CEDAR RAPIDS — Andre Dawson ran with a special purpose against Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
In honor of his mother, Hilda, diagnosed with breast cancer when he was just 12 years old, the Cedar Rapids Washington senior running back made a pledge to score for every year his mother had survived.
“I told myself my goal was to get a touchdown for every year she survived,” said an emotional Dawson, now 17. “This year was her fifth year.”
Donning a special pink jersey and socks for breast cancer awareness, Dawson scored five touchdowns, powering …

A reminder … some combination of Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Jeff Linder (maybe all three) will be available for chat tonight at 11:00.
FNL Post-Games Wrap with Pilcher, Linder & Johnson

CLEAR CREEK-AMANA 31, WASHINGTON 7 — Blaze Smith passed for 269 yards and two touchdowns while Ted Hergert had 173 yards receiving and two touchdowns for host Cleer Creek-Amana (5-2, 4-1 3A-5).

SOLON 61, CAMANCHE 8 – James Morris, moved to quarterback after Wes Sleeper tore his ACL in practice Wednesday, passed for 101 yards and ran for 93 as top-ranked Solon downed Camanche, 61-8, Friday night in a Class 2A District 4 prep football game at Solon. Morris scored a touchdown through the air and on the ground, leading the Spartans (7-0) to their 34th straight win.  Andy Ashton added 59 yards rushing with four touchdowns.
WEST CENTRAL 75, DUNKERTON 36 — Kaleb Buhrow rushed f or 273 and four touchdowns while …

IOWA CITY — This was more like an open-book quiz compared to the big test that waits No. 3 Iowa City Regina next week.
The Regals scored four touchdowns in the first five minutes, including two fumble returns, in an easy 49-13 win last night over West Liberty at Regina Stadium, one week before rival and top-ranked Solon visits here.
The Comets lost three fumbles in their first four plays of the game, leading to 21 quick points.
Regina’s Braden Lehman and Tyler Nelson returned fumble recoveries to the end zone within a …

IOWA CITY — Iowa City West inched closer to its first postseason berth since 2003 with a 35-0 home win over Dubuque Wahlert Friday night.
The Trojans (3-4) scored in every period and held Wahlert to just 20 rushing yards. It was a big win for the program, West Coach Brian Sauser said, for both the present and the future.
“We knew for us, the third win tonight, it’s pretty likely we’ll get at the minimum into the substate based on how things are shaking out,” Sauser said. “That would be huge …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Senior quarterback A.J. Derby and his Iowa City High teammates struggled through a flu-ravaged week of practice. You couldn’t tell by the top-ranked Little Hawks’ performance last night.
Derby ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more to lead City High past Cedar Rapids Prairie, 34-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference prep football game at John Wall Field.
“I missed one day of practice and we had a lot of guys that were sick and fought through it,” said Derby, who had scoring runs of 7 and 27 …