KCCI crews will be out covering some of the biggest high school football games of the week on Friday, Oct. 23, including our game of the week (Indianola at Urbandale) and playoff matchups among the smaller classes.
Iowa high school football: Score updates, highlights from Week 9 games
Friday night forecast
Our gorgeous weather continues Friday, when we’ll have partly cloudy skies and a high of 77 degrees — well above our normal high this time of year of 60. Expect temps around 70 at 7 p.m. when most games kick off.
See KCCI’s latest weather conditions.
Game of the week
Our game of the week is a Top 10 matchup in Class 5A between 6-2 Indianola and 6-2 Urbandale.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. in Urbandale between the Indians, sixth in the state’s RPI ratings, and the eighth-rated Jayhawks.
Indianola has six straight wins after opening the season with losses against Norwalk and Carlisle.
Sophomore Nolan Freeman has completed nearly 75% of his passes (103-of-139) this season for Indianola. He’s 10th in Class 5A with 1,427 yards passing and tied for third with 20 touchdown passes. Three Indians have more than 300 yards receiving, led by senior Ryan Hilton’s 374 yards and team-high 6 TDs. Seniors Max Martinez (367 yards) and Parker Amos (345) each have 4 TD catches. Senior Daxton Heimbaugh leads the Indians with 536 yards rushing and 5 TDs.
Amos averages nearly 45 yards per kickoff return and has taken two back for scores, including a 94-yarder.
Senior Kasey Pontier leads the Indianola defense with 55 tackles, 2 for loss. Senior Aiden Curtis has a team-high 8 tackles for loss and 3 sacks.
Sophomore Kian Ruiz is tied for the Class 5A lead with 9 made field goals this season.
Urbandale is on a five-game win streak after opening the season 1-2, with a win at Ames sandwiched between losses to Dallas Center-Grimes and Valley.
Jayhawks senior quarterback Landon Rinnan has 1,266 yards passing and 13 touchdowns to go with 790 yards rushing and 12 scores. His 25 total touchdowns is second in 5A. Junior Kallen Steverson leads the team with 587 receiving yards and 7 TDs.
Junior linebacker is third in 5A with 69.5 tackles, with team-highs in tackles for loss (11) and sacks (4). Sophomore linebacker Connor Brown is tied for the 5A lead with 4 fumble recoveries.
First-round playoff pairings for 2A, 1A, A, 8P
Iowa high school football schedule for Week 9
These are the games in our area we’ll be tracking Friday night. Don’t see your team listed? Check above to see if we already have a score for that game.
- Martensdale-St. Marys at AC/GC
- East Union at Audubon
- GTRA at Bishop Garrigan
- Algona at Bishop Heelan
- Des Moines North at Bondurant-Farrar
- Ballard at Carlisle
- Pella Christian at Clarinda
- English Valleys at Coon Rapids-Bayard
- Perry at Creston
- Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Dallas Center-Grimes
- ADM at Denison-Schleswig
- Pleasantville at EBF
- Springville at Gladbrook-Reinbeck
- Glenwood at Boone
- Harlan at Greene County
- Mount Ayr at Lynnville-Sully
- Southwest Valley at Madrid
- Waukee at Waterloo West
- North Tama at Montezuma
- Knoxville at Nevada
- Norwalk at Waukee Northwest
- West Liberty at Prairie City-Monroe
- South Hardin at Ridge View
- Williamsburg at Saydel
- Iowa City High at Ottumwa
- Lenox at Southeast Warren
- West Central Valley at Treynor
- Albia at Van Meter
- Manson-NW Webster at West Marshall
- Winterset at Des Moines Christian
- Clear Creek Amana at Oskaloosa
Thursday scores
- Sioux City East 35, Ames 0
- Clinton 43, Davenport West 6
- AGWSR 37, Colfax-Mingo 20
- Camanche 44, Durant 32
- Forest City 28, Estherville Lincoln Central 6
- Cedar Rapids Washington 52, Waterloo East 20
- West Des Moines Valley 56, Des Moines Lincoln 0
Iowa HS football player returns from injury to score TD on senior night
A Wayne High School senior, sidelined by a knee injury, returned for one play on senior night to catch a touchdown pass, with his father announcing the game. Watch Maddux Moore’s special moment.
RPI ratings, rankings released for all 7 classes
Stat leaders after Week 8
Unbeaten list after Week 8
Highlights from Week 1
Highlights from Week 2
Highlights from Week 3
Highlights from Week 4
Highlights from Week 5
Highlights from Week 6
Highlights from Week 7
Highlights from Week 8
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