In a Class 5A District 5 matchup, the Hawks (4-2, 2-1) poured in 49 first-half points en route to a 63-20 win over Dubuque Hempstead (1-5, 0-2) at John Wall Field Friday, October 3, 2025.
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In a Class 5A District 5 matchup, the Hawks (4-2, 2-1) poured in 49 first-half points en route to a 63-20 win over Dubuque Hempstead (1-5, 0-2) at John Wall Field Friday, October 3, 2025.
Xavier’s offense and defense seemed to feed off the other to produce a white-hot start. The top-ranked Saints scored three touchdowns in the first 14 minutes.
West Des Moines Dowling’s football team showed why it is ranked third in Class 5A Friday night with an impressive 34-0 win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Kingston Stadium. The Maroons outgained the Cougars, 470-113, and Kennedy head coach Brian White took a tumble on the sideline after he was run into by a player who were going out of bounds.
Coming off their first win of the year last Thursday at Davenport Central, the Lions looked even more impressive on Friday night against Pleasant Valley.
West Delaware High School won the game against Independence High School on Oct. 3, 42-27.
High school football: Balanced, bruising rushing attack sends West Delaware past Independence, 42-27. After missing the playoffs last year, the Class 3A sixth-ranked Hawks are 6-0.
Iowa City Liberty Bolts receiver Jordan Schroeder scored 2 touchdowns after not seeing the end zone for almost a month.
See photos as the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints hosted the Waverly-Shell Rock Go-Hawk’s for an Iowa high school football game.
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Mark Carlson set went into Friday night’s home game at ImOn Ice against the Lincoln Stars with 778 regular-season victories in his amazing 26-year head coaching career. One more victory gave him the United States Hockey League’s all-time record, which he got Friday night when the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders beat Lincoln, 3-2. The 56-year-old sat down with The Gazette to talk about his career earlier this week. He’s not close to retiring, by the way.
Cornell is coming off a bye week that following its first win of the season and first victory under Coach Curt Ritchie. The Rams have a favorable matchup at Beloit. Coe looks to rebound, Upper Iowa makes a long trip and a local trio leads Central’s defense. Here are five small-college football storylines to follow this weekend.
Univiersity of Northern Iowa and former West Delaware state champion Wyatt Voelker was notified that he would receive the bronze medal from his performance at the 2023 U20 Greco-Roman World Championships due to an opponent’s violation of anti-doping rules.
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