Solon Spartans

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 5.

A wild Iowa high schoool football Week 4 saw another No. 1-ranked Class 5A team fall, a two-point conversion decide one rivalry game and a failed two-point conversion determine another. We break it all down on the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

Can Cedar Rapids Jefferson top rival Cedar Rapids Washington to reach 5-0? Offenses vs. Defenses? Midseason awards? Best mascots? The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their insights on these Iowa high school football topics.

Iowa high school football rankings: West Des Moines Valley edges Dowling as the latest No. 1 in Class 5A; ACGC assumes the top spot in Class A.

Class 3A top-ranked Solon beat No. 3 Mount Vernon 7-6 in an Iowa high school football game Friday night at Solon.

Here’s a look at how all 72 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll fared in their Week 4 games Friday night.

It was the hard-fought battle everyone expected. Top-ranked Solon edged No. 3 Mount Vernon, 7-6, in a Class 3A non-district prep football clash.

Here’s a look at who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 4 games Friday night.