Iowa high school football playoff roundup: Area scores, stats and coverage

CASCADE 49, WEST LIBERTY 21 — By the time Austin Lieurance left the game in the fourth quarter, the damage was done.

Lieurance, who exited with a possible rib injury, rushed for 202 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, finishing with 253 yards on 22 carries, as Class 2A second-ranked Cascade ran away from West Liberty, 49-21, Friday night in a first-round prep football playoff game at Cascade.

The Cougars finished with 560 yards of total offense, 418 coming on the ground behind their dominant offensive line.

'Our offense came out and played great tonight,' Lieurance said. 'Our line dominated and made it easy for me, (Mitchell) Gibbs and Colby (Holmes).'

Cascade (10-0) is the only unbeaten team in 2A and hosts Union next Friday in the quarterfinals.

Tanner Iske led West Liberty with 144 total yards and two touchdowns.

— Steve Ortman, Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

MIDLAND 42, JANESVILLE 7 — Austin Smith rushed for 263 yards and scored four touchdowns as the Eagles rolled to a first-round 8-player win in Wyoming.

Smith, who carried the ball 42 times, scored on runs of 9, 3, 20 and 39 yards.

Britan Martens completed all four of his passes for 40 yards, connecting with Drew Gravel (10 yards) and Carter Mohr (18) for TDs.

Midland (8-2), which fell behind 7-0 after Janesville's first drive, will play Tripoli in the quarterfinals.

— Daryl Schepanski, correspondent

PLEASANTVILLE 32, WEST BRANCH 13 — The Bears just cannot seem to solve the Pleasantville problem in the playoffs.

This is the fourth meeting between the two squads. All have been in the playoffs. All have been Pleasantville victories (1988, 1994, and 1995).

Hunter Tyree rushed for 230 yards and scored three times for the Trojans — on runs of 54 and 78 yards, and an 87-yard kickoff return. The latter came after West Branch had got within 16-13.

Beau Cornwell and Jacob Graves both had touchdown runs for the Bears, who had 248 yards of total offense. Cornwell completed 18 of 32 passes for 155 yards, but was picked off twice.

— Jason Miller, correspondent

UNION 42, APLINGTON-PARKERSBURG 0 — The No. 9-ranked Knights imposed their will from the start, outgaining the eighth-ranked Falcons 299-16 in the first half en route to a 42-0 win in Class 2A.

Kaleb Roach, who gained a season-high 150 yards in the first half, finished with 230.

— Clay Cunningham, Waterloo Courier

SAINT ANSGAR 33, EAST BUCHANAN 17 — Josh Van Vliet rushed for 205 yards scoring on runs of 58 and 90 yards, as the Saints won at home in a Class A first-round matchup.

Collin Kramer, Jack Sievert and Dayton Smith all scored rushing touchdowns for Saint Ansgar (10-0).

Braydon Nunemaker had touchdown runs of 1 and 21 yards and Blaise Fangman kicked a 28-yard field goal for the Buccaneers.

DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION 45, WASHINGTON 28 — The Knights overcame an 11-point deficit midway through the second quarter to extend their winning streak to seven games and advance to the Class 3A state quarterfinals.

Assumption quarterback Jayce Levy had a 92-yard kickoff return for a score, threw touchdown passes of 20 and 35 yards along with two rushing scores of 15 and 65 yards. Levy finished with more than 280 yards of offense in the contest.

Washington receiver Jaivonn Willis had three touchdown receptions covering 26, 46 and 35 yards in the first half.

— Quad City Times

Friday's coverage

Iowa City West 49, Cedar Rapids Washington 7

Cedar Falls 28, Cedar Rapdis Prairie 7

Cedar Rapids Xavier 43, Oskaloosa 10

Solon 34, Decorah 2

West Delaware 20, Waverly-Shell Rock 13

Mount Vernon 42, Centerville 10