Here’s who all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 7 games Friday night.
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Here’s who all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 7 games Friday night.
That anticipated duel between Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick and Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman? at the Mississippi Valley Conference cross country championships. Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker expanded it into a trio.
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 7.
The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses teams with big tests in Week 7, looks back at what happened in Week 6, updates the rankings and playoff picture and plays another game of “Who’s Got More?” on this week’s episode.
Area volleyball Super Ten rankings through matches played Oct. 8: Surging Cedar Rapids Prairie, Anamosa are on the move.
What are the most notable games this week? Is Williamsburg’s offense or Maquoketa Valley’s defense more impressive? Plus, the best bounce-back teams and how to add to Friday night excitement. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.
Iowa high school football rankings: Algona climbs to the top in Class 3A; West Hancock leapfrogs ACGC for the No. 1 spot in Class A.
Linn-Mar is fresh off a Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division title and look to earn its first state team berth since 2020. The Lions will face a tough field at the Class 4A district at Thunder Hills Country Club in Peosta.
The 16-team playoff field in Class 5A Iowa high school football will be determined solely by RPI. Here is how the top 21 teams stand through Week 6 determined by our unofficial calculations.
Iowa City Liberty is Class 5A’s eighth-ranked football team but played without Sutton Koller, its top touchdown scorer, Friday night against Cedar Rapids Washington. Other guys stepped up in his absence and allowed the Lightning to rally in the second half for a 27-22 victory.
Here’s how all 71 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in Week 6 games Friday night.
No. 8-ranked Iowa City Liberty beat Cedar Rapids Washington 27-22 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football game Friday night at Kingston Stadium.
Here’s who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette Iowa high school football poll face in Week 6 games Friday night.
"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.
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