Prep football roundup: Iowa City High bounces back at Davenport North

IOWA CITY HIGH 55, DAVENPORT NORTH 20

- Reserve running back Chris Johnson ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns as the Little Hawks gave some of their top players most of the night off in cruising to a victory at Brady Street Stadium.

Star quarterback Nate Wieland played only the first quarter, completing 4 of 5 passes for 133 yards, rushing four times for 24 yards and staking the Little Hawks (7-2, 4-1 in Class 4A District 7) to a 19-0 lead before taking the rest of the night off.

Wieland threw a 45-yard TD pass to Vance Dillon to finish his night and backup quarterback Jared Taylor connected with Gabriel Nkumu on a 64-yard scoring pass late in the second quarter to make it 27-0 at halftime.

- Don Doxsie, Quad City Times

CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER 48, SOUTH TAMA 12 - Maliki Wilson returned the opening kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown and Cedar Rapids Xavier never looked back, downing South Tama, 48-12, in a Class 3A District 3 game in Tama.

Wilson scored two other TDs, on a run and pass from Bryce Schulte, as the Saints finished the regular season at 9-0.

Schulte was in on three TDs, running for one and passing for two.

- Maddix Stovie, correspondent

CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON 16, MASON CITY 3

- Tavian Rashed is atop the school record book and his team is heading into the offseason with a victory.

Rashed rushed for 81 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown as the J-Hawks won in Mason City, setting a school record for rushing yards in a season.

Jefferson scored the game's final 16 points and its defense limited Mason City to two first downs in the second half.

The J-Hawks (2-7) took control of the contest on their opening drive of the second half when quarterback Dylan Hurt rumbled into the end zone from 19 yards out. Hurt finished with a team-high 116 yards on the ground. He added 84 yards through the air.

The game was delayed for more than 20 minutes with 2 minutes, 34 seconds left in the fourth quarter due to an injury to Jefferson's Dylan Primmer. He left the field in an ambulance after being placed on a backboard

- Jared Patterson, Mason City Globe Gazette

LINN-MAR 47, BURLINGTON 19

- The Lions scored 27 unanswered points in the second half and sailed to a win in Burlington.

Quarterback Reese Phillips passed for three TDs and Josh Gassmann finished with four catches for 80 yards and two TDs.

The Lions totaled 392 yards of offense and didn't turn the ball over. They picked up two fumbles and had an interception.

- Burlington Hawk Eye

WEST DELAWARE 63, MAQUOKETA 28

- Tanner Wessels passed for 181 yards and five touchdowns as the Hawks claimed the Class 3A District 4 title with a rout in Maquoketa.

West Delaware (8-1, 6-1) totaled 535 yards of offense and led 42-6 at halftime, 63-6 at the end of the third.

Wessels completed 9 of 15 passes, connecting with John Nagel (5 yards, 12) and Cabryn Cook (20, 20) twice for TDs and Mitchel Mangold (43) once. Drew Wubbena returned an interception 49 yards for a TD, Jared Helle scored on runs of 3 and 12 yards and Grant Morris added a 60-yard TD run for the Hawks.

- Bill Logan, correspondent

DECORAH 35, INDEPENDENCE 7

- Brannan Hogan scored a pair of touchdowns as the Vikings ended the season with three straight wins.

Five different Decorah players scored TDs and Dawson Meyer and Tom Knoke had interceptions for the Vikings.

- Darin Svenson, correspondent

EAST BUCHANAN 52, STARMONT 7

- Carter Downer rushed for three touchdowns and totaled 160 yards on six carries as the Buccaneers (7-2, 6-1) clinched the District 4 title in Class A with a win at Winthrop.

NORTHEAST 50, ANAMOSA 25

- Nathanal Lange completed 25 of 33 passes for 362 yards and five TDs as Northeast rolled in Anamosa.

Logan Seeley led the Raiders with 84 yards and a TD on 12 rushes and Michael Martensen added 73 yards.

- Daryl Schepanski, correspondent

WATERLOO COLUMBUS 21, MONTICELLO 12

- Jacob Schons scored twice as the Sailors won in Waterloo.

Schons scored on a 70-yard reception and a 61-yard run and finished with 116 all-purpose yards.

Max Keleher rushed for 243 yards and two touchdowns on 45 carries for the Panthers (3-6, 1-6).

- Pete Temple, correspondent