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.
If Game 1 was a test for Williamsburg starting quarterback Kellen Cockrell, he passed … with flying colors. With Cockrell at the helm, the Raiders offense, which led Class 2A in touchdowns last season, picked up right where it left off Friday in an impressive season-opening, 42-14, win at home against 1A No. 9 West Branch.
Cedar Rapids Prairie beat 5A No. 3 Cedar Falls 20-17 in a Week 1 Iowa high school football game.
The Dubuque Hempstead defense stiffened when it needed to and the Mustangs left Kingston Stadium with a 28-7 win over Cedar Rapids Washington on Friday night.
Mount Vernon converted on fourth down on its first four touchdown drives and handled Monticello, 35-6.
Iowa City West beat Iowa City Liberty 35-28 in a Week 1 Iowa high school football game.
Marion beat Clear Creek Amana 15-0 in a Week 1 Iowa high school football game.
Quarterback Will Phillips connected with Apollo Payne for two touchdowns, including a 26-yard strike with a little more than five minutes left, and Cedar Rapids Prairie knocked off Class 5A No. 3 Cedar Falls, 20-17, in a prep football contest Friday night at John Wall Field.
Welcome to Week 1 of the 2023 Iowa high school football season! Follow score updates and analysis from Gazette reporters throughout the night via our live blog.
With the talent and experience the 2023 Winfield-Mount Union football team boasts, it’s easy to see why it has lofty aspirations.
Why should Friday get all the fun? Week 1 of the Iowa high school football schedule also comes with a pair of ranked matchups on Saturday night. Here’s a look at who all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll face this week.
There are plenty of standout Iowa high school football games Friday night (and Saturday) that we preview in the first Prep Football Huddle podcast of the season. Plus, a look at our preseason rankings and storylines to watch.
Consistency and discipline. Those traits form the foundation of Cedar Rapids Xavier’s football program. The players have grown to expect, accept and promote the tenets by Duane Schulte, the Saints’ only head coach who has 208 career victories, seven state finals appearances and four championships, including the Class 4A crown last season, in the 26-year history of the school.
Prep football: A dozen of the top Gazette-area games to watch in Week 1.
Nick Brooks grew up in Cedar Rapids and attended middle school here. He went to Georgia for a couple of years and became a big-time college recruit. He’s back now in Cedar Rapids for his junior year, and the 6-foot-8, 385-pound offensive lineman is eager to help Cedar Rapids Kennedy win a lot of football games.
Iowa City High, 6-4 last season, opens at home against Joliet Cathloic on Friday — a program that has won 28 of its last 31 games, an Illinois-record 15 sanctioned state titles and, according to its website, “34 state and national championships.”
Here is The Gazette’s Iowa high school football Class 5A poll ahead of the 2023 season. Southeast Polk starts at No. 1.
The Gazette’s Iowa high school football contributors answer high school football questions you need to know. See how much Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash can gain in 4 Downs:
High school volleyball: Examining a few of the big area winners of the season’s first week.
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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