The Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the upcoming 2025 Iowa High School Football season including preseason rankings, predictions and games to watch in week 1.
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The Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson, Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher discuss the upcoming 2025 Iowa High School Football season including preseason rankings, predictions and games to watch in week 1.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area Class 4A districts. Area favorites include Cedar Rapids Xavier and Western Dubuque.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area Class 3A districts. Area favorites include Mount Vernon and Solon.
Austin Blythe has played for notable coaches his entire career. From his predecessor Curt Ritchie to Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz and multiple NFL coaches, Blythe has learned from them all and will apply those lessons as the new Williamsburg head football coach.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area Class 2A districts. Area favorites include West Branch and Mid-Prairie.
Mid-Prairie has proven it can overcome slow starts. With experience and all-state talent returning, the Class 2A sixth-ranked Golden Hawks are hoping they won’t have to.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area Class 1A districts. Area favorites include Cascade and Iowa City Regina.
Iowa City Regina went 9-2 and reached the Class 1A state quarterfinals last season. The third-ranked Regals return 90 percent of their offensive production led by all-state quarterback Kyle Tracy and junior NCAA Division I prospects Savion Miller and Tate Wallace.
High school football: Maquoketa Valley brings back enough talent and depth to earn a No. 1 ranking in Class A.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area 8-Player districts. Area favorites include South Winneshiek and Maquoketa Valley.
All-state quarterback Nolan Kriegel rushed for four touchdowns, including two in the Tigers’ first three snaps of the second half. No. 5 Iowa Valley beat Springville, 45-9, in the 8-Player season opener Friday night at Springville.
See photos as the Orioles hosted the tigers for an Iowa high school football game.
High school football: The Gazette’s 2025 preseason poll. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A) and Maquoketa Valley (Class A) are among the No. 1 picks.
Coming off a 6-4 campaign in 2024 that ended with a first-round playoff loss to Don Bosco, the 2025 edition of the Orioles has the potential to match or even surpass the 11-1 finish posted by the 2013 team.
Iowa high school football 2025: Picking the area 8-Player districts. Area favorites include Edgewood-Colesburg and Iowa Valley.
High school football: Due to low numbers (10 players, including two seniors and no juniors), Lone Tree will not field a varsity team this season.
Iowa City Liberty posted its first 10-win season and made its first state semifinal appearance in 2024. The Lightning maintain high aspirations for the 2025 high school football season.
Three Solon pass catchers — Kaden Hoeper, Maddox Kelley and Cody Milliman — hauled in receptions of 40 or more yards.
High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. Mid-Prairie moves to the No. 1 spot after an 8-0 start.
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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