Right here’s our Week 7 roundup with Iowa highschool soccer scores, stats and full Gazette-area protection from Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.
3A No. 7 Solon 21, 3A No. 1 Williamsburg 14
A number of instances the Solon protection hoisted the staff on its shoulders Friday evening, canceling out quick fields and turnovers, limiting scores and placing up factors of their very own within the No. 7 Spartans’ 21-14 victory over top-ranked Williamsburg in a Class 3A District 5 battle at Spartan Stadium. Solon (6-1, 3-0) received its sixth straight sport and took management of the district title race.
“Our resiliency has been key with these guys all yr from Week 1 to now,” Solon Coach Lucas Stanton stated. “It’s by no means simple and so they know that. I’m happy with the toughness they present. They by no means fold. They stick collectively.”
The protection shined within the first half, matching the Raiders’ seven factors. Brett White’s sack of Kellen Cockrell popped the ball free and Barret Schade picked it up and rumbled 60 yards for the tying TD.
Solon’s protection got here up large once more within the fourth, establishing the successful rating. Cole Carney intercepted a cross on the Raiders 13. 4 performs later, Johnson scored on a 1-yard run for the ultimate rating.
“It does lots as a result of that’s a very good staff,” White stated. “That’s a state championship staff, proper there. They’ve a whole lot of dawgs. This provides us confidence to launch our staff.”
» Learn the sport story from The Gazette’s Okay.J. Pilcher
Maquoketa Valley 22, North Linn 15
Lance McShane scored the go-ahead landing, a 5-yard surge on fourth-and-4 with 4:04 left, and Maquoketa Valley out-mudded North Linn, 22-15, in a Class A District 4 soccer showdown Friday evening at Maquoketa Valley Excessive College.
Someplace within the muck, you’ll discover a contact lens. It had been in McShane’s left eye till early within the third quarter, when it turned dislodged.
“My imaginative and prescient is fairly dangerous,” he stated. “If I might lose each of them, I wouldn’t be capable of see three ft in entrance of me.”
So now it’s a three-way tie atop the A-4 standings: Maquoketa Valley, Starmont and East Buchanan all are 6-1 general, 5-1 within the district. All have clinched a playoff berth.
North Linn (5-2, 4-2) rallied from an early 14-0 deficit, taking a 15-14 lead early within the second quarter.
It was nonetheless caught at 15-14 when Maquoketa Valley obtained the ball with 7:21 left, 67 muddy yards away from the tip zone.
“At that time, you go behind your finest gamers and also you give it to your finest participant,” Wildcats Coach Scot Moenck stated.
» Learn the sport story from The Gazette’s Jeff Linder
5A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie 48, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7
Nonetheless you wish to slice it or cube energy of schedule, Cedar Rapids Prairie has been by way of the meat grinder that method, if you’ll, this soccer season. But the Hawks have survived it, shifting nearer to a Class 5A playoff berth Friday evening at Kingston Stadium by overwhelming Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 48-7, within the battle of west-side colleges affectionately often called the Kolache Bowl.
Prairie has ridden the legs of operating again Casey Kelley most of this season however he left the sport early with an obvious ankle harm. Bryce Kavitz took his place and had a 118-yard, one-touchdown efficiency.
Fullback Collin Velky had three carries, all for touchdowns: from 1, 2 and 6 yards. Then there was the passing sport.
Quarterback Will Phillips accomplished 18 of 23 throws for 285 yards and three touchdowns, two to handsome receiver Apollo Payne. He had seven catches for 103 yards.
However wideouts Denzil Inexperienced (5 catches for 76 yards) and T.Y. Pour (5 grabs for 100 yards) additionally performed effectively on this sport.
“Going into it, I used to be wanting on the climate, 17-mile-per-hour winds,” Phillips stated. “We have been simply engaged on the (runs), then we discovered the wind wasn’t as dangerous, so we began throwing it. The pocket was form of collapsing, so I stepped up, and our receivers have actually been feeling it these days.”
» Learn the sport story from The Gazette’s Jeff Johnson
Iowa Metropolis West 58, Cedar Rapids Washington 8
Eight gamers contributed to not less than one landing for Iowa Metropolis West (4-3).
Ashton Honore rushed for 2 and Izaiah Loveless caught two. Jack Wallace and Erik Caperon each threw for one, whereas Marquise Rose, Jacob Gilliam, Aaron Honore and Butali Butali all had dashing scores.
Butali had a powerful sport, main the Trojans in dashing yards with 214 on 17 carries.
“I didn’t count on to return out right here and simply do all this, but it surely feels fairly good,” Butali stated. “I believe it was simply the grit and grind. I used to be simply attempting to get by way of and get all of the yards I can.”
Sitting at No. 15 within the Class 5A RPI rankings (the highest 16 qualify for postseason play), the Trojans wanted this victory to spice up their playoff place earlier than going through two ranked opponents (No. 5 Nice Valley and No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie) to shut the common season.
» Learn the sport story from Gazette correspondent Ryan Pleggenkuhle
4A No. 6 Cedar Rapids Xavier 42, Oskaloosa 0
Coleton Beasler-Weber returned a pair of punts for scores and added a 3rd on a 24-yard run as No. 6 Cedar Rapids Xavier rolled to a 42-0 homecoming win over the Indians on a blustery evening at Saints Discipline.
“To be a great kick returner, you need to have good imaginative and prescient and see the fellows in entrance of you,” Beasler-Weber stated. “When they’re making their blocks like they did tonight, it’s fairly simple to take it to the home.”
Coach Duane Schulte’s Saints (4-2) dominated from the beginning, pushing the sport to steady clock standing halfway by way of the second quarter.
Beasler-Weber wanted simply over two minutes to get the Saints on the board. After stopping Oskaloosa (3-4) on three performs, a punt pushed Beasler-Weber again to his personal 24 the place he took off up the sphere, then made a lower to interrupt free on a 76-yard scoring jaunt.
On Xavier’s subsequent possession, Beasler-Weber scored on a jet sweep from 24 yards out. Then it was a Noah Schimberg 38-yard scoring run and a 20-yard TD cross from Ronan Thomas to Carter Hoffman.
That set the stage for Beasler-Weber’s second scoring return. He let the ball bounce previous him, then raced again and picked it up and weaved by way of Oskaloosa defenders for a 70-yard rating.
“He is obtained pure capacity,” Schulte stated of Beasler-Weber’s kick returning prowess. “He is obtained good consciousness of his environment and he additionally has some good guys blocking for him.”
» Learn the sport story from Gazette correspondent Mike Condon
1A No. 9 Iowa Metropolis Regina 48, Dyersville Beckman 21
Following a troublesome loss to a rival, Iowa Metropolis Regina was in want of a palette cleanser.
The Regals wiped the slate clear and obtained again to their high-flying methods, dispatching Dyersville Beckman, 48-21, Friday evening in prep soccer sport at Regina.
Sandwiched between final week’s 21-17 setback at West Department and an enormous showdown with Class 1A fifth-ranked Wilton, the Blazers supplied a chance to get proper. Lamenting missed alternatives of their loss to the Bears, the ninth-ranked Regals hope the setback propels them to a deep postseason run.
“Coming off final week’s loss and watching movie, we simply made so many psychological errors,” Regina Coach Jason Dumont stated. “The message tonight was, we simply want to wash that up. I assumed we did a great job of that.”
The Regals turned the constantly quick area into fast factors. Regina entered the half with a 45-7 lead. The Regals compelled 4 turnovers on the evening. Ty Joss hauled in three of Gentry Dumont’s 4 landing passes.
“We flushed that final sport down the bathroom,” Regina receiver Ty Joss stated. “We realized from all of the errors we had. We regained that momentum and we’re preparing for the playoffs.”
» Learn the sport story from Gazette correspondent Culley Kline
Marion 28, 4A No. 10 Decorah 21
Quarterback Kaleb Diers discovered Darius Rouson in the long run zone on a fantastic cross and catch with 20.7 seconds left because the Wolves rallied in Decorah.
Marion trailed the Vikings, 21-20, with 2:43 left within the sport, beginning the ultimate drive by itself 16-yard line.
With fast passes to the sideline and a Viking 15-yard cross interference penalty, Marion drove to the Decorah 11 with 28 seconds to play.
Dakota Johnson had a 52-yard landing run in third quarter for the Vikings.
— Randy Iverson
3A No. 10 Independence 41, Maquoketa 0
Quarterback E.J. Miller handed for 279 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 76 and one other rating because the Mustangs rolled at residence.
Miller accomplished 13 of 21 passes, together with six for 106 yards to Brady Kurt. Bryce Christian caught two passes for 94 yards and a TD.
2A No. 5 Monticello 48, West Liberty 3
The Panthers noticed the visiting Comets an early area purpose, then scored 48 unanswered factors to maneuver to 6-1 general, 4-0 in Class 2A District 4.
Preston Ries rushed for 180 yards and 4 touchdowns, and handed for 120 yards.
Ryker Dengler had 115 passing yards for West Liberty (1-6, 0-4).
— Pete Temple
1A No. 5 Wilton 21, 1A No. 8 West Department 17
Owen Hassell scored on a 7-yard run with 1:02 remaining to present the host Beavers the win.
West Department led 17-7 because the fourth stanza started.
The Beavers moved to 7-0 and the highest of Class 1A District 5. They play ninth-ranked Iowa Metropolis Regina subsequent week in Wilton.
West Department ends the season at residence in opposition to Durant.
— Jason Miller
8P No. 7 Don Bosco 59, Turkey Valley 14
The Dons scored on their first 9 possessions in Jackson Junction.
Kaiden Knaack rushed for 201 yards and 4 touchdowns and Kyler Knaack added 115 yards and a rating.
Oliver Schmitt had 68 dashing yards and 66 receiving yards, scoring two TDs.
— Darin Svenson
Dubuque Wahlert 14, West Delaware 13
A blocked PAT with 9:04 left within the sport was the distinction in Dubuque.
Brent Yonkovic hit Conrad Smith on a 29-yard TD cross to deliver West Delaware with one level, however the PAT kick was blocked. Macoy Roling scored on a 5-yard run for the Hawks’ first TD.
Tom Scherr, on a 37-yard cross from Spencer Commer, scored for Wahlert and Jackson Weber recovered a blocked punt in the long run zone.
— Invoice Logan
Camanche 43, Anamosa 28
Quarterback Bryce Buckley rushed for one landing and threw for 3 extra because the Storm received in Anamosa.
Austin Scranton rushed 28 instances for 108 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Raiders.
Easton Wheeler added the opposite two TDs, one on a 60-yard kick return and the opposite on a 14-yard cross from quarterback Vince Diers. Nate Fischer had 4 receptions for 61 yards for the Raiders.
— Daryl Schepanski
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Statewide Week 7 Iowa highschool soccer scores
CLASS 5A
Ames 48, Marshalltown 14
No. 6 Ankeny 40, Iowa Metropolis Liberty 21
No. 8 Ankeny Centennial 43, Des Moines Roosevelt 7
No. 9 Bettendorf 63, Davenport Central 0
Cedar Falls 42, Dubuque Senior 7
No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie 48, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7
Iowa Metropolis West 58, Cedar Rapids Washington 8
Johnston 42, Council Bluffs Lincoln 10
Linn-Mar 14, Davenport West 12
No. 5 Nice Valley 48, Muscatine 21
Sioux Metropolis North 49, Des Moines East 3
No. 1 Southeast Polk 38, No. 3 Waukee 0
No. 7 Waukee Northwest 76, Ottumwa 14
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling 29, Urbandale 0
West Des Moines Valley 49, Waterloo West 0
No. 3 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 44, Dubuque Hempstead 0 (Thursday)
Iowa Metropolis Excessive 47, Davenport Central 13 (Thursday)
Sioux Metropolis East 45, Des Moines Lincoln 18 (Thursday)
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 1
Denison-Schleswig 41, Storm Lake 13
No. 9 Le Mars 42, Fort Dodge 7
Spencer 69, Sioux Metropolis West 6
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 2
Marion 28, No. 10 Decorah 21
Waverly-Shell Rock 44, Mason Metropolis 7
No. 1 Western Dubuque 52, Waterloo East 29
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 3
Burlington 28, Clinton 21
No. 6 Cedar Rapids Xavier 42, Oskaloosa 0
No. 7 North Scott 16, Clear Creek Amana 14
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 4
No. 3 Bondurant-Farrar 38, No. 4 Gilbert 7
Newton 44, Carlisle 6
Pella 54, Des Moines Hoover 8
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 5
No. 1 Adel ADM 20, Ballard 13
Des Moines North 36, Boone 35
No. 8 North Polk 27, No. 10 Indianola 0
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 6
No. 5 Council Bluffs Lewis Central 42, Winterset 6
Glenwood 21, Dallas Middle-Grimes 14
Norwalk 62, Council Bluffs Jefferson 6
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 1
Carroll 24, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 20
No. 6 Sioux Middle 19, MOC-Floyd Valley 12
No. 10 Sioux Metropolis Heelan 42, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 12
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 2
Algona 34, Humboldt 17
No. 3 Clear Lake 21, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 6
Webster Metropolis 49, Charles Metropolis 13
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 3
Middle Level-Urbana 40, DeWitt Central 13
Dubuque Wahlert 14, West Delaware 13
No. 10 Independence 41, Maquoketa 0
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 4
No. 8 Davenport Assumption 35, Washington 0
Keokuk 47, Mount Nice 26
No. 4 Mount Vernon 45, Fort Madison 7
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 5
Fairfield 20, South Tama 7
Grinnell 21, Benton Group 20 (OT)
No. 7 Solon 21, No. 1 Williamsburg 14
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 6
Atlantic 21, Perry 0
No. 2 Creston 56, Knoxville 14
No. 9 Nevada 39, No. 5 Harlan 20
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 1
No. 2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 42, No. 5 Western Christian 7
Cherokee 20, Unity Christian 16
No. 3 West Lyon 35, Sheldon 7
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 2
Clarion CGD 55, Okoboji 27
Estherville-Lincoln Central 35, Forest Metropolis 14
No. 4 Spirit Lake 62, Garner GHV 6
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 3
New Hampton 35, Crestwood 6
North Fayette Valley 50, Oelwein 8
Waukon 20, Osage 8
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 4
Camanche 43, Anamosa 28
No. 5 Monticello 48, West Liberty 3
Northeast 50, Tipton 14
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 5
Mediapolis 42, Davis County 7
Mid-Prairie 33, Central Lee 13
West Burlington/Notre Dame 19, Albia 8
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 6
Jesup 32, Iowa Falls-Alden 8
No. 8 Monroe PCM 49, West Marshall 20
Union Group 38, Vinton-Shellsburg 8
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 7
No. 10 Clarinda 50, Chariton 14
Clarke 35, Interstate 35 0
No. 1 Van Meter 63, Centerville 6
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 8
No. 7 Carroll Kuemper 56, Saydel 14
No. 9 Roland-Story 41, Des Moines Christian 14
Southeast Valley 26, Greene County 21
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 1
Ida Grove OABCIG 12, Hinton 6
Lawton-Bronson 48, Mapleton MVAOCOU 12
West Sioux 42, Ridge View 6
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 2
Emmetsburg 49, Eagle Grove 8
Manson-Northwest Webster 8, East Sac County 0
Pocahontas Space 12, Sioux Central 6
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 3
No. 10 Dike-New Hartford 41, Aplington-Parkersburg 8
No. 4 MFL MarMac 28, No. 6 Denver 7
No. 3 Sumner-Fredericksburg 47, Central Springs 0
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 4
No. 1 Grundy Middle 35, Alburnett 0
South Hardin 42, Hudson 21
No. 7 Carroll Kuemper 56, Saydel 14
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 5
Cascade 42, Durant 7
No. 9 Iowa Metropolis Regina 48, Dyersville Beckman 21
No. 5 Wilton 21, No. 8 West Department 17
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 6
Pella Christian 43, Cardinal 0
Pleasantville 35, Eddyville EBF 0
No. 7 Sigourney-Keota 82, Colfax-Mingo 0
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 7
Grand View Christian 26, Nodaway Valley 0
South Hamilton 50, Woodward-Granger 0
West Central Valley 38, Ogden 32
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 8
Avoca AHSTW 56, Purple Oak 12
Treynor 40, Shenandoah 9
No. 2 Underwood 63, Missouri Valley 0
CLASS A NON-DISTRICT
Ackley AGWSR 41, Belmond-Klemme 0
No. 6 Guthrie Middle ACGC 42, Mount Ayr 18
Marcus MMCRU 42, Sloan Westwood 7
CLASS A DISTRICT 1
Akron-Westfield 25, Alta-Aurelia 0
Hartley HMS 28, Sibley-Ocheyedan 21
Le Mars Gehlen 33, South O’Brien 0
CLASS A DISTRICT 2
North Union 41, Mason Metropolis Newman 6
No. 1 Saint Ansgar 69, West Fork 8
No. 3 West Hancock 41, No. 7 Lake Mills 0
CLASS A DISTRICT 3
Nashua-Plainfield 26, North Butler 12
South Winneshiek 34, North Tama 28
No. 9 Wapsie Valley 50, Conrad BCLUW 8
CLASS A DISTRICT 4
East Buchanan 45, Clayton Ridge 0
Maquoketa Valley 22, North Linn 15
North Cedar 40, Postville 0
No. 10 Starmont 33, Bellevue 12
CLASS A DISTRICT 5
Highland 20, Louisa-Muscatine 18
No. 5 Lisbon 63, Danville 14
Pekin 44, Wapello 0
Columbus Group 61, Van Buren County 14 (Thursday)
CLASS A DISTRICT 6
Central Decatur 21, Wayne 8
No. 4 Madrid 41, North Mahaska 0
No. 7 Lynnville-Sully 33, Martensdale-St. Marys 12
CLASS A DISTRICT 7
Earlham 49, Oakland Riverside 35
IKM-Manning 45, Southwest Valley 7
South Central Calhoun 39, Panorama 13
CLASS A DISTRICT 8
Kingsley-Pierson/River Valley 48, West Monona 6
Logan-Magnolia 43, Council Bluffs St. Albert 18
No. 2 Woodbury Central 41, Tri-Middle 21
8-PLAYER NON-DISTRICT
Baxter 52, Montezuma 46
Janesville 70, Rockford 16
Moravia 74, New London 14
Springville 54, West Central 12
No. 2 Winfield-Mount Union 17, Mormon Path 0 (forfeit)
West Harrison/Whiting at Griswold
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 1
Boyer Valley 38, Siouxland Christian 22
No. 5 Remsen St. Mary’s 56, Woodbine 26
Westside Ar-We-Va 50, Newell-Fonda 13
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 2
Algona Garrigan 48, Ruthven GTRA 20
Harris-Lake Park 49, North Iowa 8
Northwood-Kensett at West Bend-Mallard
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 3
No. 7 Don Bosco 59, Turkey Valley 14
Lansing Kee 64, Elkader Central 2
Riceville 64, Waterloo Christian 12
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 4
No. 9 Clarksville 38, No. 1 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 36
Dunkerton 74, Tripoli 6
Garwin GMG 64, Meskwaki 6
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 5
No. 6 Central Metropolis 44, Lone Tree 13
Edgewood-Colesburg 50, Calamus-Wheatland 22
Midland 40, Easton Valley 34
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 6
Iowa Valley 54, HLV 6
No. 10 WACO 51, English Valleys 6
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 7
BGM 98, Melcher-Dallas 0
Belle Plaine 60, Twin Cedars 0
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 8
No. 4 Bedford 87, Lamoni 6
No. 8 Lenox 60, Southeast Warren 18
Murray 24, East Union 14
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 9
Audubon 68, Collins-Maxwell 18
Fort Dodge St. Edmond 48, Colo-Nesco 42
Glidden-Ralston 24, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
8-PLAYER DISTRICT 10
No. 3 Anita CAM 37, Fremont-Mills 20
Stanton/Essex 54, Sidney 40
East Mills at Exira-EHK