High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 9 poll. Dowling, Xavier and Clear Lake are unanimous No. 1 selections in the final 5A/4A/3A poll.
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High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 9 poll. Dowling, Xavier and Clear Lake are unanimous No. 1 selections in the final 5A/4A/3A poll.
Five Gazette-area 2A and 1A volleyball regional semifinals to watch Monday. Veteran Rowan Jacobi will match wits with rookie Caylee Jensen in Springville’s 1A showdown with North Cedar.
Solon finishes regular season undefeated and rested their starters after going up by 45 points against Fort Madison Friday night.
Iowa high school football playoffs 2025: Round of 16 pairings for all seven classes.
Iowa high school football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 9. Clear Lake blanks West Delaware in battle of 3A unbeatens, 28-0.
Running back Campbell Janis went over 1,000 yards rushing this season Friday night for the Iowa City West football team. Wide receiver Ethan Headings went over 1,000 yards receiving Friday night for the Iowa City West football team. But the biggest accomplishment in the Class 5A No. 10 Trojans’ 42-14 win Friday night over Linn-Mar was a spot in the state playoffs.
"It's our fourth one-score loss of the year," lamented Kennedy Coach Brian White following the 14-7 loss. "If you win those games, all the sudden you are 7-2 and getting ready for the playoffs.
North Linn opened the playoffs by turning Will Sommerfelt loose.The junior quarterback piled up 158 of his career-high 191 rushing yards by halftime and accounted for five total touchdowns as the Class A 10th-ranked Lynx routed Columbus Community, 59-14, in a first round playoff game Friday night at Troy Mills.
Iowa City Regina only need 11 plays rack up 49 points and never looked back against Northeast in their first round Class 1A Iowa High School Football playoff game.
Alburnett Coach Nick Wooldrik said the Pirates are built for tough, close battles. They proved him right Friday night with a 13-6 victory over Crestwood in the first round of the Class 2A high school football playoffs.
Results and stats from Week 9 of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
High school football: Mick Hoffman fights off a sprained ankle, passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns in Cascade’s 35-27 win over Union in a Class 1A playoff game.
Photos from the 2A High School Football game on Friday, October 24, 2025 between Alburnett and Crestwood. Alburnett won the game 13-6.
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