The Gazette’s roundup for the first round of the Iowa high school football playoffs in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player with statewide scores and complete area coverage.
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The Gazette’s roundup for the first round of the Iowa high school football playoffs in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player with statewide scores and complete area coverage.
Benton Community’s hard-nosed defense and pounding ground game produced a 21-0 win over top-ranked Williamsburg Friday night in Van Horne. The No. 8 Bobcats claimed the Class 3A District 5 title.
Fourth-ranked Lisbon beat Starmont 49-0 in a Class A first-round Iowa high school football playoff game Friday night.
No. 8 Benton Community upset No. 1 Williamsburg 21-0 to a claim a Class 3A Iowa high school football district title Friday night in Van Horne.
Here’s how all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 9 games Friday night.
Cedar Rapids Prairie defeated Iowa City West 28-21 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game at Prairie on Friday.
No. 4 Lisbon forced five first-half turnovers, turned three directly into touchdowns, and walloped Starmont, 49-0, in a Class A high school football first-round playoff game.
Follow Gazette-area Week 9 Iowa high school football games, plus statewide playoff games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player live Friday night with our updating scoreboard.
American Rivers Conference rivals Wartburg and Coe have done a lot of excellent things on football fields over the years. With lots of Eastern Iowans helping their causes, and they meet again Saturday with a lot on the line.
The storm that postponed the regular-season finale couldn’t put a damper on Eric Addy’s first season as the Warriors’ head coach. Cedar Rapids Washington entered Week 9 with a 3-5 record, surpassing last year’s win total.
Here’s who all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 9 games Friday night.
Lisbon’s Tiernan Boots is one of the top small-school sprinters in the state (as well as a high-end wrestler), and he is agreeable to play wherever on the football field his coaches believe is the best for the team.
Iowa high school football’s Week 8 was full of surprises and the Prep Football Huddle puts them into perspective on this week’s podcast episode.
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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