A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.
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A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.
Western Dubuque will host a 14-team district golf field highlighted by Mississippi Valley Conference programs. The top three teams and top two individuals, including ties, advance to the state meet Oct. 14-15 at Briarwood Country Club in Ankeny.
The champion of last week’s Lisbon Invitational, Anamosa is 24-5 overall, 4-0 in the River Valley Conference North Division. The Blue Raiders have lurked just outside of the Class 3A rankings all season.
A wild Iowa high schoool football Week 4 saw another No. 1-ranked Class 5A team fall, a two-point conversion decide one rivalry game and a failed two-point conversion determine another. We break it all down on the Prep Football Huddle podcast.
For Kirkwood’s Emma Meester, the transition from freshman to sophomore has suddenly thrust her into a leadership role on the Eagles’ freshman-heavy volleyball roster.
Area volleyball Super Ten through matches played Sept. 24: No change among the top five; Mid-Prairie, Marion, Anamosa make leaps.
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Can Cedar Rapids Jefferson top rival Cedar Rapids Washington to reach 5-0? Offenses vs. Defenses? Midseason awards? Best mascots? The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.
The 16-team playoff field in Class 5A Iowa high school football will be determined solely by RPI. Here is how the top 20 teams stand through Week 4 determined by our unofficial calculations.
Iowa high school football rankings: West Des Moines Valley edges Dowling as the latest No. 1 in Class 5A; ACGC assumes the top spot in Class A.
Cedar Rapids Xavier beat reigning 4A state volleyball champion North Scott for the second time in three matches this season, then topped Marion for the Benton Invitational tournament title.
First-year head coach Mike Tangen has led Decorah’s football team to a 4-0 start, including a 21-14 win Friday night over Class 3A sixth-ranked Independence. The sixth-ranked Vikings begin Class 4A district play this coming week at Mason City.
Pleasant Valley runs a unique double-wing offense and it bamboozled Cedar Rapids Prairie’s defense Friday night at John Wall Field. The Class 5A eight-ranked Spartans scored points on all six possessions to beat No. 10 Prairie, 38-21.
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