Iowa High School Football

In terms of the quantity of high-profile games between ranked teams, Week 2 of the Iowa high school football season can’t compete with Week 1. But quality? There is still a lot of interest here. Here’s a look at who all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll face this week.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 2.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford kick off a season of high school football questions. Read our takes on Week 1 heroes, Week 2 contests and reasonable expectations of a first-year program.

Ogden column: The start of a new season is full of hope and ‘anything can happen’ mindset. What’s better than that?

The Gazette’s post-Week 1 Iowa high school football poll: All seven No. 1 teams remain the same, but 17 new teams climb into the poll, including four each in 5A and 8-Player.

Here’s a sampling of gun-related violence and scares intermingling with prep football.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy played a see-what-you’ve-got prep football opening game Saturday night against West Des Moines Dowling at Kingston Stadium. What the Cougars found is they’ve got a good team, despite falling 38-21.

See photos as Cedar Rapids Kennedy faced West Des Moines Dowling in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson scored twice in the second half and held Muscatine scoreless the last two quarters for a 33-24 victory, earning their first win since Oct. 25, 2019.

Here’s our Week 1 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete area coverage.

See photos as Mount Vernon hosted Monticello in an Iowa high school football Week 1 game.

Trey Franck has not practiced one play at quarterback. All Franck did was produce a pair of first downs that set up Marion's first TD, a 19-yard Hunter Horak run. He capped his night by throwing a 34-yard strike to Darius Rouson in the fourth quarter to seal the Wolves' impressive 15-0 win on a warm night at Clipper Field.

Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll fared this week.

Ashton Honore scored on a 5-yard run with 1:52 left, then Adrian DeWaard intercepted a pass with 20 seconds left as Iowa City West beat Iowa City Liberty, 35-28, in a back-and-forth thriller Friday night at West.