Cooper DeJean is one to “let my actions speak.” In his two years as a starter, his actions on the field have spoken volumes.
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Cooper DeJean is one to “let my actions speak.” In his two years as a starter, his actions on the field have spoken volumes.
It’s getting down to crunch time on the Prep Football Huddle podcast. This week’s show delves into eye-opening Week 7 wins from Solon, Marion and more, the updated playoff picture and Week 8 games to watch.
Few embody the core values of their program like East Buchanan’s Tanner Thurn. The senior fullback/linebacker exudes the toughness, work ethic and physical play associated with the squad.
Here’s who all 70 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 8.
Two weeks remain, and so do dozens of scenarios. Such is life in trying to project the Class 5A playoff field. Here is a rundown on the 20 teams have a plausible path to playing Oct. 27.
Here is a primer of area playoff races as the Iowa high school football season heads into its final week in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer more high school football questions. Bears bear, bees bee and sports writers discuss what teams must win, dominant units, consistent performers and post-game celebrations.
The Gazette’s 2023 post-Week 7 Iowa high school football poll: Creston (3A), Winfield-Mount Union (8-Player) are newly minted No. 1 teams; Central Lyon-GLR joins Van Meter atop 2A heading into its county showdown.
Marion’s football team took it on the chin last week, losing at home to Class 4A second-ranked Western Dubuque, 35-7. With its playoff hopes on the ropes, the Wolves scored a touchdown with 20.7 seconds left Friday night to win at Decorah, 28-21, taking a big step toward the postseason.
Here’s our Week 7 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.
Sitting at No. 15 in the Class 5A RPI rankings, Iowa City West needed a home victory Friday to boost their playoff position before facing two ranked opponents to close the regular season. West did what it needed to do — and then some with a 58-8 rout of Cedar Rapids Washington.
Class 5A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson 48-7 in an Iowa high school football game Friday night at Kingston Stadium.
Class 3A No. 7 Solon beat top-ranked Williamsburg 21-14 in an Iowa high school football game Friday night.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 7 games.
Coleton Beasler-Weber returned a pair of punts for scores and added a third on a 24-yard run as No. 6 Xavier rolled to a 42-0 homecoming win over the Indians on a blustery night at Saints Field.
Multiple times the Solon defense hoisted the team on its shoulders Friday night, canceling out short fields and turnovers, limiting scores and putting up points of their own in the No. 7 Spartans’ 21-14 victory over top-ranked Williamsburg in a Class 3A District 5 battle at Spartan Stadium. Solon won its sixth straight game and took control of the district title race.
Class 5A 10th-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie has played a meat grinder of a 2023 football season, but the Hawks have survived it and blew past Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 48-7, Friday night in the Kolache Bowl at Kingston Stadium.
North Linn received two touchdown runs from Will Sommerfelt and thwarted host Maquoketa Valley’s offense in a 16-0 win Friday night at Delhi. Marion tops CPU, Vinton-Shellsburg snaps losing streak and Iowa City Liberty avenges loss to Southeast Polk.
High school volleyball: Examining a few of the big area winners of the season’s first week.
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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