For the second straight week, Iowa City High chose to go for the win with a late two-point conversion. The Little Hawks were successful again, beating Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 43-42, Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.
Here’s a look at who all 70 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 5 games Friday night.
Iowa City West senior Jack Wallace threw a pick-6 on his very first pass as a starting varsity quarterback three years ago as a freshman. That was just a blip, as Wallace broke West’s school record for most career passing yards last week.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.
A wild Iowa high schoool football Week 4 saw another No. 1-ranked Class 5A team fall, a two-point conversion decide one rivalry game and a failed two-point conversion determine another. We break it all down on the Prep Football Huddle podcast.
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Can Cedar Rapids Jefferson top rival Cedar Rapids Washington to reach 5-0? Offenses vs. Defenses? Midseason awards? Best mascots? The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.
The 16-team playoff field in Class 5A Iowa high school football will be determined solely by RPI. Here is how the top 20 teams stand through Week 4 determined by our unofficial calculations.
Iowa high school football rankings: West Des Moines Valley edges Dowling as the latest No. 1 in Class 5A; ACGC assumes the top spot in Class A.
First-year head coach Mike Tangen has led Decorah’s football team to a 4-0 start, including a 21-14 win Friday night over Class 3A sixth-ranked Independence. The sixth-ranked Vikings begin Class 4A district play this coming week at Mason City.
Pleasant Valley runs a unique double-wing offense and it bamboozled Cedar Rapids Prairie’s defense Friday night at John Wall Field. The Class 5A eight-ranked Spartans scored points on all six possessions to beat No. 10 Prairie, 38-21.
The Gazette’s Week 4 Iowa high school football roundup with Friday night’s statewide scores and complete coverage of area games.
Class 3A top-ranked Solon beat No. 3 Mount Vernon 7-6 in an Iowa high school football game Friday night at Solon.
Iowa’s men’s basketball team played No. 4 Iowa State to the wire Thursday night before losing by four. As it did two weeks ago after a loss to nationally ranked Michigan State, the Hawkeyes were able to get an immediate bounce back, stomping Western Michigan, 91-51, Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Those infusions of zest proved to be fleeting, however. The Cyclones trailed the Panthers (2-8) for more than five minutes in the first half before a Milan Momcilovic 3-pointer capped a 16-5 run that gave them a 44-28 edge at the break.
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