class 2A regional Tuesday in Manchester.
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