Class 4A football quarterfinal: Cash Parks throws four touchdown passes to four different guys, and No. 1 Xavier rocks ADM, 45-7.
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Class 4A football quarterfinal: Cash Parks throws four touchdown passes to four different guys, and No. 1 Xavier rocks ADM, 45-7.
Xavier High School won their 4A quarterfinals high school football game against ADM High School on Friday, November 7, 2025. Xavier High School won the game 45-7.
Iowa Valley produced a spirited comeback, but Audubon thwarted a last-second attempt to secure a 26-19 victory in an 8-Player quarterfinal football game Thursday night in Marengo.
Quarterback Trevor Mathern, running back Treyvon Herron and wide receiver Hudson Clark accounted for almost 400 offensive yards and eight touchdowns in third-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s 54-18 win over No. 6 Ed-Co in an Eight-Player football quarterfinal playoff game Thursday night.
Caves has transferred that mentality to the football field, serving as a playmaker and leader for No. 8 Alburnett.
Gazette sports writers Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher discuss Iowa High School Football playoffs on the Triple Option Podcast November 5, 2025
The Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs have reached the state quarterfinals. Teams across the state in all classes will compete for a chance to play at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls next week.
North Linn’s football team limited Pekin to 45 total yards Friday night, and Will Sommerfelt threw three touchdown passes in a 21-3 road win in a Class A playoff second-rounder. That moves NL to the quarterfinals for only the fourth time in school history, with a trip to the UNI-Dome and the semifinals for the first time ever on the line this coming Friday night against top-ranked Saint Ansgar.
It didn’t look great for Iowa City Liberty’s football team when star quarterback Reece Rettig had to come out of the game with a leg injury in the second quarter of its Class 5A playoff football first-rounder Friday night against Waukee. But Rettig returned, and the Lightning rambled to a 34-20 win. Next up is Southeast Polk, which Liberty beat in the regular season but is the four-time defending 5A champion.
“It didn’t matter if it was home or away games,” Regina senior quarterback Kyle Tracy said. “He meant a lot to this team. This game was for him.”
Results and stats from the playoffs of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
Class 3A second-ranked Spartans routed Benton Community, 31-6, in the first round of the high school football playoffs Friday night at Solon High School.
Cedar Rapids Xavier rout Waverly-Shell Rock 47-0 in the first round of the Iowa High School football playoff.
Very young, inexperienced, undersized, all that combined to make Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys basketball team less than stellar in the early going this season. But the Cougars have figured things out despite three freshmen who are playing big roles and are on a five-game win streak after Monday night’s 72-68 win at Linn-Mar.
West Delaware has applied a team philosophy to an individual sport. The Hawks have thrived in duals and look to continue that success, hosting a Class 2A regional Tuesday in Manchester.
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