Football Friday Night: Highlights, scores and more from Week 2 of Iowa high school football

Updated: 11:15 AM CDT Sep 6, 2024

MIDDLE 70S BY SATURDAY. NO. HEY, HEY. HEY. FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. YES, IT IS. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. ANOTHER SEASON OF FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT BEGINS IN. MAN, WHAT A WAY TO START THINGS OFF. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE AS LONG AS I’VE BEEN HERE. 15 YEARS, WE’RE DOING TWO GAMES OF THE WEEK BECAUSE WE JUST COULD NOT DECIDE. YOU HAD TWO GAMES EACH. REMATCHES THE STATE SEMIFINALS. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO SOUTHEAST POLK’S WILD FINISH WITH VALLEY IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST WE’RE GOING TO START FOR THE GRUDGE MATCH. THE BATTLE FOR ANKENY, BECAUSE WE’VE GOT JEFF DUBROF STANDING BY LIVE AND JEFF, A VERY PASSIONATE FAN BASE, TWO FAN BASES GOING AGAINST IT TONIGHT. JEFF. YEAH. SCOTT. ABSOLUTELY. CONGRATS ON 15 YEARS. BY THE WAY, YOUR CAREER AT KCCI HAS A LEARNER’S PERMIT. THAT’S THAT’S GOOD FOR YOU. LET’S GET TO THIS GAME THOUGH. ANKENY AND ANKENY CENTENNIAL. YOU SAID IT. THE BATTLE FOR ANKENY A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR’S STATE SEMIFINAL GAME. AND THIS ONE REALLY LIVED UP TO THE HYPE. THE JAGS LOOKING TO GET REVENGE AFTER FALLING TWICE IN OUR FIRST POINTS OF THE YEAR, GOING TO COME OFF THE LEG OF RYAN BENDER. HOW ABOUT A BOOMING 44 YARD FIELD GOAL, GIVING THE JAGS AN EARLY THREE NOTHING LEAD THE HAWKS IMMEDIATELY RESPOND. FIRST PLAY OF THE ENSUING DRIVE. LUKE ANDERSON A DIME. ANDREW BRANDHORST BREAKING THE TACKLE AND BIG BOX BOUND 79 YARD TOUCHDOWN. ANKENY TAKES A 7 TO 3 LEAD. IT WOULD BE 10 TO 3. ANKENY IN THE FINAL MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF, AND CENTENNIAL PUTS TOGETHER A PHENOMENAL DRIVE AND FINDS THE END ZONE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE EVENING. PUMP FAKE BY QUARTERBACK CHASE KLUVER. THEN HE FINDS SAM HIDER FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. WE WOULD HEAD TO THE HALF TIED AT TEN. LET’S HEAD TO THE SECOND HALF ONE. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY ALL CENTENNIAL. HERE’S YOUR PLAY OF THE NIGHT HANDOFF TO BRADEN JACKSON. THE RUNNING BACK. HE GOES RIGHT FINDS NOTHING THEN CUTS BACK TO HIS LEFT SIDE. BREAKS A TACKLE. AND YEAH HE’S GOING TO TAKE THAT ALL THE WAY FOR SIX. THAT’S GOING TO BE ON THE GREAT EIGHT COME MONDAY. MARK MY WORDS JAGS TAKE A 17 TO 10 LEAD. HE WAS NOT DONE. GETS THE HANDOFF. FINDS THE RIGHT SIDE GETS THE CORNER. AND THERE HE GOES. CENTENNIAL. FANTASTIC. HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS. THE DEFENSE SHUTS OUT ANKENY IN THE SECOND HALF 31 TO 10 IS YOUR FINAL. THE JAGS GET THEIR REVENGE. YEAH IT FELT SWEET. IT’S BEEN A LONG TEN MONTHS. WE’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS TEN MONTHS. BUT THIS IS ONLY STEP ONE. WE GOT A LONG SEASON AHEAD OF US I BELIEVE WE GOT TO WIN ABOUT 1213 MORE GAMES TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO GO. SO SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR THIS TEAM. WE CAME OUT, WE DOMINATED LIKE WE WANTED TO AND WE’RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS WIN. BUT WE GOT TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. YEAH REALLY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. EXCUSE ME. BY BRAYTON JACKSON THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE NIGHT MALACHI CARRVILLE HAD AN INTERCEPTION. THIS ANKENY CENTENNIAL TEAM LOOKED EALLY GOOD. AND THE HUNGER THAT THEY HAD ALL OFFSEASON SHOWED UP TONIGHT A 3110 WIN OVER THE RIVAL ANKENY. THEY TAKE THE BATTLE FOR ANKENY. THE JAGUARS DO. AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG SEASON AHEAD. REPORTING LIVE FROM ANKENY CITY STADIUM, JEFF DUBROF KCCI IOWA’S SPORTS LEADER SCOTT, THANK YOU, JEFF, AND OUR OTHER GAME OF THE WEEK. VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST POLK. THEY MET IN LAST YEAR’S SEMIFINAL. THE RAMS WON AN OVERTIME THRILLER, WENT ON TO WIN THE TITLE AND FINISH THE YEAR ON A 22 GAME WINNING STREAK DATING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THREE STRAIGHT STATE TITLES. THEY RAN THE TABLE LAST YEAR AND TONIGHT WHAT A WAY TO BEGIN THE NEW SEASON. NO SCORE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. FINALLY A TOUCHDOWN AND IT’S BY THE RAMS HOLDEN HANSEN TO SAM ZELENOVIC. SOUTHEAST POLK GOES UP SEVEN. NOTHING. LET’S GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FOURTH QUARTER NOW. YEAH. DRAKE DEGROAT TO TRENT GREENGOLD FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. VALLEY GOES UP IN THIS ONE. A FOURTH QUARTER NOW BACK AND FORTH THEY GO. REALLY EXCITING GAME. SOUTHEAST POLK HANSEN TO KADEN HILLS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. SOUTHEAST POLK IS GOING TO GO UP 1613. WHAT A CATCH. FOURTH QUARTER. NOW VALLEY FINAL MINUTE JUST LIKE LAST YEAR EXCEPT THIS TIME IT’S ZAY ROBINSON PUTTING THEM UP. ZAY ROBINSON WELCOME BACK. HE WAS HURT BASICALLY ALL LAST YEAR. ALL LAST YEAR. THEY GO UP 1917. LAST CHANCE FOR SOUTHEAST POLK HANSEN GOING TO AIR IT UP. AND WELCOME BACK ZAY ROBINSON. HE HAD THE GO AHEAD TOUCHDOWN CATCH. AND THEN THE GAME SEALING INTERCEPTION AS VALLEY ENDS THE RAMS 22 GAME WINNING STREAK WITH A THRILLING 2017 WIN ON THE ROAD. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE YOU AROUND THE AREA. LAST YEAR URBANDALE LOST ITS OPENER TO INDIANOLA, 31 ZERO. THIS YEAR, THE JAYHAWKS DETERMINED TO STRIKE BACK. AND THEY DID. EARLY FIRST QUARTER LANDON BRENNAN TO DOWNTOWN TURNER BROWN. HE HAS NOTHING BUT GREEN AHEAD. 75 YARD TOUCHDOWN AND THE CROWD GOES WILD. BEECH OUT NIGHT OUT THERE AT URBANDALE. SECOND QUARTER JAKE POINTIER DIVES IN FOR INDIANOLA. TIED THE GAME AT SEVEN. URBANDALE WOULD LEAD THE 17 SEVEN. PUT ME ON TV BUT THEN INDIANOLA ROARED BACK AND INDIANLA DOES SHUT DOWN URBANDALE AND WIN 2117. JOAQUIN, NORTHWEST AND JOHNSTON, JOAQUIN, NORTHWEST QUARTERBACK MAC HEITLAND GOING TO FLOAT ONE UP THERE, AND JORDAN GREENE REELS IT IN. NICELY DONE. WE WERE TIED AT 14 AT THE HALF. UNDER THREE TO GO JOHNSTON DOWN 1714. D’ANGELO BARK. THAT’S A TOUCHDOWN. JOHNSTON GOES UP 2117. SO A MINUTE LEFT. NOW JOAQUIN NORTHWEST HAS TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH AND LONG IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. THEY’RE DOWN 2117. THEY DON’T GET THE MIRACLE. INSTEAD JOHNSTON PICKS IT OFF BRYCE BEACHUM. HE FEELS LIKE SCORING. JOHNSTON PUTS ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN ON THE BOARD AND THEY WIN ON THE ROAD 2817. DOWLING TAKING ON CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY OVER AT VALLEY STADIUM. THAT’S DOWLING WITH THE BALL ON THE RIGHT CONTROLLING THE FIRST HALF. PARKER PHILLIPS TO JACOB SKOW. DOWLING GOES UP BY A SCORE OF 17. NOTHING AND THEY WIN 24 TO 12. ALL RIGHT TIME FOR A QUICK BREAK ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. WE GOT A LOT MORE TO GET TO. WE’RE GOING TO GO AROUND THE AREA. OUR WILD CARD GAME AND A VERY SPLASHY DEBUT AT ROOSEVELT. SEE WHAT I MEAN? COMING UP NEXT. STAY TUNED. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. SHANNON EARHART WITH US FOR OUR WILD CARD GAME. YOU KNOW, COACHES ALWAYS TALK ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS. I THINK THIS EXPLAINS IT PERFECTLY. YES. CRESTON. WINTERSET. THEY PLAYED IN A GREEN OUT TONIGHT. THE STUDENTS DO THAT FOR HEAD COACH ZACH SWEENEY, WHOSE WIFE ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER. SO IT WAS NICE OF THEM TO DO THAT. SENIOR QB HUNTER LYON UNDER CENTER HERE. BOLAN TADLOCK CATCHES THE TOSS AND WATCH OUT. HE IS COMING RIGHT AT YOU. WATCH OUT. I DID NOT GET HIT. THANKFULLY, I’M STILL STANDING HERE TODAY. THE QUICK PLAY SETS UP THIS WALK IN TOUCHDOWN FOR HANK WILLIAMS. THE HUSKIES GO FOR TWO AND IT’S JAYDEN COOPER THE BIG TIGHT END WHO CLIMBS THE LADDER. WINTERSET LEADS EIGHT. NOTHING. NOW THIS GIRL IS KEEPING CRESTON ENERGY ALIVE. HOW ABOUT THOSE DANCE MOVES? OKAY, NOW PAY ATTENTION HERE. SERIOUSLY, QB TANNER RAY HANDS OFF TO ZANDER DRAKE, WHO PITCHES TO WESTON TRAPP. THE TRICKERY IS A BOMB DOWN FIELD, BUT WINTERSET IS NO FOOL. GAVIN DAY PICKS IT OFF. TIME WOULD EXPIRE IN THE HALF, BUT WHAT A PLAY. THIRD QUARTER STILL EIGHT ZERO. WINTERSET. WILLIAMS IS AS ELUSIVE AS THEY COME. A MAN AMONG BOYS. WINTERSET WINS THIS RIVALRY SHOWDOWN 31 TO 6. THANKS, SHANNON. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE NORWALK, CARLISLE RIVALRY? THE BATTLE FOR HIGHWAY FIVE. NORWALK LEADS 21 SEVEN. THIRD AND TEN. C.J. HOGG GETS SWALLOWED UP BY TYLER STANFORD AND COLTON JOHNSON. THE WARRIORS TAKE NO PRISONERS. THEY WIN 35 SEVEN. IN THE RIVALRY GAME, SHANNON BATTLE FOR THE BRIDGE, WOODWARD GRANGER, PLAYING AT MADRID. FIRST QUARTER. MADRID’S LOGAN VELKY THE KEEPER, BUT MADRID FAILED TO CASH IT IN FOR ANY POINTS AT ALL. A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS RIGHT AT THE CAMERA HERE. I MEAN, WE HAD OURSELVES A DAY. WE DID. STAY SAFE. WOODWARD. GRANGER Q-B TALON FUSION UNLEASHES THIS BOMB DOWNFIELD. KANE. BO MORENO FIGHTS FOR THE CATCH. IT WAS WIRE TO WIRE. WOODWARD. GRANGER WINS IT. 2928. IN OVERTIME. ALL RIGHT. LAST CHECK THIS GAME WAS STILL IN OVERTIME. BONNER AND FARRAR AND NORTH POLK. THESE GUYS ALWAYS PUT UP THE POINTS. IT WAS TIED AT SEVEN IN THE SECOND QUARTER. GOING TO SHOW YOU BLAKE GUTHRIE BREAKING SOME TACKLES. DIVES FOR IT. AND MAKES IT 14 SEVEN BONDURANT FARRAR. JORDAN RYLE IS HAVING A HUGE GAME AND RIGHT NOW I GOT IT. LOOKS LIKE I GOT A FINAL. NORTH POLK PULLS OFF THE OVERTIME WIN 4241. WOW. LOOK AT THAT COMETS. DOESN’T GET CLOSER THAN THAT. A METRO BATTLE THOUGH AT MEDIACOM BETWEEN LINCOLN AND ROOSEVELT. THE ROUGHRIDERS STARTED TO PULL AWAY IN THE SECOND. JONAH CALDERON HEADS FOR THE PAYDIRT. LINCOLN’S DEFENSE WILL POP IT UP. COLEMAN DOES LAND ON IT, THOUGH, AND IT’S CALLED A TOUCHDOWN. ROOSEVELT LED 28 TO 7. JAVON SANDERS HAD AROUND 100 YARDS RUSHING IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE, INCLUDING A LONG TD. HE HAD A BIG GAINER BEFORE HALF, BUT THE BELT DEFENSE HELD ON AFTER THAT. ROOSEVELT WINS IT 4917. AND QUICKLY, I WANT TO I KNOW WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I WANT TO SHOW COACH ERNSTBRUNN GETTING THE GATORADE BATH. JUST HAD TO SEND IT TO ME FROM MY FRIEND LIZ EDELMAN. CONGRATS. ERNSTBRUNN FIRST WIN AS HEAD COACH AT ROOSEVELT. WE GOT FAN OF THE WEEK. GOOD FAN OF THE WK. UPAND AS WE LEAVE, SHOUT OUT TO GAGE FROM URBANDALE, MY FAN OF THE WEEK. THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN THE STANDS. SHANNON DANCIN

Football Friday Night: Highlights, scores and more from Week 2 of Iowa high school football

Updated: 11:15 AM CDT Sep 6, 2024

It’s Week 2 of the prep football season, and we’re back with highlights, scores and more once the action starts Friday night. Watch the video above to see the full Week 1 recap from the KCCI sports team. Here’s what you need to know on Sept. 6.Football Friday Night forecastTemperatures at kickoff time of 7 p.m. will be around 69 degrees in central Iowa, with sunny skies.KCCI’s latest weather forecast.Game of the weekIt’s Valley-Dowling on Friday night in the battle of West Des Moines.KCCI sports reporter Shannon Ehrhardt will be at Valley Stadium, where the Maroons and Tigers kick off at 7 p.m. Both teams are 1-0 this year, with Valley snapping Southeast Polk’s 22-game winning streak last week and Dowling beating Cedar Rapids Kennedy.Dowling shut out Valley in last year’s meeting, 14-0, and finished with a 9-2 record. The Maroons lost to Ankeny in the Class 5A quarterfinals. The Tigers reached the 5A semifinals, where they lost to eventual champion Southeast Polk and finished 6-6. Thursday night scoresLeMars 28, Sioux City North 8Ottumwa 50, Des Moines Roosevelt 28Stat leaders by class after Week 1Waukee’s Beckett Bakker leads all 5A quarterbacks with 321 passing yards after Week 1 and is tied with three others for the touchdown lead with 3. He returns to the field Friday for the rivalry game against Waukee Northwest and quarterback Mack Heitland, who there for 189 yards and 2 touchdowns, along with 2 interceptions, Waukee opened the season with a 59-14 win against Ames, and Northwest lost to Johnston, 28-17. See more Iowa high school football stat leaders after Week 1 here.More coverage from Week 1Watch college football on KCCICollege football season is here and KCCI has 16 straight Saturdays of games between Aug. 31’s kickoff and Dec. 14’s Army-Navy game, including the Cy-Hawk rivalry on Saturday and the Big Ten Championship on Dec. 7. Our weekly college football coverage includes a new pregame show, “Big College Kickoff” — 10:30 a.m. Saturdays between Aug. 31-Dec. 7. The half-hour program will feature local stories from sports anchor Jeff Dubrof, as well as sports director Scott Reister and sports reporter Shannon Ehrhardt, behind-the-scenes insight and fun looks at fan culture, focusing on NCAA Division I teams in Iowa.You can learn more about the new show here.This year, you’ll be able to catch the Cy-Hawk rivalry game on KCCI. We’ll have a full day of coverage Saturday, Sept. 7, starting with “Big College Kickoff” at 10:30 a.m. followed by our local pregame special at 1:30 p.m. and CBS’ State Farm College Football Today at 2. Cy-Hawk kickoff is at 2:30 from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, followed by CBS’ College Football Postgame Show at 6 and our local postgame show at 6:30.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

It’s Week 2 of the prep football season, and we’re back with highlights, scores and more once the action starts Friday night.

Watch the video above to see the full Week 1 recap from the KCCI sports team.

Here’s what you need to know on Sept. 6.

Temperatures at kickoff time of 7 p.m. will be around 69 degrees in central Iowa, with sunny skies.

KCCI’s latest weather forecast.

Game of the week

It’s Valley-Dowling on Friday night in the battle of West Des Moines.

KCCI sports reporter Shannon Ehrhardt will be at Valley Stadium, where the Maroons and Tigers kick off at 7 p.m. Both teams are 1-0 this year, with Valley snapping Southeast Polk’s 22-game winning streak last week and Dowling beating Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Dowling shut out Valley in last year’s meeting, 14-0, and finished with a 9-2 record. The Maroons lost to Ankeny in the Class 5A quarterfinals. The Tigers reached the 5A semifinals, where they lost to eventual champion Southeast Polk and finished 6-6.

Thursday night scores

LeMars 28, Sioux City North 8

Ottumwa 50, Des Moines Roosevelt 28

Stat leaders by class after Week 1

Waukee’s Beckett Bakker leads all 5A quarterbacks with 321 passing yards after Week 1 and is tied with three others for the touchdown lead with 3. He returns to the field Friday for the rivalry game against Waukee Northwest and quarterback Mack Heitland, who there for 189 yards and 2 touchdowns, along with 2 interceptions,

Waukee opened the season with a 59-14 win against Ames, and Northwest lost to Johnston, 28-17.

See more Iowa high school football stat leaders after Week 1 here.

More coverage from Week 1

College football season is here and KCCI has 16 straight Saturdays of games between Aug. 31’s kickoff and Dec. 14’s Army-Navy game, including the Cy-Hawk rivalry on Saturday and the Big Ten Championship on Dec. 7.

Our weekly college football coverage includes a new pregame show, “Big College Kickoff” — 10:30 a.m. Saturdays between Aug. 31-Dec. 7. The half-hour program will feature local stories from sports anchor Jeff Dubrof, as well as sports director Scott Reister and sports reporter Shannon Ehrhardt, behind-the-scenes insight and fun looks at fan culture, focusing on NCAA Division I teams in Iowa.

You can learn more about the new show here.

This year, you’ll be able to catch the Cy-Hawk rivalry game on KCCI. We’ll have a full day of coverage Saturday, Sept. 7, starting with “Big College Kickoff” at 10:30 a.m. followed by our local pregame special at 1:30 p.m. and CBS’ State Farm College Football Today at 2. Cy-Hawk kickoff is at 2:30 from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, followed by CBS’ College Football Postgame Show at 6 and our local postgame show at 6:30.