Iowa High School Football

Gentry Dumont wandered the sidelines as a little kid, following his dad and current Iowa City Regina head coach, Jason Dumont, watching older players win titles, flinging a football with friends and becoming the team’s water boy. Now, Gentry is a senior quarterback with the keys to drive the Regina offense in his hands.

With the start of district play in Classes 4A and 3A and group schedules beginning in Class 5A, this week’s Iowa high school football schedule is relatively light on ranked-vs.-ranked games. The storylines remain plentiful nonetheless. Here’s who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer questions about the Iowa high school football season. What running backs have run roughshod? What are highly-competitive districts in Class 4A and 5A? What are the best bands we’ve seen this season?

Prep football: Iowa Class 5A RPIs, through Week 4 ... Bettendorf leads the field; Cedar Rapids Jefferson is tops among area teams at No. 4.

The Gazette’s post-Week 4 Iowa high school football poll: Western Dubuque and Adel ADM share the No. 1 spot in 4A; Saint Ansgar is on top in Class A.

A byproduct of Iowa’s aggressiveness at the end of the game was a moment that made Cooper DeJean “really proud.”

Takeaways — nine interceptions, five fumble recoveries — have triggered Tipton’s turnaround, from 0-8 to 4-0.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson improved to 4-0 with a 56-12 win at Des Moines East on Friday.

Wide receiver Kaiden Griffith is a three-year starter who Coach Michael Joyner calls one of the best ever at Marion. He had two touchdown catches Friday night in his team’s 34-7 win over Maquoketa, including a 70-yard beauty in the third quarter that recaptured momentum the Wolves used to pull away.

Here’s our Week 4 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.

Class 3A No. 2-ranked Mount Vernon hosted its final prep football game at First Street Field before moving into a new facility. Solon upset the 3A No. 2-ranked Mustangs 37-20 on Friday.

The Iowa City Little Hawks defeated the Iowa City West Trojans 23-8 in a high school football game at Bates Field on Friday.

Even in defeat against No. 3 Bettendorf on Friday night at Linn-Mar Stadium, the Lions showed they are far from broken. A late touchdown was taken off the board when officials called Linn-Mar for an illegal block, allowing Bettendorf to head home with a 21-14 victory.