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Gazette high school football poll 2025: How the ranked teams fared in Week 6
No. 7 Newton takes down No. 2 Pella, 35-33, in a Class 4A thriller

Oct. 4, 2025 12:57 am
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How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll fared in Week 6:
CLASS 5A
1. Waukee Northwest (6-0) beat Ottumwa, 70-0.
2. West Des Moines Valley (5-1) beat Ankeny Centennial, 24-7.
3. West Des Moines Dowling (5-1) beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 34-0.
4. Ankeny (4-2) lost to No. 5 Johnston, 30-21.
5. Johnston (5-1) beat No. 4 Ankeny, 30-21.
6. Iowa City Liberty (5-1) beat Davenport Central, 54-7.
7. Cedar Falls (5-1) beat Bettendorf, 35-11.
8. Iowa City West (5-1) beat Muscatine, 69-7.
9. Southeast Polk (4-2) beat Iowa City High, 56-7.
10. Sioux City East (5-1) beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 47-6.
CLASS 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-0) beat Waverly-Shell Rock, 42-21.
2. Pella (5-1) lost to No. 7 Newton, 35-33.
T-3. North Polk (4-1) at Bondurant-Farrar, no report.
T-3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-1) beat Storm Lake, 59-14.
5. Gilbert (6-0) beat Carlisle, 14-13.
6. Adel ADM (5-1) beat Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 42-7.
7. Newton (5-1) beat No. 2 Pella, 35-33.
8. Western Dubuque (4-2) beat North Scott, 14-13.
9. Decorah (5-1) beat Cedar Rapids Washington, 53-21.
10. Glenwood (5-1) beat Denison-Schleswig, 50-7.
CLASS 3A
1. Clear Lake (6-0) beat Benton Community, 35-7.
2. Solon (6-0) beat Keokuk, 58-6.
3. Sioux City Heelan (5-1) beat No. 7 MOC-Floyd Valley, 21-0.
4. Mount Vernon (5-1) beat Center Point-Urbana, 34-14.
5. Nevada (4-2) lost to Williamsburg, 26-18.
6. West Delaware (6-0) beat Independence, 42-27.
7. MOC-Floyd Valley (4-1) lost to No. 3 Sioux City Heelan, 21-0.
T-8. Algona (3-3) lost to Humboldt, 28-23.
T-8. Dubuque Wahlert (4-2) beat Central DeWitt, 17-12.
10. Sioux Center (5-1) beat Webster City, 42-28.
CLASS 2A
1. Carroll Kuemper (6-0) beat Spirit Lake, 41-21.
2. Monroe PCM (5-1) beat Albia, 54-0.
3. Osage (6-0) beat Waukon, 47-24.
4. Okoboji (6-0) beat Southeast Valley, 34-31.
5. Mid-Prairie (5-1) beat Central Lee, 56-0.
6. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (4-2) lost to Cherokee, 43-20.
7. Woodward-Granger (4-1) at Clarke, no report.
T-8. Alburnett (4-2) lost to Bellevue, 33-28.
T-8. Clarinda (4-2) lost to Grand View Christian, 28-17.
10. Centerville (6-0) beat South Tama, 34-13.
CLASS 1A
1. Grundy Center (6-0) beat No. 4 South Hardin, 21-12.
2. West Lyon (6-0) beat Ridge View, 48-7.
3. Iowa City Regina (6-0) beat Sigourney-Keota, 41-7.
4. South Hardin (5-1) lost to No. 1 Grundy Center, 21-12.
5. Treynor (5-1) beat Tri-Center, 56-28.
T-6. Emmetsburg (4-2) lost to Manson-NW Webster, 36-22.
T-6. Union Community (5-0) at Hudson, no report.
8. Pleasantville (5-1) beat Ogden, 45-7.
9. Dyersville Beckman (5-1) beat Cascade, 48-13.
10. Underwood (4-2) beat Missouri Valley, 56-7.
CLASS A
1. Saint Ansgar (6-0) beat Postville, 65-0.
2. West Hancock (6-0) beat Sibley-Ocheyedan, 41-28.
3. Woodbury Central (6-0) beat Akron-Westfield, 29-6.
4. Marcus MMCRU (6-0) beat Le Mars Gehlen, 28-7.
5. Guthrie Center ACGC (6-0) beat Central Decatur, score NA.
6. West Sioux (6-0) beat South O’Brien, score NA.
7. North Linn (6-0) beat North Cedar, 49-0.
8. Wapsie Valley (6-0) beat South Winneshiek, 40-14.
9. Pekin (6-0) beat North Mahaska, 28-22 (OT).
T-10. Council Bluffs St. Albert (4-2) lost to No. 10 Oakland Riverside, 55-26.
T-10. Lynnville-Sully (5-1) beat Madrid, 15-6.
T-10. Oakland Riverside (4-1) beat No. 10 Council Bluffs St. Albert, 55-26.
8-PLAYER
1. Algona Garrigan (6-0) beat North Union, 54-7.
2. Woodbine (6-0) beat Coon Rapids-Bayard, 70-6.
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-0) beat Collins-Maxwell, 54-13.
4. Iowa Valley (6-0) was idle.
5. Audubon (6-0) beat Glidden-Ralston, 84-0.
6. Edgewood-Colesburg (6-0) beat No. 7 Easton Valley, 58-28.
7. Easton Valley (5-1) lost to No. 6 Edgewood-Colesburg, 58-28.
8. Ruthven GTRA (5-0) at Fort Dodge St. Edmond, no report.
9. Southeast Warren (5-1) lost to Lenox, 36-22.
10. Montezuma (4-2) beat Melcher-Dallas, 72-16.
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