Iowa High School Football

Here’s how all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 9 games Friday night.

Cedar Rapids Prairie defeated Iowa City West 28-21 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game at Prairie on Friday.

No. 4 Lisbon forced five first-half turnovers, turned three directly into touchdowns, and walloped Starmont, 49-0, in a Class A high school football first-round playoff game.

Follow Gazette-area Week 9 Iowa high school football games, plus statewide playoff games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player live Friday night with our updating scoreboard.

American Rivers Conference rivals Wartburg and Coe have done a lot of excellent things on football fields over the years. With lots of Eastern Iowans helping their causes, and they meet again Saturday with a lot on the line.

The storm that postponed the regular-season finale couldn’t put a damper on Eric Addy’s first season as the Warriors’ head coach. Cedar Rapids Washington entered Week 9 with a 3-5 record, surpassing last year’s win total.

Here’s who all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 9 games Friday night.

Lisbon’s Tiernan Boots is one of the top small-school sprinters in the state (as well as a high-end wrestler), and he is agreeable to play wherever on the football field his coaches believe is the best for the team.

Iowa high school football’s Week 8 was full of surprises and the Prep Football Huddle puts them into perspective on this week’s podcast episode.

Sorting out the Gazette-area Iowa high school football playoff hopefuls in Class 5A, 4A and 3A as Week 9 approaches, plus a look at select games in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Which teams are peaking for the postseason and who’s poised for a possible upset? Plus, players capable of taking over games and programs with the coolest uniforms. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.

Jaffer Murphy traded in college soccer for football after last season, transferred to Lake Erie College in Ohio, and has field goals of 53, 55 and 60 yards.

Iowa high school football rankings: Changes atop 5A and 4A; West Lyon, Grundy Center, West Hancock and Remsen St. Mary’s head into the 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player playoffs at No. 1.

Week 8 Iowa high school football rewind: Lance Pedersen has Clear Creek Amana on the climb. A breakthrough win at Cedar Rapids Xavier moves the Clippers into a Class 4A District 3 first-place tie.