Articles Tagged: West Branch High School

Paths to the UNI-Dome have been mapped out. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Round of 16 pairings for the Iowa high school football playoffs Saturday morning.

Here’s our Week 9 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage from the final week of the regular season in Class 5A, 4A and 3A and the first round of the playoffs in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

It’s playoff time in Iowa high school football, at least for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast previews the Round of 32 in those classes and looks at what’s at stake in the final week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A teams.

The West Branch football team has dealt with the loss of legendary head coach Butch Pedersen, who died from cancer last spring. The Bears had a tough schedule to boot, especially early in the season, has dealt with injuries and a quarterback shuffle. Yet West Branch finds itself in familiar territory, a playoff participant in Class 1A, a first-round home game on tap Friday night against Pleasantville.

When you get to Week 9 of the Iowa high school football season, there’s a lot to sift through. Doing the math on Class 5A RPIs, visiting the district races in 4A and 3A, and peeking at the big games as playoffs start in 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Here are five of Wednesday’s best area Iowa high school volleyball regional-quarterfinal matches. Archrivals West Branch and Iowa City Regina collide in Class 2A, and Central City will try to move one step closer to Coralville.

Here’s our Week 8 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.

Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 8 games.

Here’s who all 70 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 8.

Here is a primer of area playoff races as the Iowa high school football season heads into its final week in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford answer more high school football questions. Bears bear, bees bee and sports writers discuss what teams must win, dominant units, consistent performers and post-game celebrations.

Here’s our Week 7 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and West Branch started the 2023 Iowa high school football season 0-2 against tough schedules but have won every game since, including a pair of eye-openers last week. The Prep Football Huddle podcast discusses those teams and more noteworthy resurgences this week.

This week, a handful of teams that have climbed into The Gazette’s rankings during the regular season get to test themselves against more-established top-10 teams. Here’s who all 72 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 7.

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 7.