Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football playoffs on the Triple Option Podcast November 12, 2025
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Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football playoffs on the Triple Option Podcast November 12, 2025
Cedar Rapids Xavier junior quarterback Cash Parks has been an integral part of a football team that is undefeated and top ranked in Class 4A going into Thursday night’s state playoff semifinal against Newton. A year ago, he was involved in a head-on auto collision that he realizes could have turned out much worse than it did.
A 15-yard touchdown pass from Reece Rettig to Pryor Reiners with 1:30 left gave Iowa City Liberty a 31-28 win over four-time defending state champion Southeast Polk in a thrilling Class 5A quarterfinal Friday night. Liberty gets Waukee Northwest in next week’s semifinals.
See photos from the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school football playoffs.
For the first time since its 2020 state title run, the Class 1A No. 3 Regals (11-0) are headed back to the UNI-Dome.
The Class 2A fourth-ranked Golden Hawks were in search of their first trip to the state semifinals in program history, but a Van Meter team with all the tradition in the world stood in the way.
Photos of Southeast Polk vs. Iowa City Liberty Iowa High School state football quarterfinal in North Liberty Friday, November 7, 2025
"We got away with a 'W,' that's all that matters," Solon senior quarterback Eli Kampman said. "As long as we win, it doesn't matter how we do it."
Results and stats from the playoffs of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
Dubuque Wahlert lost a regular-season game to West Delaware. The Golden Eagles have won seven games since, including a 27-6 victory over the Hawks in the Class 3A state quarterfinals Friday night at Brown Field in Manchester.
Class 4A football quarterfinal: Cash Parks throws four touchdown passes to four different guys, and No. 1 Xavier rocks ADM, 45-7.
Xavier High School won their 4A quarterfinals high school football game against ADM High School on Friday, November 7, 2025. Xavier High School won the game 45-7.
Iowa Valley produced a spirited comeback, but Audubon thwarted a last-second attempt to secure a 26-19 victory in an 8-Player quarterfinal football game Thursday night in Marengo.
Duane Schulte was the first varsity football coach in the history of Cedar Rapids Xavier High School back in 1998. He has built a program that has won five state championships, including this season’s Class 4A title.
High school volleyball: Iowa City Regina’s Reese Naeve is the area player of the year; Iowa City West’s Jaedynn Evans is honored as the top coach.
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