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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.
Eddie Johnson has been a regular contributor for the Solon football team. He has returned to the backfield and has become the Spartans’ leading rusher through three games of his senior season. Class 3A No. 1 Solon hosts No. 3 Mount Vernon Friday night at Spartan Stadium
A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 4.
Area volleyball Super Ten through matches played Sept. 17: Status quo among the top four -- Mount Vernon, Cedar Rapids Xavier, West Delaware and Beckman.
How is Linn-Mar making co-head coaches work? Which 0-3 team is in desperate need of a victory? Sifting through the Class 5A jumble and identifying coaches who would make good podcast hosts. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on these Iowa high school football topics.
Ankeny Centennial is the newest Class 5A No. 1 in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll.
Solon avenged two losses earlier this season to Linn-Mar with a semifinal victory in the Linn-Mar Invitational volleyball tournament. Pleasant Valley won the title.
Former Hawkeye and Big Ten Network reporter Anthony Herron joins Madison Hricik to discuss Kirk Ferentz 206th win, the Iowa Hawkeyes matchup against Rutgers and the Big Ten Conference football.
High school cross country: Linn-Mar’s Ethan Cheney finishes third in a Rich Engel Classic boys field that wasn’t as crowded at the front as it could have been.
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