KCCI recaps the Iowa high school football playoff quarterfinals

AS HIGHS DROP INTO THE LOW 50S. CONOVER BY. FOOTBALL BRADGATE AND WE HAVE WELCOME IN FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, EVERYBODY. HOW ABOUT OUT AN UNBELIEVABLE GAME. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO SHANNON EARHART WHO IS AT OUR BIG GAME OVER IN WAUKEE TAKING ON VALLEY BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE REIGNING TWO TIME STATE CHAMPIONS ON THE ROPES TONIGHT, TAKING ON CEDAR FALLS. LET’S CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS. THIS GAME WAS CLOSER THAN ANTICIPATED. 21 SEVEN CEDAR FALLS IS GOING TO SCORE. THEY CHIP AWAY. IT’S DREW GERDS MAKING IT 2114. SAME SCORE. RAMS WERE HELD SCORELESS IN

THE SECOND HALF AND THE TIGERS GO INTO THEIR BAG OF TRICKS. JET SWEEP PASS TIGERS AND IT’S TATE HERMAN’S IN SCORING AND OH MY GOSH IT’S A ONE POINT GAME TIGERS DECIDE CLYDE WE’RE NOT GOING TO GO FOR OVERTIME. WE’RE GOING TO GO FOR THE WIN. THEY GO FOR TWO AND OUR STUFFED AND SOUTHEAST POLK CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF. THE RAMS WILL HOLD ON BY THE THINNEST OF MARGINS. 2120 IS THE FINAL IN SOUTHEAST POLK IS HEADED BACK TO THE DOME CENTENNIAL FANCY WAS TRAILING 40, SEEN NOTHING AT HALF AGAINST BETTENDORF. AND HERE

COME THE JAGUARS THIRD QUARTER TRENTON SMITH FINDS ELIJAH PORTER, WHO RUNS IT IN FOR THE FIRST JAGUAR TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT. NEXT DRIVE DROPS BACK HOW ABOUT CHASE SHUTTI

IN THE ENDZONE THEY ARE HYPED JAGS A 21 UNANSWERED TO MAKE IT A 2114 LEAD AFTER A FUMBLE RECOVERY FOR CENTENNIAL TO RECOVER. EXCUSE ME. THEY’RE GOING TO DRIVE THE BALL ALL THE WAY DOWN FIELD. THEY’RE GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO ELIJAH PORTER, HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT SENT XENIAL GET THIS SCORES FOR 31 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF TO CRUISE TO A WIN

FINAL. SCORE 4141 CENTENNIAL IS HEADING TO THE DOME. WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THIS ANKENY DOWLING GAME, BUT WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS THIS ANKENY WON THIS GAME 14 TO 7 ON A FOURTH DOWN STOP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND JEFF BOWERS FIRST YEAR AS THE HEAD COACH AFTER TAKING OVER FOR RICK NELSON. HE HAS HIS TEAM HEADED TO THE UNI-DOME. UNBELIEVABLE. 14 SEVEN IN THE FINAL FOUR. BUT LET’S GET TO OUR GAME OF THE WEEK FOOTBALL. FRIDAY NIGHT, HY-VEE SPONSORING US. WINNER OF TONIGHT’S GAMES OBVIOUSLY HEADED TO THE DOME. LOSERS HEADED HOME.

WE GOT TO GO TO WAUKEE CENTRAL IOWA POWERS. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR SHANNON EARHART. SHANNON, A GAME THAT LIVED UP TO THE HYPE AND UNEXPLICABLE WE HAVE A TEAM GOING TO THE DOME AFTER THE WAY THEY STARTED. OF COURSE, NO SPOILERS HERE. I CAN’T TELL YOU WHO’S GOING TO THE DOME. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS SO YOU CAN FIND OUT. BUT RIGHT HERE IT WAS VALLEY WAUKEE VALLEY FIVE AND FIVE, WAUKEE EIGHT AND TWO SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED AS IT LOOKS ON PAPER, BUT IT’S THE PLAYOFFS. IT NEVER LOOKS THAT

WAY. REGULAR SEASON GAMES DON’T MATTER THOUGH. WAUKEE DID BEAT VALLEY BY THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN THE REGULAR SEASON. THIS GAME A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. EVERYBODY KNEW IT WOULD BE A SLUGFEST. WE’LL GET INTO THE FIRST HALF HERE VALLEY IS ACTUALLY THE TEAM THAT STRIKES FIRST WATCH THIS DRAKE DEGROOT A LITTLE PLAY ACTION HOW ABOUT IT FOR A TEAM WHO LIKES TO RUN THE BALL, THEY THROW IT TO JADEN MCGREGOR FOR THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME. IT’S 6 TO 0 AFTER A MISSED FIELD GOAL, WAUKEE GETS THE BALL NOW. BECKETT BAKER, THE COACH’S SON, ACTUALLY ONLY

A SOPHOMORE, HAS THE BALL AGAIN IN PLAY ACTION IT’S TO HENDRICK NIMELY TWO TEAMS WHO HAMMER THE RUN DECIDE TO HAVE PASSING TOUCHDOWNS THE FIRST OF THE NIGHT. WAUKEE IS UP 7 TO 6 AFTER THE PAT IS GOOD NOW UNDER TWO MINUTES TO GO HERE. WAUKEE SETS UP IN FIELD GOAL POSITION VALLEY BLOCKS IT. IT’S JADEN MCGREGOR AGAIN FOR THE SCOOP AND SCORE GOES A YARD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END ZONE VALLEY TAKES THE LEAD. 13 TO 6. LET’S JUMP INTO THE SECOND INTO THE THIRD, SECOND HALF 115 LEFT IN THE THIRD, A

LITTLE RPO. I FELL FOR THE PUMP FAKE. THAT’S WHY YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE SKY. DEGROOT STARTS DANCING BACK THERE. DOESN’T HAVE TO SECOND GUESS. HE FINDS HIS MAN WIDE OPEN, WAVING HIS HANDS. JADEN BROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD BREAKS FOR THE END ZONE. THE GO AHEAD TOUCHDOWN MAKES IT 20 TO 7. AFTER THE PAT BECKETT BAKER WAUKEE BALL WITH PLENTY OF TIME IN THE POCKET. LAST CHANCE IT’S ACTUALLY A PICK IT’S A PICK ACTUALLY WAUKEE PICKS IT TAKES IT TO THE END ZONE BUT NOT QUITE DO NOT SCORE THEY COULD NOT GET IT

DONE BALLS ON THE TIGERS 35 WARRIORS GO THREE AND OUT TIME TRICKLING DOWN UNDER 20S TO GO NOW IT’S A LAST CHANCE FOR WAUKEE BAKER TAKES A SECOND NO GOOD VALLEY SAW THE PLAY WALK ON THAT ONE THE DEFENSIVE STOP CALLS THE GAME VALLEY WINS IT 20 TO 7 AN UNBELIEVABLE GAME HERE DEFENSIVE I MEAN THE 22 SEVEN VICTORY WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED IT WAS VALLEY THE UNDERDOGS FIVE AND FIVE. THEY STARTED THE SEASON 1 IN 5. THEY STARTED THIS ACTUALLY MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1 IN 5, ONE OUT. AND NOW HERE THEY ARE GOING TO

THE DOME BACK TO BACK SEASONS. COULD YOU IMAGINE THAT? I COULDN’T. JEFF YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHANNON. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR FIVE, A FINAL FOUR SET, ALL CIML, SOUTHEAST POLK AND VALLEY, A REMATCH, 4 P.M. ON FRIDAY. AND IT’S THE BATTLE FOR ANKENY THAT’S 7:00 AT THE UNI-DOME ON FRIDAY. THAT IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. FOLKS, WITH FOUR A AND BELOW. YOU’RE WATCHING FOOTBALL. FRIDAY NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. LET’S SHIFT OUR ATTENTION TO CLASS FOUR, A NORTH POLK LOOKING TO KNOCK OFF THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS,

TAKING ON CEDAR RAPIDS. XAVIER FIRST QUARTER WE WERE SCORELESS. AND HERE’S THE HIT OF THE NIGHT SAINTS RUN A SCREEN PASS. COLTON BASLER WEBER CUT AND THEN BOOM COHEN TORRES SET THE TONE FOR THIS DEFENSE FOR NORTH POLK COMETS WOULD STRIKE FIRST ON A FIELD GOAL HERE FROM NOAH BLOMQUIST THREE NOTHING IT TOOK UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER TO GET OUR FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME NORTH POLK IN THE RED ZONE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR NATHAN FELDMAN THE KEEPER TO THE RIGHT AND HE WALKS IN COMETS LED TEN SEVEN AT THE HALF THEY GO ON TO

WIN IT 1714 HEADED TO THE DOME. WE’LL HAVE A NEW CLASS FOUR A CHAMPION ADM TAKING ON LEWIS CENTRAL TITANS UP THREE. NOTHING EARLY. THEY’RE GOING TO ADD TO IT FROM NINE YARDS OUT. LEWIS CENTRAL TAKES A TEN NOTHING LEAD BUT ADM WOULD ANSWER IN FACT SO MUCH SO WHAT A DAY BY AIDEN FLORA TOO LONG RUNS GIVES THEM A 1410 LEAD AND THEN A 2110 LEAD AT HALF. BUT LEWIS CENTRAL ROLLED ALL THE WAY BACK TO WIN. IT. 3231 HOW ABOUT VAN METER? PKM VAN METER UP IN TWO WAY NOW DOESN’T MATTER. THEY’RE HEADED

BACK TO THE DOME. AUSTIN BAUMHOFER RUNS AT 35 YARDS FOR A BIG TOUCHDOWN. VAN METER LOOKING GOOD BOMB HOWEVER, WE JUST SAW IT DO IT WITH HIS LEGS. HOW ABOUT WITH HIS ARM? TOUCH DOWN PASS TO KALE TRUDEAU AND DEATH TAXES BULLDOGS HEADED TO THE DOME FINAL SCORE. 3121 VAN METER TAKE A BOW MADRID ACC IT’S A SHAME. ONE OF THESE TEAMS HAS TO LOSE BOTH UNDEFEATED MADRID UP SEVEN NOTHING. ALEX SAXTON. GOING TO GET A BIG PICK FOR MADRID DEFENSE WAS CRITICAL THIRD QUARTER HGC GOING TO GET THE BALL GET ON THE BOARD DOWN

SEVEN NOTHING TIED AT SEVEN AFTER THIS ONE THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE THE LEAD BUT MADRID WOULD WIN THIS GAME. HOW ABOUT THIS FINAL SCORE? 2114 GRUNDY CENTER IS ON A MISSION, FOLKS ARE ON A MISSION TO WIN IT ALL, TAKING ON —NEW HARTFORD. AND THIS WAS COMPLETE DOMINATION. HOW ABOUT JUSTIN NACK? JUST RUMBLING, TUMBLING INTO THE END ZONE SEVEN? NOTHING EARLY LIKE I SAID, COMPLETE DOMINATION, WIRE TO WIRE PLAY ACTION. COLIN GORDON AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE CATCH BY TIERNAN FOLKS. HOW DID HE GET HIS FEET DOWN THAT WOULD HAVE COUNTED IN THE NFL SPARTANS

ROLL TO THE DOME 40 NOTHING THE FINAL A COUPLE OF GAMES WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET VIDEO OF TONIGHT CRESTON TAKING ON WEBSTER CITY 50 TO 27 AND BONDURANT-FARRAR HEADS TO GLENWOOD AND BEATS HIM 3121. DON’T GO ANYWHERE. FAN OF THE NIG. FAN OF THE WEEK. THEY SAY FANS, THEY’RE BRAVE, BRAVING THE COLD. LET’S CHECK IT OUT. OKAY. NO SHIRTS. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THEIR TEAM WIN. NO SHIRT, NO PROBLEM. THAT’S YOUR FAN OF THE WEEK RIGHT THERE. UNBELIEVABLE. FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. CANNOT W