Cedar Rapids Xavier defeated Waverly-Shell Rock 14-7 in a season-opening Iowa high school football game Friday night at Saints Field.
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Cedar Rapids Xavier defeated Waverly-Shell Rock 14-7 in a season-opening Iowa high school football game Friday night at Saints Field.
Iowa City Liberty beat Iowa City West 56-45 in a Week 1 Iowa high school football game Friday night.
It would be difficult to imagine a better introductory notch on the victory belt for first-year Iowa City Liberty football coach Scott Chandler than a program-first win against a rival in Iowa City West.
Class 4A seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier ground out a 14-7 victory over No. 9 Waverly-Shell Rock. The Saints held the Go-Hawks to 18 yards in the fourth quarter, 63 in the second half.
Three top-ranked teams fell on the first full Friday night of the Iowa high school football season. Here’s how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll fared.
Clear Creek Amana beat Marion 28-3 in a season-opening Iowa high school football game Friday night.
For the second straight season, Cedar Rapids Jefferson opened the high school football season against Muscatine. The J-Hawks beat the Muskies, 33-14, Friday night at Kingston Stadium.
Follow Gazette-area Iowa high school football games live with our updating scoreboard.
Here’s who the teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school football poll play in their Week 1 games Friday night.
Injuries put the brakes on Linn-Mar last season after a 2-0 start. All of those injuries were a supreme bummer at the time. But it did push other guys into the lineup, ready or not, and that could trigger the Lions into a formidable unit this fall.
The Gazette’s preseason Iowa high school Class 5A football rankings: Led by No. 1 Ankeny, Central Iowa teams sweep the top five spots.
The Gazette’s “Fab 5” Gazette-area Class 5A football players to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school football season: City High’s Bobby Bacon, Kennedy’s Vinny Gianforte, Liberty’s Dallas Miller, Jefferson’s L.J. Nyenow Jr. and West’s Mason Woods.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 1.
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