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Cedar Rapids Gazette
High school football playoff rewind: Maquoketa Valley stuns Madrid
CEDAR RAPIDS — Let’s let Andrew Christensen describe his Maquoketa Valley football team’s playoff game Friday night in a succinct and obviously on-point manner. “We played our best game of the year,” Christensen said. And that was good enough for the Wildcats not to just upset fourth-ranked Madrid in a Class A Round of 16 affair in central Iowa, but smash Madrid, 34-0. Few saw this coming. The winner and the margin. “We kicked off to them, and they got, I wouldn’t say big plays, but bigger plays on us,” Christensen said. “But then we kind of buckled down and stuff. We were just efficient offensively, I’d say, all night, running the ball and passing it just well enough. I mean, I was really proud of how physical we were tonight.” Running back Rogan Heidt ran 32 times for 152 yards and three touchdowns for the Wildcats (7-3), who were third-seeded in their own district, albeit a power-packed one that includes fellow quarterfinalist North Linn. Maquoketa Valley scored a TD in each quarter, including two in the fourth to put the proverbial icing on the cake. Quarterback Trevor Grimm completed 7 of 8 passes for 125 yards and scored twice
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kmaland.com
KMAland 8-Player Football (10/30): Audubon, Woodbine, Coon Rapids-Bayard advance to state quarterfinals
(KMAland) -- Audubon, Woodbine and Coon Rapids-Bayard punched their tickets to the Iowa Class 8-Player state quarterfinals with second-round playoff victories Friday night. Audubon rolled past Clarksville 72-30 behind six combined rushing touchdowns from Aiden Kjergaard and Mason Kasperbauer, while Woodbine outlasted Lenox 34-26 in a KMAland showdown. Coon Rapids-Bayard also advanced with a 44-30 victory over Bedford, leaving three KMAland teams among the final eight in Class 8-Player.
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yourprepsports.com
Liberty High Handles Business In Road Win at Indianola in 5A Postseason Opener
INDIANOLA – Mitch Wieland isn’t the first coach to get a good feeling about an upcoming game based on what has happened at practice. While Wieland liked how his Liberty High team prepared for its playoff opener on Friday it was something else the first-year head coach saw this week at practice that gave him confidence.
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ADM Football Falls In 1st Round of Class 4A Playoffs
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Football Team played in the First Round of the Iowa High School Class 4A Playoffs in Carlisle on Friday, as the Tigers were defeated 44-15 by the Wildcats to conclude the season. Carlisle opened the scoring halfway through the first quarter with a 74-yard rushing touchdown by senior...
The Des Moines Register
Our picks in the IHSAA Round of 16 of the Iowa high school playoffs
Welcome to the Round of 16 . The entire state has now entered the Iowa high school football playoffs, and the number of teams still playing will get cut in half each week from here on out. Even in the early round of the postseason, there are plenty of exciting matchups. Each week of the IHSAA season , we select 10 games and try to predict the outcomes, then we provide an update on how successful – or unsuccessful – those picks were. We went 10-0 in the final week of the regular season, bringing our season-long record to 61-19. Here are our predictions for some of the best Round of 16 games in Iowa high school football. Rankings are pulled from the Des Moines Register’s class-by-class rankings released at the end of the regular season, and rankings listed below reflect that team's standing within their class. Class 5A, 4A, and 3A were released on Oct. 26; Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-player were posted on Oct. 19. No. 8 Ballard (6-3) at No. 4 Western Dubuque (8-1) It's been a productive season for Ballard, with Bryce Miller leading the Bombers into the Round of 16. But the Bobcats will
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Tigers XC Racing In Iowa HS State Meet Tomorrow
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Cross Country Teams are gearing up for the Iowa High School State Meet in Fort Dodge tomorrow, as both squads look to end the season on a high note. The Tigers participated in the Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Glenwood on October 21st, where the girls and boys each earned a second place finish as a team in their respective races.
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P-C’s Alivya Smith is VB Academic All-State
Paton-Churdan High School senior Alivya Smith is one of just over 200 senior volleyball players in Iowa to earn Academic All-State honors. The daughter of Jake and Annie Smith, Alivya helped lead the Rockets to six wins this season, the most for the program in recent seasons. She also led the Rockets in multiple statistical categories.
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2026 State Cross Country Results
The 2026 Iowa High School State Cross Country Championships are Friday, October 30th and Saturday, October 31st at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge. CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONS!- 85 points, Treynor second 120 points (7th championship in 10 years) Kendal Landstrum 19:01 5th. Brooklyn Stutzman 19:09 6th. Tessa Brokaw 19:29 11th.