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Iowa’s Gabe Arnold made the most of his opportunity in Iowa’s win over Pittsburgh. University of Northern Iowa squashed North Dakota State in its home opener Sunday. Coe crowned five champions at its annual Turkey Invitational and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The streak continues. West Des Moines Dowling uses an overpowering running game to beat Iowa City Liberty, 27-10, Friday night in the Class 5A state championship football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. A suburban Des Moines school has won the last 16 biggest-school titles.
See photos as the Liberty Lightning took on the Dowling Maroons in the IHSAA Class 5A football playoffs championship game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
High school football: Iowa City Liberty chases a 5A state championship Friday, and ‘Dowling’s just another monster in our way.’
Fresh off its first state-tournament appearance in school history, Maquoketa is No. 1
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Regina play for titles in Class 3A and Class 1A, respectively.
The Iowa City Liberty football team put together three 80-yard scoring drives, had more than a two-to-one advantage in time of possession and beat Waukee Northwest, 31-15, in a Friday night Class 5A Iowa playoff football semifinal. Liberty is the first school not from a Des Moines suburban school to make it to a biggest-school class championship game since 2018.
See photos as the Iowa City Liberty Lightning took on the Waukee Northwest Wolves in a Class 5A Iowa high school football state championships semifinal.
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Newton face off in a Class 4A Iowa high school football playoff semifinal at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. It is one of four games Thursday.
A 15-yard touchdown pass from Reece Rettig to Pryor Reiners with 1:30 left gave Iowa City Liberty a 31-28 win over four-time defending state champion Southeast Polk in a thrilling Class 5A quarterfinal Friday night. Liberty gets Waukee Northwest in next week’s semifinals.
Photos of Southeast Polk vs. Iowa City Liberty Iowa High School state football quarterfinal in North Liberty Friday, November 7, 2025
The Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs have reached the state quarterfinals. Teams across the state in all classes will compete for a chance to play at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls next week.
State cross country, Class 4A: Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick leads a pack of four sub-15 finishers in the boys’ race. Liberty’s Keegan Decker finishes third for the second straight year. Prairie is 4th in the boys’ team race; City High girls and boys are 7th.
High school softball: Nikki Gahring steps down as coach at Cedar Rapids Xavier after 21 years, 14 as head coach.
Class 2A No. 6 Alburnett won the first eight matches, including seven with bonus points, and rolled to a 51-21 dual victory over No. 12 Mount Vernon Thursday night at home.
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