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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 Rep. Shannon Lundgren joins growing 2nd District GOP field
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Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson launches campaign for U.S. Senate

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Republican U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson officially launched her campaign for U.S. Senate at the Radisson Hotel in Cedar Rapids on Sunday.
“In the Senate, I will fight to make America look more like Iowa,” Hinson said. “Here, we know the difference between boys and girls. We know that families deserve to keep more of what they earn, and we know the people, not the government, always come first,” she said.
Right now, Ashley Hinson represents northeast Iowa’s 2nd District in Congress.
She’s running to replace Republican Senator Joni Ernst, who announced earlier this month she would not run for re-election.
“Ashley Hinson gives me hope. Someone that I know fights for me. Someone that has my back. And somebody that will have your back,” the Jones County Sheriff, Greg Graveler said about Hinson.
Hinson told Sunday’s crowd she wants to keep deporting illegal immigrants, cut taxes, and defend farmers in agriculture.
She also addressed Democrats who she said may consider her an extremist.
“If it’s extreme to want parents in charge of our kids’ education, if it’s extreme to want safe borders and safe streets, if it’s extreme to believe that there are only two genders, then they can go ahead and call me whatever they want,” Hinson said.
While Hinson will face plenty of competition for the Senate spot from other Republicans and Democrats, she said she’s confident in her campaign.
“We can only deliver on these critical wins, and make America safer and stronger for a generation to come if we win this seat. Or correction – when we win this seat,” Hinson said.
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Iowa Looks to Extend Streak vs. MAC Opponents

A pair of lengthy streaks will go up against each other at Kinnick Stadium. Saturday, September 13 marks Week 3 of the college football season. Iowa and UMass are set to do battle at 7:30 p.m. EST.
The Hawkeyes return home with a 1-1 record. Their Week 1 victory over Albany wasn’t close, 34-7 in favor of the Hawkeyes. As for last week, Iowa wasn’t able to get past No. 16 Iowa State. Their three-point loss marked the second season in a row they lost to the Cyclones. Last year, they fell, 20-19. While they’ve only lost by four-combined points in the last two seasons, these are still key losses that don’t sit well with HC Kirk Ferentz.
Ferentz has been with Iowa since 1999. The 70-year-old head coach most recently won the Big Ten West in 2023 with his Hawkeyes finishing the 2024 season 8-4 (6-3). While Big 10 play has yet to begin, the legendary HC has a different streak that he’d love to keep alive.
Omar-Rashon Borja of the Mid-American Conference wrote, “The Hawkeyes have not lost to a MAC school since 2013, when a Jordan Lynch-led NIU Huskies squad scored 10-unanswered points with five minutes remaining to take a 30-27 win at Kinnick Stadium.”
He added that Iowa had also lost to Central Michigan the year prior, 32-31, marking back-to-back MAC losses for the Hawkeyes. Since falling to the Huskies by three-points in 2013, Iowa hasn’t looked back. They remain perfect against a conference that no Big 10 team has any right losing to in the first place.
As for the Minutemen, UMass has a streak of their own that they’ll bring to Kinnick Stadium, “The Minutemen have not defeated an Autonomous/Power conference team or an automatic qualifying team since beating Boston College in 1981,” Borja said.
Borja spoke highly about Iowa, but he knows that anything can happen in college football, “Sure, the conventional wisdom says the Minutemen stand no chance over the reliably consistent Iowa Hawkeyes, but Iowa has been the type of team to let an underdog hang around and stay in the game in the past due in the part to their style of play under long-time head coach Kirk Ferentz.”
Both streaks will go head-to-head in a Saturday night showdown that could see UMass shock the world. Iowa is far from a perfect team, but on paper, they should have no issue getting past 0-2 UMass. Borja predicted a 27-11 Iowa victory, you can find On SI’s score predictions here.
If UMass is able to get their biggest road victory in recent memory, it would snap their 44-year drought. Not only that, but it would snap a 10-year streak for Iowa that the Hawkeyes have no plans on dropping anytime soon.
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