A dozen area football games with playoff ramifications:IOWA CITY WEST at CEDAR FALLSTime and site: 7:45 p.m. Friday, at Cedar Falls (UNI-Dome)Records and rankings: West is 6-2 overall, 5-0 MVC Valley Division; Class 4A No. 2 Cedar Falls is 8-0, 6-0.Why this game really matters: ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 7:IOWA CITY WEST at CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG Channel 9.2Records and rankings: Class 4A ninth-ranked West is 5-1; Kennedy is 3-3.Notable: West is on an offensive tear. The Trojans ...

The top 12 area football games for Week 5:IOWA CITY HIGH at CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDYTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumRecords and rankings: Class 4A second-rated City High is 4-0; Kennedy is 2-2.Notable: The Little Hawks are fresh off a 52-24 demolition of ...

Here are area glances for Monday's second-round playoff football games:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY at NORTH SCOTT (4A)Time & place: 7 p.m., at EldridgeRecords: Kennedy is 6-4; North Scott is 9-1.Notable: Upsets littered the 4A playoff landscape in the first round, and Kennedy's 11-7 triumph over Cedar ...

A look at this week's top area football games:CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER at LINN-MARTime & place: 7:15 p.m., at Armstrong FieldRecords: Xavier is 6-2; Linn-Mar is 7-1.Notable: Both teams are guaranteed a home-field game for the first round of the playoffs. Assuming all the favorites win, ...

ARLINGTON - So you expected a defensive battle, huh?Starmont and Turkey Valley indeed provided a game to remember last night in a battle of Class 1A top tens, but defense didn't have much to do with it. Unless you count Jake Daisy tipping away the tying ...

The week's top area football games:CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON at LINN-MARTime & place: 7:15 p.m., at Armstrong FieldRecords: Washington is 5-1; Linn-Mar is 6-0.Notable: A difficult stretch run kicks in for Class 4A sixth-ranked Linn-Mar; the Lions close the regular season with Washington, Iowa City High ...

This week's top 10 area football games:CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER at CEDAR FALLSTime & place: 7:15 p.m., at Cedar Falls (UNI-Dome).Records: Xavier is 3-1; Cedar Falls is 4-0.Notable: For the second Friday in a row, No. 7 Xavier takes to the road for an extremely difficult ...

Let the shakedown begin.Five football teams from Class 1A District 5 emerged from the non-district slate without a nick. Now the games really matter."I think this will be one of the toughest districts, top to bottom, in 1A football," said Starmont Coach Matt Lee, whose ...

Here are the area's top 10 football matchups for Friday:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY vs. CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTONTime & place: 7:15 p.m., at Kingston Stadium (Washington is the home team and its fans will sit on the west side).Records: Kennedy is 0-2; Washington is 2-0.Notable: Kennedy opened ...