State News

Football scoreboard - Week 5

Friday, Sept. 21

METRO
Xavier 35, Kennedy 0
Waterloo East 30, Jefferson 24
Cedar Falls 27, Linn-Mar 10
Marion 25, Maquoketa 14
Prairie 44, Wahlert 14
Waterloo West 40, Washington 30
Lansing Kee 85, Cedar Valley Christian 20

Sophomores
Xavier 38, Kennedy 14
Jefferson 49, Waterloo East 12
Cedar Falls at Linn-Mar
Maquoketa at Marion
Prairie at Wahlert
Washington at Waterloo West

MVC - MISSISSIPPI
CR Xavier 35, CR Kennedy 0 (NC)
Iowa City West 42, Dubuque Senior 7
Iowa City High 35, Dubuque Hempstead 21
Waterloo East 30, CR Jefferson 24

MVC - VALLEY
Cedar Falls 27, Linn-Mar 10
CR Xavier 35, CR Kennedy 0 (NC)
Waterloo West 40, CR Washington 30
CR Prairie 44, Dubuque Wahlert 14

CLASS 3A - DISTRICT 6
Benton Community 35, Anamosa 28
Solon 18, DeWitt Central 14
Clear Creek-Amana 45, Fort Madison 14 (ND)
Marion 25, Maquoketa 14

CLASS 8 - DISTRICT 4
Springville 49, Central City 14
Valley Community 44, Elkader Central 36
Don Bosco 58, Preston 41 (ND)
Lansing Kee 85, Cedar Valley Christian 20
West Central 69, Midland 46

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Saints climb to 4th in Register grid ratings

The Xavier Saints climbed two spots to No. 4 in the Class 4A football rankings Sunday in the Des Moines Register.

The Saints (4-0) walloped Dubuque Wahlert, 53-14, Friday night. They have outscored their four opponents, 198-35, this season.

Xavier has rolled by Dubuque Hempstead (48-7), Jefferson (49-0), Prairie (48-14) and Wahlert (53-14). Those four teams have a composite 4-12 record.

The Saints host the winless Kennedy Cougars (0-4) Friday night.

Ankeny is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, followed by three Mississippi Valley Conference teams in Cedar Falls, Iowa City West and Xavier. Iowa City High is ranked seventh and Dubuque Senior is ninth, putting five MVC teams in the top 10.

Decorah continues to lead the Class 3A rankings.

CLASS 4A
1. Ankeny (4-0), 2. Cedar Falls (4-0), 3. Iowa City West (4-0), 4. Xavier (4-0), 5. Pleasant Valley (4-0), 6. Urbandale (4-0), 7. Iowa City High (3-1), 8. Muscatine (4-0), 9. Dubuque Senior (4-0), 10. Dowling (3-2).

CLASS 3A
1. Decorah (4-0), 2. Harlan (4-0), 3. Heelan (4-0), 4. Norwalk (4-0), 5. Lewis Central (4-0), 6. Grinnell (4-0), 7. ADM (4-0), 8. Boone (4-0), 9. Solon (3-1), 10. Creston/Orient-Macksburg (3-1).

Football scoreboard - Week 4

Friday, Sept. 14

METRO
Linn-Mar 24, Washington 21 (OT)
Iowa City High 38, Jefferson 0
Xavier 53, Wahlert 14
Dubuque Senior 21, Kennedy 14
Iowa City West 58, Prairie 27
Marion 13, Washington, Iowa 10
West Central 93, Cedar Valley 16

Sophomores
Washington 12, Linn-Mar 0
Iowa City High 28, Jefferson 8
Wahlert at Xavier
Kennedy at Dubuque Senior
Iowa City West 48, Prairie 0
Marion at Washington, Iowa

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE
Mississippi Division
Dubuque Senior 21, CR Kennedy 14
Waterloo East 22, Dubuque Hempstead 7
Iowa City High 38, CR Jefferson 0
Iowa City West 58, CR Prairie 27 (NC)

Valley Division
Linn-Mar 24, CR Washington 21 (OT)
CR Xavier 53, Dubuque Wahlert 14
Cedar Falls 17, Waterloo West 16
Iowa City West 58, CR Prairie 27 (NC)

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 6
Marion 13, Washington, Iowa 10 (ND)
DeWitt Central 49, Benton Community 14
Maquoketa 40, Anamosa 0
Solon 45, Clear Creek-Amana 7

CLASS 8 DISTRICT 4
West Central 93, Cedar Valley Christian 16
Preston 43, Elkader Central 8
Springville 49, Lansing Kee 48 (OT)
Midland 56, Valley Community 12

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Jenks ranked 6th in state X-C poll

Linn-Mar freshman Stephanie Jenks jumped into the state cross country rankings Wednesday at No. 6 in Class 4A after winning the Cedar Rapids Invitational last week.

Jenks is a nationally ranked triathlete who also competes for the Linn-Mar swim team. She got a late start in the cross country season, but dominated the competition in her first race last Thursday in Cedar Rapids.

Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington is ranked 10th in Class 4A in the new poll.

Josh Evans of Linn-Mar is ranked No. 2 among Class 4A boys. He trails Ben Anderson of West Des Moines Valley, who defeated Evans for the state cross country title last fall.

Etienne Nzoyisaba of Washington is ranked 10th in Class 4A. Mitch Pritts of Prairie is 12th, Tanner Rathje of Linn-Mar 13th, Chase Grabau of Linn-Mar 16th, Daniel Murphy of Linn-Mar 18th and Joe Berry of Washington 21st.

Alyssa Averhoff of Kennedy is ranked 16th among the girls in Class 4A. Maddie Saville of Linn-Mar is 17th, Allison Culver of Kennedy 18th, Lauren Meyer of Kennedy 23rd, Katie Wampole of Kennedy 24th and Rachel Perry of Linn-Mar 26th.

Ben Schueler of Xavier is ranked 29th among Class 3A boys.

The team rankings were not updated on the Iowa Track Coaches Association website as of 7 p.m. Wednesday. The latest team rankings are from Sept. 5, which saw the Linn-Mar boys and girls both ranked No. 2 in the state. Dowling is ranked No. 1 in both polls.

Washington is ranked 10th in Class 4A boys and Prairie is 11th.

Kennedy is ranked No. 4 among Class 4A girls.