Wally Sheets spent almost three decades as head football coach at Cedar Rapids Washington, having one of the best careers in Metro history. He died Thursday in Florida after a long illness at the age of 88.
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Wally Sheets spent almost three decades as head football coach at Cedar Rapids Washington, having one of the best careers in Metro history. He died Thursday in Florida after a long illness at the age of 88.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy and West Branch started the 2023 Iowa high school football season 0-2 against tough schedules but have won every game since, including a pair of eye-openers last week. The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses those teams and more noteworthy resurgences this week.
The Anamosa football team won one game last season and one the season before that. But it has a 4-2 record going into Friday’s penultimate regular-season game against Camanche and is eyeing a playoff berth, something that hasn’t happened much at the school.
This week, a handful of teams that have climbed into The Gazette’s rankings during the regular season get to test themselves against more-established top-10 teams. Here’s who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 7.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 7.
Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford evaluate teams’ stocks, the toughest district and technology on the fan experience. We also pick which coach would be fun to mic up for a game.
The Gazette’s 2023 post-Week 6 Iowa high school football poll: Cedar Rapids Kennedy, MFL MarMac make big jumps after statement wins Friday.
Iowa City High’s Jake Mitchell played football his first two falls but joined then golf team as a junior when a broken leg suffered during baseball kept him off the gridiron. The senior is healthy and decided to play both sports this fall, helping the Little Hawks win their first MVC golf divisional title since 2002 and leading the football team in tackles.
Any questions MFL MarMac football coach Dan Anderson had about his team’s fortitude were emphatically answered. Here’s our Week 6 Iowa high school football rewind, with Friday night notes from around the area.
Here’s our Week 6 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.
In a battle of top-10 prep football teams in Class 4A, Cedar Rapids Xavier scored the final 19 points of the game and tripped up Noth Scott, 26-20, Friday night at Saints Field. North Scott was ranked No. 4, Xavier, No. 8.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 6 games.
Ankeny had its back against the wall but Cedar Rapids Prairie's quarterback sneak attempt fourth-and-1 at the goal line was unsuccessful and Ankeny held on for a 17-14 win.
The more significant changes for Alburnett this season were related to the roster. The Pirates replaced seven starters from last year’s 1A State Duals runner-up squad, including a two-time state medalist in Tayten Coufal, who elected not to wrestle this season.
Photos from the boys basketball game between Marion vs. Center Point-Urbana Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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