The following are 2013 preseason state football rankings, along with league predictions for each district, provided by Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG:CLASS 4ATop 10 2012 W-L 2012 Postseason1. Cedar Rapids Xavier 13-1 4A runner-up2. West Des Moines Dowling 9-3 4A quarterfinalist3. Urbandale 7-3 4A qualifier4. West Des Moines Valley 9-3 4A quarterfinalist5. Southeast Polk 10-3 4A semifinalist6. ...

CEDAR FALLS - A sweet season came to a bitter end.No need for the BGM Bears to hang their heads.The ninth-ranked Bears watched a momentuous football season come to an end with a lopsided 40-18 loss to No. 2 Wapsie Valley in the Iowa High ...

At one time the BGM football program had run out of ammunition.Now, the Bears are reloading every year.They will take their biggest shot in program history when they face second-ranked Wapsie Valley in an Iowa High School Athletic Association Class A state football semifinal today ...

The Gazette/KCRG's Jeff Linder has cast his final ballot for the Associated Press football poll, which is released Monday. Though only the top 10 teams go into the ballot, here's a top 20 in each class, just because.CLASS 4A1. Ankeny (9-0)2. Iowa City West (9-0)3. ...

We have reached the final week of the regular season for high school football in Iowa. Here is how the area playoff scene shapes up:CLASS 4A: MVC & MACEleven of the 16 berths have been decided on the east side of the state in Class ...

Two weeks remain in the prep football season. Here is a primer on where things stand in the area as Week 8 approaches:MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCEFour teams have clinched playoff berths: Iowa City West (7-0, 4-0) and Dubuque Senior (6-1, 3-1) in the Mississippi Division, and ...

Area conference/district football standings, through Friday, Oct. 19:(x-clinched district title; y-clinched playoff berth)MVC Mississippi Division Div. Allx-Iowa City West 6-0 9-0y-Dubuque Senior 4-2 7-2y-Cedar Rapids Kennedy 4-2 4-5y-Waterloo East 3-3 5-4y-Iowa City High 3-3 4-5Cedar Rapids Jefferson 1-5 1-8Dubuque Hempstead 0-6 0-9MVC Valley Division Div. Allx-Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-0 9-0y-Cedar Falls 5-1 8-1y-Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-2 6-3y-Waterloo West 3-3 3-6Linn-Mar 2-4 3-6Cedar Rapids Washington 1-5 3-6Dubuque Wahlert 0-6 1-8Class 3A District 5 Dist. Allx-Decorah 6-0 7-0y-West Delaware 5-1 7-2y-Crestwood 4-2 4-5y-Western Dubuque 3-3 4-5Vinton-Shellsburg 2-4 3-6Independence 1-5 3-6Oelwein 0-6 0-9Class 3A District 6 ...

The following is a preseason football glance for area Class A districts:A DISTRICT 3Overview -- No Class A school in the state returns as much as North Butler, which was a competitive 5-5 last season. The Bearcats return virtually every skill-position player, and a good ...

 Tony Perkins gave himself a quiz before the new installment of high school football districts came out."I wrote down the six schools I thought we would be with," said Perkins, the coach at Marion High School. "I got them all right but one."The Iowa High ...

LISBON VS. MASON CITY NEWMAN (A) - Time, site — 10:30 a.m., UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls- Records, rankings — No. 3 Newman is 11-1, No. 1 Lisbon is 12-0.- Notable — This is the first semifinal appearance for Lisbon, the fourth for Newman. The Knights were Class ...