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Girls basketball: Ava Hocker ignites Williamsburg’s final surge in 57-54 win over West Delaware in a 3A top-10 battle. Raiders improve to 4-0.

The Gazette’s 2024 all-area football team: Iowa City West’s Jack Wallace is the offensive player of the year; Independence’s Tate Wood earns defensive honors.

Iowa City West played well in all three phases of the game and Jack Wallace hit Julian Manson for three touchdowns in a 21-16 victory over No. 6 Bettendorf. The Trojans advance to the Class 5A state quarterfinals at Southeast Polk.

The Gazette’s roundup of Friday, Nov. 2 Iowa high school football playoff games with statewide scores and complete area coverage.

The Independence football team scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, including a 29-yard touchdown pass from E.J. Miller to Bryce Christian with 21 seconds left for a 21-14 win over defending state champion Williamsburg in a Class 3A football playoff first-round game Friday night.

Twenty-two Iowa high school football playoff games Friday feature Gazette-area teams. Here is an overview of 12 contests and the full schedule.

Benton Community’s hard-nosed defense and pounding ground game produced a 21-0 win over top-ranked Williamsburg Friday night in Van Horne. The No. 8 Bobcats claimed the Class 3A District 5 title.

Results from Iowa high school boys’ cross country state-qualifying meets involving Gazette-area teams. The state meet is Nov. 1-2.

Gazette-area Class 4A cross country runners compete in state-qualifying meets at Dubuque, Pleasant Hill and Pleasant Valley; 3A at Pella, Solon and Waverly.

Two terms after starting her tenure in the Iowa Senate -- and two years after her constituency shifted southeast to include Washington, Kalona, and parts of Johnson County -- Republican Dawn Driscoll this November is looking to hang on to her seat representing District 46.