Starmont’s football program has a good history, though it has struggled the past decade with low numbers of players and even lower win totals. The Stars, who were 1-8 last season, finished the regular season 7-1 after a 27-6 win Friday night over Maquoketa Valley that gave them a Class A district championship.
It’s time for the Iowa high school football playoffs. The Iowa High School Athletic Association on Saturday released the first-round pairings for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.
Here’s our Week 8 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.
Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-2, 4-0) earned the Class 4A District 3 title with a 35-7 victory over Clear Creek Amana (2-6, 2-2) at Clipper Field Friday night, thus making postseason qualification “official.”
Bobby Bacon and Jeremiah Madlock struck for a 63-yard touchdown pass in the opening quarter. Miles Parlet added the thunder behind a strong rush attack that complemented a stingy defense. The Little Hawks improved their postseason standing Friday night with a dominant 30-0 victory over Linn-Mar.
In a game where the prize was a Class A playoff berth, North Linn turned away Bellevue at every turn. The Lynx took the ball away from the visitors nine times, including eight interceptions, rolling to a 56-6 victory on a windy, rainy night on North Linn's field.
Iowa City High beat Linn-Mar 30-0 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game Friday night at Bates Field.
Class 5A eighth-ranked Bettendorf ran, defended the run and whipped No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 35-8, at rainy John Wall Field on Friday.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 8 games.
Marion’s football team splished and splashed its way to a 38-0 win Friday over Mason City in a game played the entire way under rain, most of the time heavy rain. The Wolves believe the win all but locks up a Class 4A playoff berth.
Marion beat Mason City 38-0 in a Class 4A Iowa high school football game Friday night at Marion Stadium.
See photos from Cedar Rapids Prairie’s football game against Bettendorf
Sixth-ranked Central City enjoyed a coronation night, slipping and sliding in the rain, dispatching Midland, 66-18, Friday night in an 8-Player high school football game.
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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