The Gazette prep sports staff answers questions on hot teams and even hotter takes as fall continues and the high school football season reaches Week 7.
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The Gazette prep sports staff answers questions on hot teams and even hotter takes as fall continues and the high school football season reaches Week 7.
There is very little movement this week at the top end of The Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings.
Calculating the Class 5A Iowa high school football RPIs following Week 6: West Des Moines Dowling moves to the top; Cedar Rapids Prairie is the top area team at No. 5.
Waukon’s football team has advanced to the state playoff semifinals five years in a row and won two championships. Despite several key returning players, the Indians began this season 0-3. After a 28-6 win Friday night over Class 2A seventh-ranked Dubuque Wahlert, the Indians are back even at 3-3 and looking primed for another postseason run.
Cedar Rapids Washington took a 21-0 lead on Clear Creek Amana in the third quarter Friday night. But the Clippers rallied and the game went off the rails before Washington finally secured a 27-24 win.
Gazette area scores, stats and more from Week 6 of the 2022 Iowa high school football season.
Running back Abu Sama scored four times while quarterback Connor Moberly threw for three scores and ran for another as 5A No. 4 Southeast Polk dominated Linn-Mar from start to finish, racking up nearly 500 yards of total offense in a 49-27 win.
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie’s punishing style racked up 362 rushing yards, including 180 from Makelle Taylor, and 28 first downs as the Hawks rolled over Waterloo West, 45-14.
Photos from Linn-Mar’s 49-27 loss to 5A No. 3 Southeast Polk in a Week 6 Iowa high school football game.
Marion hung tough early, but it was diminishing returns as the game wore on. Waverly-Shell Rock finished with 353 yards on the ground in a 42-7 win.
Photos from Ottumwa’s 54-6 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Kingston Stadium.
Photos from Cedar Rapids Washington’s 27-24 win at Clear Creek Amana in a Week 6 Iowa high school football game.
Ottumwa amassed 485 rushing yards and ran over Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 54-6.
Since a 13-year-old Jack Koehn of Mount Vernon stepped into Kinnick Stadium in 2009 as the inaugural University of Iowa kid captain — cheered by tens of thousands of fans beside legendary Hawkeye football coach Hayden Fry — 200-plus kids have followed in his footsteps and UI Health Care is looking for more.
Girls basketball Super Ten: Clear Creek Amana remains a clear-cut No. 1, then there’s major shuffling after that.
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