Jeff Johnson

Trevor Kuennen had a 10-yard touchdown on a screen pass on the first play of overtime as Class 4A fourth-ranked Decorah beat defending 3A champion No. 5 Dubuque Wahlert, 19-13, Friday night at Loras College’s Rock Bowl in Dubuque. The Vikings are 3-0 heading into another big game this coming week against Western Dubuque.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels beat Beloit, 7-1, Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in a deciding Game 3 of the Midwest League Western Division championship series. The game strangely was delayed a half-hour with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the first inning of a scoreless game because a transformer blew.

Too many penalties and too many missed tackles foil Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a 23-15 loss Friday night to Waukee at Kingston Stadium.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to go from 2-1 down to 5-2 ahead, eventually securing a 5-3 win over the Beloit Sky Carp in Game 2 of the Midwest League Western Division playoff series. Winner-take-all Game 3 is Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Cael Kongshaug is in his first season as a varsity starting quarterback and is beginning to realize the potential many believed he’s had since he was younger. The Cedar Rapids Prairie junior has led the Hawks to a 2-0 record and No. 5 ranking in Class 5A.

The University of Massachusetts football program has a 26-122 record since deciding to go from the FCS level to FBS in 2011. But a new head coach (Joe Harasymiak) and a conference (the Mid-American) has the school excited about its future possibilities.

The Gazette Sports writers Jeff Linder, KJ Pilcher and Jeff Johnson discuss results from Week 2 and upcoming matchups in Week 3 of Iowa High School Football

The Cedar Rapids Kernels failed to come up with clutch hits and fell to Beloit, 7-1, Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Midwest League Western Division championship series.

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For the 11th time in 12 seasons as an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, the Cedar Rapids Kernels have qualified for the postseason. That was via a first-half Western Division championship. They play second-half winner Beloit in a best-of-3 series that begins Tuesday night in Wisconsin and continues Thursday night and possibly Friday night in Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids Prairie has a really good football team this season, one that won for the second straight time this early season, 38-13, Friday night over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Kingston Stadium.

An injury and two suspensions depleted the quarterback position for the North Scott football team going into this season. Senior Cole Green got the nod despite not playing at all his junior season and only going out this season because he anticipated being his team’s kicker. He rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown, threw two TD passes, kicked five extra points and a field goal Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.

Senior center A.J. Evans announced his commitment Wednesday to play college basketball at James Madison University.

Enrollment numbers forced BGM High School back into 11-player football this season after five previous years of being an 8-Player program. Behind 545 combined yards rushing and passing, including seven total touchdowns, from senior quarterback Beau Burns, BGM won its opener last Friday over Columbus Junction, 47-14.

Results from week 1 and a look at week 2 matchups in Iowa High School Football -Triple Option Podcast