CEDAR FALLS -- That wasn't a monkey the Xavier Saints got off their backs Friday night.It was a Tiger. And a lot of history.Cedar Rapids Xavier solved Cedar Falls in the regular season for the first time in school history, outmuscling the fifth-rated Tigers, 24-7, ...

WILLIAMSBURG - Strip. Pick. Protect.It sounds simple, but the Williamsburg Raiders transformed it into a formula for success.The Class 3A sixth-ranked Raiders became one of first prep football programs to clinch a district title before their non-district game Friday against Vinton-Shellsburg at Vinton. The game ...

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 ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 8:CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE at CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTONTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG 9.2Records and rankings: Prairie is 4-3 overall, 2-2 MVC Valley Division; Washington is 2-5, 0-4.Notable: It's far from a given that 3-6 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Other players might get more attention, but Jarred Edmonds certainly is a player to watch.The Cedar Rapids Prairie wide receiver has shined although the spotlight hasn't been cast in his direction often.Edmonds leads Class 4A and is second in the entire state ...

MARION -- Trev Biery knows what's coming tomorrow morning.Pain."I'm sure I'm going to be sore," Biery said. "It's OK. I'm used to it."Biery rushed for three touchdowns, left with a sprained ankle, then returned to help run out the clock as Marion upended 10th-ranked Solon, ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 7:WILTON at IOWA CITY REGINATime and site: 7 p.m. Friday, at ReginaRecords and rankings: Wilton is 5-1 overall, 4-0 Class 1A District 6; No. 1 Regina is 6-0, 3-0.Notable: Wilton already has a playoff berth wrapped up, and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Cedar Rapids Prairie had a signature win in its hands, but Cedar Falls wrestled it away.Down 21 points at halftime, the Class 4A fifth-ranked Tigers came all the way back to beat the Hawks, 41-30, in a Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Imperfect on this night. But still perfect where it counts.Class 4A fourth-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier overcame four turnovers and dampened Cedar Rapids Washington's homecoming, 35-13, in a Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division football game Thursday night at Kingston Stadium."When you make mistakes, you ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The footsteps are big ones to follow, but at least there is company.Cousins Clayton, Jake and Lars Bjornsen carry on the family tradition of Cedar Rapids Washington football together that started by their fathers, who graced Warrior teams of the 1980's.The family trio will try to ...