Ankeny QB Blaine Hawkins (5) looks for a open reciever on Friday, October 2, 2015, during Ankeny High School’s homecoming game against East.
We’ve completed six weeks of the football season and teams are gaining speed toward the playoffs.
Van Meter is one of those squads. After winning five consecutive games, the Bulldogs (5-1) have broken into the Des Moines Register’s high school football rankings at No. 8 in Class 1A after a 28-14 win over previously unbeaten Panorama of Panora.The Register’s No. 1-ranked teams remained the same: Class 4A West Des Moines Dowling Catholic, 3A Pella, 2A Albia, 1A Iowa City Regina, Class A BGM of Brooklyn and eight-player Don Bosco of Gilbertville.
CLASS 4A
1. W.D.M. DOWLING CATHOLIC (5-0)
Beat Sioux City East 59-21
2. W.D.M. VALLEY (5-1)
Beat C.B. Abraham Lincoln 69-0
3. BETTENDORF (6-0)
4. FORT DODGE (6-0)
5. CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY (6-0)
Beat Linn-Mar (Marion) 31-6
6. CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON (5-1)
Beat Ottumwa 53-7
7. JOHNSTON (5-1)
Beat D.M. Roosevelt 49-0
8. ANKENY (5-1)
Beat D.M. East 49-7
9. CEDAR FALLS (5-1)
Beat C.R. Jefferson 34-31 (OT)
10. MUSCATINE (5-1)
Beat Burlington 40-14
Friday’s Class 4A football recaps
CLASS 3A
1. PELLA (6-0)
Beat Carlisle 42-6
2. WEST DELAWARE (6-0)
Beat Charles City 41-20
3. WEBSTER CITY (6-0)
Beat Iowa Falls-Alden 56-10
4. CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER (5-0)
Beat Western Dubuque 35-12
5. INDEPENDENCE (6-0)
Beat Crestwood (Cresco) 28-6
6. DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES (5-1)
Beat Atlantic 55-0
7. NORWALK (5-1)
Beat Chariton 34-21
8. HARLAN (5-1)
Beat Winterset 34-13
9. SERGEANT BLUFF-LUTON (5-1)
Beat Storm Lake 49-20
10. GLENWOOD (6-0)
Beat Denison-Schleswig 42-0
Take Five: Unusual uncertainty this late in prep season
CLASS 2A
1. ALBIA (6-0)
Beat Davis County 50-0
2. SOUTH TAMA (6-0)
Beat Roland-Story
49-0
3. SPIRIT LAKE (6-0)
Beat Sioux Center 41-38
4. APLINGTON-PARKERSBURG (5-1)
Beat Union (LaPorte City) 45-16
5. ANAMOSA (6-0)
Beat Monticello 52-28
6. MOUNT VERNON (5-1)
Beat Center Point-Urbana 20-12
7. WILLIAMSBURG (5-1)
Beat Mid-Prairie (Wellman) 25-0
8. PCM (MONROE) (5-1)
Beat West Marshall 38-0
9. COLLINS-MAXWELL/BAXTER (5-1)
Beat Clarke (Osceola) 32-8
10. MID-PRAIRIE (WELLMAN) (5-1)
CLASS 1A
1. IOWA CITY REGINA (6-0)
Beat Columbus Junction 55-28
2. WEST BRANCH (6-0)
Beat Durant 55-13
3. HINTON (6-0)
Beat West Lyon 14-7
4. DIKE-NEW HARTFORD (6-0)
Beat MFL/Mar-Mac (Monona) 42-0
5. UNDERWOOD (6-0)
Beat W.Monona-Whiting 49-0
6. SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN (5-1)
Beat Manson-N.W. Webster 41-6
7. ALBURNETT (6-0)
Beat Wapello 48-18
8. VAN METER (5-1)
Beat Panorama (Panora) 28-14
9. MADRID (5-1)
Lost to F.D. St. Edmond 31-26
10. ST. ANSGAR (5-1)
Beat Nashua-Plainfield 56-20
CLASS A
1. BGM (BROOKLYN) (6-0)
Beat Lynnville-Sully 44-0
2. ALGONA GARRIGAN (6-0)
Beat North Butler 37-0
3. PLEASANTVILLE (6-0)
Beat Earlham 40-0
4. LOGAN-MAGNOLIA (5-1)
Beat Tri-Center (Neola) 48-7
5. DENVER (5-1)
Beat AGWSR (Ackley) 42-7
6. WINFIELD-MOUNT UNION (6-0)
Beat New London 46-14
7. WEST SIOUX (6-0)
Beat LeMars Gehlen 48-0
8. AUDUBON (5-1)
Beat Riverside (Oakland) 60-6
9. GLADBROOK-REINBECK (4-2)
Beat North Tama 51-7
10. PEKIN (PACKWOOD) (5-1)
Beat Cardinal (Eldon) 50-0
EIGHT-PLAYER
1. DON BOSCO (GILBERTVILLE) (4-0)
Beat HLV (Victor) 56-8
2. CENTRAL (ELKADER) (6-0)
Beat Turkey Valley (Jackson Jct.) 66-34
3. GLIDDEN-RALSTON (5-0)
Beat Adair-Casey 55-0
4. FREMONT-MILLS (TABOR) (6-0)
Beat Stanton 30-22
5. NEWELL-FONDA (6-0)
Beat Ar-We-Va (Westside) 34-18
6. LENOX (6-0)
Beat East Mills 38-12
7. MMC (MARCUS) (5-0)
Beat Clay Central-Everly 53-0
8. COLO-NESCO (6-0)
Did not play
9. EXIRA-EHK (6-0)
Beat Woodbine 62-20
10. JANESVILLE (5-0)
Beat Tripoli 56-28
