Rival Iowa high school football opens with mixed results
Season openers highlight a slate of Iowa games at Kingston Kingston Stadium and other sites as C R Prairie faces C R Washington while Jefferson meets Iowa City High and Marion hosts Maquoketa Valley. Veteran coaches and returning starters frame the week one action across multiple districts.
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Eric Modracek
Maquoketa Valley
Marion
John Riehl
C.R. Jefferson
Iowa City High
Re tooled Wash faces Prairie opener in Kingston Stadium
Cedar Rapids Washington reloads after a 21-2 two year run and 18 straight regular season wins as it prepares for a season opener against Cedar Rapids Prairie at Kingston Stadium. Coach Paul James notes a rebuilding period with one all state returnee, tailback Travis Rhone, while Prairie fields key returnees Glen Fox Spencer Stumpff and QB Joe Cooper.
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Kingston Stadium
Kcrg-Am
Washington
Hawks
Joe Cooper
Adam Reutzel
Glen Fox
Spencer Stumpff
Travis Rhone
Memorial Stadium
Waterloo
Iowa City West Trojans
Alex Kanellis
Travis Meade
Dan Dvorak
Doug Gee
Waterloo West
Thomas Park
Marion
Delhi
Mount Vernon
DeWitt Central
Ben Messerli
Maquoketa Valley
Robbie Mohr
Blake Humpal
Nathan Burger
Wellman
Exic-Am
Regina
Mike O'Connell
Chuck Evans
Regals
Northeast
Pekin
Mid-Prairie
Travis Kem
Riley Hershberger
Jordan Montgomery
Center Point
Urbana
Williamsburg
Ted Rogers
Center Point-Urbana
Stormin
Solon
Adam Squires
Ryan Coleman
Curt Ritchie
Raiders
Jeff Niebaum
Dillon McKelvey
Winthrop
Wmt-Am
Lions
Kent Allison
Bucs
Sumner
Cannon Dolan
West Des Moines Valley
Warriors
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Paul James
Linn-Mar
Fox
Stumpff
Cooper
Webeter wins Cedar Rapids Prairie cross country crown
South Tama senior Rachel Webeter shocked the field by winning the girls race at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational on the College Community campus in 15 minutes 16 seconds. Iowa City West runner Sarah Wickman placed second as West dominated the team scoring with 22 points. West is ranked 12th nationally, and coach Mike Parker lauded the squad’s depth as Webeter credits a tough summer with 50 to 60 miles weekly.
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Rachel Webeter
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Webeter
Iowa City West
Sarah Wickman
Wickman
West
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Jeff Linder
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Wobeter
South Tama
College Community
Kennedy
Drew Craig
Ryan Williamson
Adam Hairston
Prairie
Craig
Hairston
Cedar Rapids Washington
Michael McPartland
Williamson
Cougars
Janet Dobyns
Julia Frodden
Claire Hall
Jordan Stahlecker
Foot Locker
Harrier Magazine
Mike Parker
Dobyns
Jeff.linder
Gazettecommunications.com
Meier shines as Kennedy tops Xavier in tough clash
Kennedy Cougars win behind Meier's breakout night rushing 27 27 28 65 22 yard carries for two touchdowns plus a 57 yard punt return. Xavier led 7 0 at halftime but Kennedy defense limited Saints. Meier totaled 122 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards as Xavier’s turnovers hindered the visitors.
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Meier
Lewis
Kennedy
Cougar
Cougars
Xavier
Saints
Lavin
Mike Morio
Ryan Keel
Jon Geppert
Scott Schemmel
Dane Gilmour
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Linn-Mar
Southwest Missouri State Tames Drake In Narrow Victory
Southwest Missouri State survives Drake 31-26 as Cody Pratt rushed 217 yards and two touchdowns. A fourth quarter drive featured a 4-yard Pratt score and A J Porter to Jay Steinbroner for a 31-20 lead. Drake closed with a late touchdown pass from Connor Jostes to Tyler Putnam.
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Springfield
Cody Pratt
Southwest Missouri State
Drake
Pratt
Southwest Missouri
Jovon Lewis
Connor Jostes
A.J. Porter
Jay Steinbroner
Bears
Jostes
Tyler Putnam
Porter
Iowa City
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Bates
City High
Dan Sabers
Phil Kenney
Jefferson
Jim Womachil
J-Hawks
Dubuque
Linnmar
Armstrong
Lion-Mar
Andy Kuempel
John Osweiler
Taylor Herbst
Maquoreta Valley
Iowa
Mustangs
Harlan
Spartans
Emmetsburg
Jim Bellamy
Nick Yordi
Lisbon
Buchanan
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