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Iowa high school football schedule Week 5: Every IHSAA game throughout the state
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It’s Week 5 of the Iowa high school football season, with another big week of games on the IHSAA on tap for Friday night.
This week features a big game between Class 5A No. 4 Waukee and No. 9 Johnston at Waukee. Des Moines Roosevelt travels to 5A No. 1 Dowling Catholic and No. 3 Ankeny Centennial goes on the road to face Des Moines East in other matchups between Des Moines-area schools.
Other big matchups happening around the state include 4A No. 9 Indianola traveling to Huxley to face Ballard, Carlisle hosting 4A No. 3 Pella and Iowa City West traveling to Ankeny to face the Hawks. Check out the full Week 5 IHSAA football schedule below.
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Iowa high school football schedule, Week 5
All games are listed in alphabetical order with the home team first
Thursday, September 26
Davenport West vs Muscatine, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs Iowa City High, 7 p.m.
Des Moines North vs North Polk, 7 p.m.
Friday, September 27
ADM vs Boone, 7 p.m.
AGWSR vs South Winneshiek, 7 p.m.
Akron-Westfield vs Gehlen, 7 p.m.
Alburnett vs Hudson, 7 p.m.
Alta-Aurelia vs South O’Brien, 7 p.m.
Ames vs Valley, 7 p.m.
Anamosa vs West Liberty, 7 p.m.
Ankeny vs Iowa City West, 7 p.m.
Aplington-Parkersburg vs Denver, 7 p.m.
Atlantic vs Knoxville, 7 p.m.
Audubon vs Coon Rapids-Bayard, 7 p.m.
BGM vs Montezuma, 7 p.m.
BHRV vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 7 p.m.
Ballard vs Indianola, 7 p.m.
Baxter vs Colo-Nesco, 7 p.m.
Bedford vs Mormon Trail, 7 p.m.
Bellevue vs Postville, 7 p.m.
Bishop Garrigan vs Rockford, 7 p.m.
Bishop Heelan vs Sioux Center, 7 p.m.
Bondurant-Farrar vs Newton, 7 p.m.
Boyer Valley vs Sidney, 7 p.m.
Burlington vs North Scott, 7:30 p.m.
CAM vs Exira-EHK, 7 p.m.
Calamus-Wheatland vs Central City, 7 p.m.
Carlisle vs Pella, 7:30 p.m.
Center Point-Urbana vs Wahlert, 7:30 p.m.
Central Lee vs Albia, 7:30 p.m.
Central Lyon vs Cherokee, 6 p.m.
Central Springs vs Dike-New Hartford, 7 p.m.
Chariton vs Centerville, 7 p.m.
Charles City vs Algona, 7 p.m.
Clarinda vs I-35, 7 p.m.
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows vs Estherville-Lincoln Central, 7 p.m.
Clarke vs Van Meter, 7 p.m.
Clarksville vs Turkey Valley, 7 p.m.
Clear Lake vs Webster City, 7 p.m.
Colfax-Mingo vs Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Collins-Maxwell vs Glidden-Ralston, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs Highland, 7 p.m.
Crestwood vs Waukon, 7:30 p.m.
D.M. East vs Centennial, 7 p.m.
Dallas Center-Grimes vs Jefferson, 7 p.m.
Danville vs Wapello, 7 p.m.
Davenport Central vs Davenport North, 7:15 p.m.
Denison-Schleswig vs Fort Dodge, 7 p.m.
Des Moines Christian vs Saydel, 7 p.m.
Don Bosco vs West Central, 7 p.m.
Dowling vs Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m.
Dunkerton vs Meskwaki Settlement, 7 p.m.
Eagle Grove vs Manson-Northwest Webster, 7 p.m.
Earlham vs Madrid, 7 p.m.
East Marshall vs South Hardin, 7 p.m.
Easton Valley vs WACO, 7 p.m.
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont vs Pella Christian, 7 p.m.
Edgewood-Colesburg vs Lone Tree, 7 p.m.
Emmetsburg vs Sioux Central, 7 p.m.
English Valleys vs Winfield-Mt Union, 7 p.m.
Fairfield vs Benton, 7 p.m.
Forest City vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, 7 p.m.
Fort Madison vs Assumption, 7:30 p.m.
Fremont-Mills vs East Mills, 7 p.m.
Glenwood vs Lewis Central, 7 p.m.
Grand View Christian vs West Central Valley, 7 p.m.
Grundy Center vs Waterloo Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Hampton-Dumont vs Humboldt, 7 p.m.
Harlan vs Creston, 7 p.m.
Harris-Lake Park vs West Bend-Mallard, 7 p.m.
Hempstead vs Bettendorf, 7:15 p.m.
Hinton vs Lawton-Bronson, 7 p.m.
Hoover vs Gilbert, 7:30 p.m.
Independence vs Central DeWitt, 7:30 p.m.
Iowa Falls-Alden vs Vinton-Shellsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Janesville vs Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 7 p.m.
Jefferson vs Washington, 7:15 p.m.
Kingsley-Pierson vs HMS, 6 p.m.
Kuemper vs Greene County, 7 p.m.
Lake Mills vs North Union, 7 p.m.
Lamoni vs Melcher-Dallas, 7 p.m.
Le Mars vs Spencer, 7 p.m.
Lenox vs East Union, 7 p.m.
Liberty vs Prairie, 7:15 p.m.
Lincoln vs Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Linn-Mar vs Cedar Falls, 7 p.m.
Lisbon vs Pekin, 7 p.m.
Lynnville-Sully vs Wayne, 7 p.m.
MMCRU vs Sibley-Ocheyedan, 7 p.m.
MOC-Floyd Valley vs Carroll, 7 p.m.
Maquoketa Valley vs Clayton Ridge, 7 p.m.
Maquoketa vs West Delaware, 7:30 p.m.
Marion vs Waterloo East, 7:15 p.m.
Marshalltown vs Ottumwa, 7:30 p.m.
Martensdale-St Marys vs Central Decatur, 7 p.m.
Mason City vs Decorah, 7:30 p.m.
Mediapolis vs West Burlington, 7:30 p.m.
Mid-Prairie vs Davis County, 7:30 p.m.
Mt Ayr vs North Mahaska, 7 p.m.
Mt Vernon vs Mt Pleasant, 7:15 p.m.
Nevada vs Perry, 7:30 p.m.
New Hampton vs Oelwein, 7 p.m.
New London vs HLV, 7 p.m.
Newman vs Belmond-Klemme, 7 p.m.
Nodaway Valley vs South Hamilton, 7 p.m.
North Butler vs BCLUW, 7 p.m.
North Fayette Valley vs Osage, 7:30 p.m.
North Iowa vs Northwood-Kensett, 7 p.m.
North Linn vs East Buchanan, 7:30 p.m.
North Tama vs Wapsie Valley, 7 p.m.
Northeast vs Monticello, 7:30 p.m.
OABCIG vs Ridge View, 7 p.m.
Ogden vs Woodward-Granger, 7 p.m.
Okoboji vs Spirit Lake, 7 p.m.
Oskaloosa vs Clear Creek-Amana, 7:30 p.m.
PCM vs Union, 7:30 p.m.
Panorama vs Southwest Valley, 7 p.m.
Pleasant Valley vs Dubuque, 7:15 p.m.
Pocahontas vs East Sac County, 7 p.m.
Red Oak vs Missouri Valley, 7 p.m.
Regina vs Cascade, 7 p.m.
Riceville vs Kee, 7 p.m.
Riverside vs AC/GC, 7 p.m.
Roland-Story vs Southeast Valley, 7 p.m.
S.C North vs Urbandale, 7 p.m.
Sheldon vs Unity Christian, 7 p.m.
Shenandoah vs Underwood, 7 p.m.
Sigourney-Keota vs Pleasantville, 7 p.m.
Solon vs Grinnell, 7:30 p.m.
South Central Calhoun vs IKM-Manning, 7 p.m.
South Tama County vs Williamsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Southeast Polk vs S.C. East, 7 p.m.
Southeast Warren vs Murray, 7 p.m.
Springville vs Midland, 7 p.m.
St Ansgar vs Nashua-Plainfield, 7 p.m.
St Edmond vs GTRA, 7 p.m.
St Mary’s vs Newell-Fonda, 7 p.m.
Stanton-Essex vs Griswold, 7 p.m.
Starmont vs North Cedar, 7 p.m.
Storm Lake vs S.C. West, 7 p.m.
Sumner-Fredericksburg vs MFL MarMac, 7 p.m.
Tipton vs Camanche, 7 p.m.
Treynor vs AHSTW, 7 p.m.
Tri-Center vs Logan-Magnolia, 7 p.m.
Tri-County vs Iowa Valley, 7 p.m.
Tripoli vs GMG, 7 p.m.
Twin Cedars vs Moravia, 7 p.m.
Van Buren County vs Louisa-Muscatine, 7 p.m.
Washington vs Keokuk, 7:30 p.m.
Waterloo Christian vs Central Elkader, 7 p.m.
Waterloo West vs Waukee Northwest, 7:30 p.m.
Waukee vs Johnston, 7 p.m.
Waverly-Shell Rock vs Western Dubuque, 7:30 p.m.
West Branch vs Beckman, 7 p.m.
West Hancock vs West Fork, 7 p.m.
West Harrison vs Siouxland Christian, 7 p.m.
West Harrison/Whiting Co-op vs Siouxland Christian, 6 p.m.
West Lyon vs Western Christian, 7 p.m.
West Marshall vs Jesup, 7:30 p.m.
West Monona vs Westwood, 7 p.m.
West Sioux vs MVAOCOU, 7 p.m.
Wilton vs Durant, 7 p.m.
Winterset vs Norwalk, 7 p.m.
Woodbine vs Ar-We-Va, 7 p.m.
Woodbury Central vs St Albert, 7 p.m.
Xavier vs Clinton, 7:30 p.m.
Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at jrandleman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeRandleman
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Iowa’s Clarissa Chun breaks down win over Oklahoma State
VIDEO: Iowa’s Clarissa Chun breaks down dual win over Oklahoma State
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While Iowa women’s wrestling rolled Grand View, 32-10, on Dec. 11 at Waukee Northwest High School, the Vikings provided a worthy challenge in Central Iowa.
The Hawkeyes and Grand View were the second leg of a doubleheader, with a high school dual between Raccoon River Wrestling and Ankeny, the top two teams at last season’s IGHSAU state meet, happening earlier in the night.
The Hawkeyes won each match that was held, but did not send a wrestler at 160 pounds, while Grand View did not participate at 180, so each team took one forfeit. In the eight matches held, Iowa won all of them and two by bonus points at 131 and 145. A sizeable chunk of Iowa’s top starters didn’t wrestle, but Grand View fought tough nonetheless.
“They’re (Grand View) scrappy and they fight hard,” said Iowa coach Clarissa Chun.
The Hawkeyes opened with four wins by decision from 103 to 124 against top-end wrestlers in the NAIA division. Sterling Dias earned a 3-0 decision over Judy Sandova (No. 2 in NAIA) at 103, followed by an 8-2 victory for Nyla Valencia over Tristan Nitta (No. 5 in NAIA) at 110 and a 9-2 decision for Brianna Gonzalez over Mayangelie Colon (No. 3 in NAIA) at 117.
In one of the best wins of the night, Cali Leng downed Catharine Campbell (No. 3 in NAIA) at 124 by a 9-1 decision. Her front headlocks and control of the hand fight led to her rotating behind Campbell for multiple takedowns.
“She’s got a big gas tank and a big heart,” Chun said. “She found ways to adjust and put points on the board.”
Emily Frost won at 131 pounds as she normally does, locking up a headlock and tossing Maya Davis for a win by fall in the first period. Iowa native Lilly Luft followed that pin with a tough win by decision, trailing by criteria at 6-6, but securing two takedowns late in the second period to defeat Adrienna Turner, 10-6. Before the two forfeits, Cadence Diduch rolled in a 10-0 technical fall of Sofia Delgado at 145 pounds.
In the final bout of the night, Libby Dix gave fans at Waukee Northwest a show. Trailing by criteria at 2-2, Dix scored a late step-out point with just a few seconds remaining to clinch the win. While she hadn’t wrestled a ton of freestyle before her college career, she won with her awareness late to score on the one-point action unique to freestyle.
“She’s a gamer,” Chun said. “She’s competitive. If she wasn’t, she would’ve been hung up on losing the match 2-2, but she wanted to go get one.”
The Hawkeyes have one more test before going off on winter break, traveling to Naperville, Ill. on Dec. 14 for the North Central Open.
Iowa women’s wrestling vs. Grand View box score
- 103: Sterling Dias (IOWA) over Judy Sandoval (GVU) (Dec 3-0)
- 110: Nyla Valencia (IOWA) over Tristan Nitta (GVU) (Dec 8-2)
- 117: Brianna Gonzalez (IOWA) over Mayangelie Colon (GVU) (Dec 9-2)
- 124: Cali Leng (IOWA) over Catharine Campbell (GVU) (Dec 8-1)
- 131: Emily Frost (IOWA) over Maya Davis (GVU) (Fall 2:21)
- 138: Lilly Luft (IOWA) over Adrienna Turner (GVU) (Dec 10-6)
- 145: Cadence Diduch (IOWA) over Sofia Delgado (GVU) (TF 10-0 2:08)
- 160: Kami Senlycki (GVU) over (IOWA) (For.)
- 180: Katja Osteen (IOWA) over (GVU) (For.)
- 207: Libby Dix (IOWA) over Andjela Prijovic (GVU) (Dec 3-2)
Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.
Iowa State’s Audi Crooks dedicates made free throw to her late father
Iowa State star Audi Crooks connected on a free throw for her dad late in her team’s win over Iowa.
AMES – As ESPN women’s basketball analyst and Hall of Famer Rebecca Lobo watched the Iowa State women’s basketball shootaround prior to the team’s Dec. 10 game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, several things stood out to her about Cyclones star Audi Crooks. Lobo was impressed by Crooks’ ability, her hard work and her personality.
“She’s such a smart, thoughtful, kind and funny human being,” Lobo said in an interview with the Des Moines Register prior to Wednesday night’s Cy-Hawk game. “And that just oozes out of her even when you spend just a short amount of time around her.”
Count Lobo as a fan of Crooks. The former college and WNBA star raved about the Cyclones star before calling the 10th-ranked Cyclones’ 74-69 win over the 12th-ranked Hawkeyes at Hilton Coliseum. Crooks poured in a game-high 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Iowa State improved to 11-0.
“I love it,” Lobo said of watching Crooks. “She’s such a good kid. You see the joy. I like watching joyful players. She is a joyful player. When you talk to her, she is somebody who looks like, when she’s on the basketball court, there’s no other place she’d rather be and I love that about her. She just has an infectious way about her that makes you want to continue watching her.”
College basketball fans across the country are quickly gravitating toward Crooks, who has become one of the best players in the nation. The 6-foot-3 center leads the country in scoring, averaging 27.6 points per game. Crooks has already broken Iowa State’s single-game scoring record twice this season, dropping 43 points in a game and then 47 in another contest.
Lobo, the Associated Press player of the year in 1995 and a WNBA All-Star in 1999, has been covering college basketball for a long time. She can see why Crooks, a native of Algona, has become one of the most dominant college post players. Lobo covered the Cy-Hawk game in 2023 when Crooks was a freshman. She’s made massive strides since.
“The first time you put eyes on her, you’re absolutely struck by the unique frame and how quick her hands and feet are — how good her hands and feet are at her size and then her increased ability to finish around the rim,” Lobo said. “And everybody is game-planning around Audi and yet she’s still leading the nation in scoring and has become incredibly efficient.”
Crooks has been a big reason why the Cyclones are enjoying their best start in more than a decade. Iowa State’s 11-0 start marks the best start to the season since the 2013-14 campaign when the Cyclones opened the year with 14 straight wins. The attention Crooks receives on the court has been instrumental in the success of her teammates as well. What’s she’s done has impressed Lobo thoroughly.
“Audi is just such a unique talent in the women’s game,” Lobo said. “There’s really no other player quite like her and doing what she can do. She’s been a phenomenal anchor for them so far this season.”
If Iowa State continues its successful season and Crooks keeps putting up massive numbers, the Cyclones star will find herself in the national player of the year conversation, just like Lobo was when she was a star at UConn.
“Certainly right now, when you look at an undefeated team that’s a top-10 team, you’re like, ‘All right, who’s their best player and should she be in the conversation,’” Lobo said. “A lot of it will depend on if she’s going to be able to keep this level of scoring and this level of efficiency while leading a team that’s winning games.”
Tommy Birch, the Register’s sports enterprise and features reporter, has been working at the newspaper since 2008. He’s the 2018, 2020 and 2023 Iowa Sportswriter of the Year. Reach him at tbirch@dmreg.com or 515-284-8468.
Thank you to the readers of High School on SI for helping us determine the Iowa boys high school basketball preseason players of the year in all four classifications.
Over 20,000 votes were tabulated between the four polls on the website.
Taking home top honors in Class 4A was Tevin Schultz from Dubuque Senior, as he received nearly 55 percent of the votes cast in that poll. Will Gerdes of Cedar Falls was a close second with 38 percent of the votes.
Cael LaFrentz, the son of former Kansas star and NBA veteran Raef LaFrentz, claimed the top 3A honor, taking almost 36 percent of the votes. Brady Harr of Hampton-Dumont/CAL was second and James Madison commit AJ Evans of Cedar Rapids Xavier was third. Harr received 26 percent of the votes, Evans had 22 and Jaxon Clark from Keokuk was fourth with over 10 percent.
In 2A, Albia’s Gage Chance pulled away from the field, as he secured over 3,100 votes to finish ahead of Red Oak’s Reese Montgomery, who came in with just under 2,000 total votes cast for him.
GTRA’s Teagan Hanson, a standout quarterback this past fall for the Titans, picked up nearly 61 percent of the 12,000-plus votes cast to claim 1A over Eli Dee of Baxter and Tanner Bergmann from Wapsie Valley.
1. Tevin Schultz, Dubuque Senior
2. Will Gerdes, Cedar Falls
3. Jerimiah Washpun, Iowa City Liberty
Winner: Tevin Schultz, Dubuque Senior
Schultz was the leader for the Rams, posting 18 points, seven rebounds, two assists and over a steal per game.
1. Cael LaFrentz, Decorah
2. Brady Harr, Hampton-Dumont/CAL
3. AJ Evans, Cedar Rapids Xavier
Winner: Cael LaFrentz, Decorah
“Older” followers of basketball will recognize the last name, as LaFrentz averaged 29.2 points per game and 13 rebounds last year for the Vikings.
1. Gage Chance, Albia
2. Reese Montgomery, Red Oak
3. Bryer Putman, Wilton
Winner: Gage Chance, Albia
Chance dominated inside the paint as a sophomore, scoring 19 points with over seven rebounds per game.
1. Teagan Hanson, GTRA
2. Eli Dee, Baxter
3. Tanner Bergman, Wapsie Valley
Winner: Teagan Hanson GTRA
Hanson filled the box score as a junior, scoring 18.5 points a night with nearly six assists, almost six rebounds and four steals.
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