Cedar Rapids Xavier and Newton face off in a Class 4A Iowa high school football playoff semifinal at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. It is one of four games Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids Xavier and Newton face off in a Class 4A Iowa high school football playoff semifinal at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. It is one of four games Thursday.
"We got away with a 'W,' that's all that matters," Solon senior quarterback Eli Kampman said. "As long as we win, it doesn't matter how we do it."
The Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs have reached the state quarterfinals. Teams across the state in all classes will compete for a chance to play at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls next week.
Class 3A second-ranked Spartans routed Benton Community, 31-6, in the first round of the high school football playoffs Friday night at Solon High School.
Photos from Solon vs. Benton Community Iowa High School football first round playoff game Friday, October 31, 2025. Solon would go on to win 31-6.
High school football teams play in the Iowa High School Athletic Association playoffs. All seven classes will compete in the Round of 16 for a spot in the state quarterfinals.
The hay is in the barn and all classes have reached the postseason. See what Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Scott Unash have to say about high school football in our last 4 Downs.
High school volleyball: Tuesday’s seven area 5A, 4A and 3A regional finals.
Solon finishes regular season undefeated and rested their starters after going up by 45 points against Fort Madison Friday night.
Results and stats from Week 8 of Iowa High School Football from Gazette-area teams
On Friday nights in Solon, this chair awaits its fate. Lifted high. Pummeled into the cement floor. The sound ricochets, echoing off cinder block walls.
Photos from the WaMaC tournament at Solon High School on Thursday, October 16, 2025. The final two teams were the Clear Creek Amana Clippers and the Solon Spartans. Clear Creek Amana Clippers won the match 25-18, 21-25, and 15-13.
High school volleyball: Clear Creek Amana fights off Solon’s stiff challenge, wins the Wamac tournament.
Very young, inexperienced, undersized, all that combined to make Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys basketball team less than stellar in the early going this season. But the Cougars have figured things out despite three freshmen who are playing big roles and are on a five-game win streak after Monday night’s 72-68 win at Linn-Mar.
West Delaware has applied a team philosophy to an individual sport. The Hawks have thrived in duals and look to continue that success, hosting a Class 2A regional Tuesday in Manchester.
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