Week 8 Area High School Football Schedule

It's week eight of the Iowa high school football season and several games involving teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa have district championship and/or playoff implications Friday night (Oct. 14, 2016).

The marquee match-up takes place in West Union, where North Fayette (7-0, 5-0) hosts La Porte City Union (7-0, 5-0) in a battle between the top two rated teams in Class-2A. The Knights hit the road looking to clinch the District 4 championship and a first-round playoff game at home. A victory by the host TigerHawks locks up a post-season berth, and puts them in the driver's seat for the crown heading into next week's game against Waukon (6-1, 4-1).

North Fayette Valley features a potent ground-attack that puts a lot of pressure on opposing defenses. The TigerHawks have completed only 24 passes this season, but seven have gone for touchdowns.

Also in Class-2A, Dike-New Hartford (5-2, 5-0) and Crestwood both secure district titles with victories on the road, while in Class-1A, Denver (7-0, 5-0) stakes claim to the Class-1A, District 2 crown with a victory at home against BCLUW.

There are three games with playoff implications involving area Class-A squads. Defending champion and No. 2 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (7-0, 5-0) takes its 17-game winning streak to Belle Plaine (6-1, 4-1) with an eye on sealing the District 5 title, while District 4 co-leaders Wapsie Valley (4-3, 4-1) and East Buchanan (5-2, 4-1) both try to avoid losses at home. The Warriors and Buccaneers are among three teams tied the top of the standings in a race that will likely be determined by the tie-breaking playoff point-system.

In eight-player football, No. 3 Turkey Valley (7-0, 4-0) and No. 9 Central Community of Elkader (5-2, 4-0) also lock up district titles with victories.

Week eight got an early start with Waterloo East (0-7, 0-4)  playing at Cedar Rapids Washington (6-1, 2-1) Thursday night. The Trojans fell to the 7th-ranked (Class-4A) Warriors 63-14.

Here's the entire list of games involving Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa teams scheduled to be played Friday night:

THURSDAY, OCT. 13:
4A-#7 Cedar Rapids, Washington - 63, Waterloo East -14 (In Cedar Rapids)

FRIDAY, OCT. 14:
**Janesville @ AGWSR, Ackley
2A-#10 Dike-New Hartford @ CMB, Baxter
A-#2 Gladbrook-Reinbeck @ Belle Plaine
Columbus Catholic, Waterloo @ Cascade, Western Dubuque
Cedar Falls @ Cedar Rapids, Jefferson
Center Point-Urbana @ Central DeWitt
**West Central, Maynard @ 8P-#9 Central, Elkader
Decorah @ Charles City
**8P-#3 Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction @ Clarksville
Durant @ Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg
2A-#10 Crestwood, Cresco @ Clear Lake
BCLUW, Conrad @ 1A-#3 Denver
**Central City @ 8P-#6 Don Bosco, Gilbertville
**Tripoli @ Dunkerton
Edgewood-Colesburg @ A-#9 East Buchanan, Winthrop
Aplington-Parkersburg @ East Marshall, LeGrand
2A-#8 New Hampton @ Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
Hudson @ Grand View Christian School
Benton Community @ Independence
Webster City @ Iowa Falls-Alden
Bellevue @ Jesup
South Winneshiek, Calmar @ Lake Mills
Southeast Polk @ Marshalltown
Newman Catholic, Mason City @ Nashua-Plainfield
Grundy Center @ North Butler, Greene
2A-#2 Union, La Porte City @ 2A-#1 North Fayette Valley
GMG, Garwin @ North Tama, Traer
**Kee, Lansing @ Northwood-Kensett
Waukon @ Oelwein
South Hardin @ Roland-Story, Story City
Waverly-Shell Rock @ South Tama County, Tama
North Linn, Troy Mills @ Starmont
MFL-Mar-Mac @ Sumner-Fredericksburg
Postville @ Wapsie Valley, Fairbank
Mason City @ 4A-#5 Waterloo, West
Marion @ 3A-#10 West Delaware, Manchester
Vinton-Shellsburg @ 3A-#2 Xavier, Cedar Rapids

**Denotes 8-Player Games