It's Week 9 of the Iowa high school football season, as playoffs being in Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-player, and the regular season wraps up in 5A, 4A and 3A.
Another big week of games on the IHSAA are on tap for Friday night.
This week features a big game between Class 5A No. 7 Linn-Mar and No. 8 Pleasant Valley at Pleasant Valley. Other big games in 5A include Iowa City High at No. 2 Bettendorf, Urbandale at No. 5 Ankeny Centennial, Des Moines Lincoln at Southeast Polk on Thursday and Sioux City East at No. 4 Johnston.
Other big matchups happening around the state include 4A No. 1 North Polk hosting No. 5 Adel-Desoto-Minburn, 4A No. 6 Gilbert at No. 3 Pella and 2A first round playoff games between Albia and 2A No. 4 Van Meter at Van Meter and Des Moines Christian and 2A No. 2 Prairie City-Monroe at Monroe. Check out the full Week 9 IHSAA football schedule below.
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Iowa high school football schedule, Week 9
All games are listed in alphabetical order with the home team first
Thursday, October 14
Missouri Valley vs. Westwood, 6 p.m.
Denver vs. Columbus Catholic, 6 p.m.
West Harrison/Whiting vs. Sidney, 6 p.m.
West Monona vs. South O'Brien, 6:30 p.m.
Des Moines Lincoln vs. Southeast Polk, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Washington vs. Ankeny, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, October 25
AC/GC vs Wayne, 7 p.m.
AHSTW vs Hinton, 7 p.m.
Anamosa vs Waukon, 7 p.m.
Audubon vs East Mills, 7 p.m.
BHRV vs Carroll, 7 p.m.
Beckman vs Sumner-Fredericksburg, 7 p.m.
Belle Plaine vs Bedford, 7 p.m.
Bellevue vs Danville, 7 p.m.
Benton vs Williamsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Bishop Garrigan vs Tripoli, 7 p.m.
Bishop Heelan vs MOC-Floyd Valley, 7 p.m.
Boone vs Ballard, 7 p.m.
Carlisle vs Bondurant-Farrar, 7:30 p.m.
Cedar Falls vs Davenport West, 7:15 p.m.
Centennial vs Urbandale, 7 p.m.
Central City vs WACO, 7 p.m.
Central Lyon vs Forest City, 7 p.m.
Clarinda vs Greene County, 7 p.m.
Clear Creek-Amana vs Clinton, 7:30 p.m.
Clear Lake vs Charles City, 7 p.m.
Creston vs Perry, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas Center-Grimes vs Lewis Central, 7 p.m.
Davenport North vs Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
Denison-Schleswig vs S.C. West, 7 p.m.
Dike-New Hartford vs Ogden, 7 p.m.
Don Bosco vs Springville, 7 p.m.
East Marshall vs Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.
Edgewood-Colesburg vs BGM, 7 p.m.
Emmetsburg vs Grand View Christian, 7 p.m.
Fairfield vs Grinnell, 7:30 p.m.
Fort Madison vs Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Fremont-Mills vs Ar-We-Va, 7 p.m.
GTRA vs CAM, 7 p.m.
Gehlen vs St Albert, 7 p.m.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck vs Kee, 7 p.m.
Grundy Center vs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 7 p.m.
Hampton-Dumont vs Algona, 7 p.m.
Harlan vs Knoxville, 7:30 p.m.
Hempstead vs Davenport Central, 7:15 p.m.
Humboldt vs Webster City, 7 p.m.
Independence vs Center Point-Urbana, 7:30 p.m.
Indianola vs D.M. North, 7 p.m.
Iowa City High vs Bettendorf, 7 p.m.
Iowa Valley vs Southeast Warren, 7 p.m.
Janesville vs St Edmond, 7 p.m.
Jefferson (C.R.) vs Liberty, 7:15 p.m.
Jefferson vs Winterset, 7 p.m.
Johnston vs S.C. East, 7 p.m.
Kuemper vs Chariton, 7 p.m.
Le Mars vs Storm Lake, 7 p.m.
Lenox vs Exira-EHK, 7 p.m.
Lisbon vs Starmont, 7 p.m.
MFL MarMac vs Alburnett, 7 p.m.
MMCRU vs Logan-Magnolia, 7 p.m.
Madrid vs North Tama, 7 p.m.
Manson-Northwest Webster vs Hudson, 7 p.m.
Maquoketa Valley vs Columbus, 7 p.m.
Maquoketa vs Wahlert, 7:30 p.m.
Marion vs Waverly-Shell Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Mid-Prairie vs Union, 7 p.m.
Montezuma vs Winfield-Mt Union, 7 p.m.
Mt Ayr vs Earlham, 7 p.m.
Mt Pleasant vs Assumption, 7:30 p.m.
Mt Vernon vs Keokuk, 7:15 p.m.
Muscatine vs Dubuque Senior, 7:15 p.m.
Nashua-Plainfield vs Newman, 7 p.m.
Nevada vs Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Newton vs Hoover, 7:30 p.m.
North Fayette Valley vs Monticello, 7 p.m.
North Polk vs ADM, 7 p.m.
Northeast vs Mediapolis, 7 p.m.
Norwalk vs Glenwood, 7 p.m.
OABCIG vs Shenandoah, 7 p.m.
Okoboji vs Western Christian, 7 p.m.
Osage vs Jesup, 7 p.m.
Oskaloosa vs North Scott, 7:30 p.m.
Ottumwa vs Waterloo West, 7:30 p.m.
PCM vs Des Moines Christian, 7 p.m.
Pekin vs North Linn, 7 p.m.
Pella vs Gilbert, 7:30 p.m.
Pleasant Valley vs Linn-Mar, 7:15 p.m.
Pleasantville vs Regina, 7 p.m.
Prairie vs Iowa City West, 7 p.m.
Riceville vs Clarksville, 7 p.m.
Ridge View vs Underwood, 7 p.m.
Riverside vs Lynnville-Sully, 7 p.m.
Roland-Story vs Crestwood, 7 p.m.
Roosevelt vs D.M. East, 7 p.m.
S.C North vs Dowling, 7 p.m.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs Sioux Center, 7 p.m.
Sigourney-Keota vs West Branch, 7 p.m.
South Hamilton vs Sioux Central, 7 p.m.
South Hardin vs Pella Christian, 7 p.m.
South Tama County vs Solon, 7:30 p.m.
Spencer vs Fort Dodge, 7 p.m.
Spirit Lake vs Cherokee, 7 p.m.
St Ansgar vs South Winneshiek, 7 p.m.
St Mary's vs West Bend-Mallard, 7 p.m.
Treynor vs West Sioux, 7 p.m.
Tri-Center vs South Central Calhoun, 7 p.m.
Valley vs Marshalltown, 7 p.m.
Wapsie Valley vs Lake Mills, 7 p.m.
Waterloo East vs Decorah, 7:30 p.m.
Waukee Northwest vs Ames, 7 p.m.
Waukee vs Lincoln, 7 p.m.
West Burlington vs Centerville, 7 p.m.
West Delaware vs Central DeWitt, 7:30 p.m.
West Hancock vs HMS, 7 p.m.
West Lyon vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, 7 p.m.
West Marshall vs West Liberty, 7 p.m.
Western Dubuque vs Mason City, 7:30 p.m.
Wilton vs Aplington-Parkersburg, 7 p.m.
Woodbine vs Collins-Maxwell, 7 p.m.
Woodbury Central vs Sibley-Ocheyedan, 7 p.m.
Woodward-Granger vs East Sac County, 7 p.m.
Xavier vs Burlington, 7:30 p.m.
Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at[email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at@JoeRandleman
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