# Iowa's Friday scoreboard: upsets, blowouts and an 87-point night > Every Iowa high school football final from September 11, and the results that actually moved the needle. - Title: Iowa's Friday scoreboard: upsets, blowouts and an 87-point… - Summary: Every Iowa high school football final from September 11, and the results that actually moved the needle. Most of Iowa's top-ranked teams held serve on… - Keywords: iowa, high school football, scores, upsets, week 3, sports, Iowa's, Friday, scoreboard, blowouts, 87-point, night - Source: High School On SI — https://si.com/high-school/iowa/iowa-high-school-football-final-scores-september-11-01m2a1pscyqz - Published: 2026-09-12T05:36:20+00:00 - Read time: 2 min - Topics: iowa, high school football, scores, upsets, week 3, sports ## A full Friday slate More than 120 Iowa high school football games finished on September 11. Ranked teams, small-school shootouts and one 87-point explosion all landed on the same night. > The Iowa high school football season had an action-packed Friday night ## Xavier survives at No. 2 Second-ranked Xavier had to work for it, holding off Clear Creek-Amana 28-17 in one of the tighter games involving a top-five team. > (#2) Xavier 28, Clear Creek-Amana 17 ## Ballard grinds out ten Ballard beat Nevada 20-10 in a game decided by field position and defense rather than big plays. Ten points was Nevada's ceiling all night. > Ballard 20, Nevada 10 ## Southeast Polk buries Norwalk No. 3 Southeast Polk scored 49 and gave up 14 to Norwalk, the kind of margin that keeps a team near the top of the Class 5A rankings. > (#3) Southeast Polk 49, Norwalk 14 ## Dowling stays perfect at the top Top-ranked Dowling Catholic handled Dallas Center-Grimes 30-7, a clean win over a program that usually makes those games ugly. > (#1) Dowling Catholic 30, Dallas Center-Grimes 7 ## Valley escapes Urbandale No. 5 Valley beat Urbandale 31-27, the closest call any top-five team had on the night. Four points separated a ranked team from a bad Saturday. > (#5) Valley 31, Urbandale 27 ## The ranked teams cruising No. 8 Ankeny won 43-7, No. 14 Lewis Central beat Harlan 55-9, No. 9 Sergeant Bluff-Luton shut out Jefferson 49-0 and No. 16 Kuemper blanked Shenandoah 42-0. > (#14) Lewis Central 55, Harlan 9 ## Sioux City East stuns Heelan The biggest upset of the night: Sioux City East ran past No. 10 Bishop Heelan Catholic 35-10. Not a fluke finish, a 25-point beating. > Sioux City East 35, (#10) Bishop Heelan Catholic 10 ## Underwood knocks off Clarinda Unranked Underwood beat No. 24 Clarinda 35-21, the second ranked team to fall on Friday and a result that will reshuffle the Class 1A poll. > Underwood 35, (#24) Clarinda 21 ## Eighty-seven points West Bend-Mallard beat Northwood-Kensett 87-22, the highest score of the night by a wide margin. The two teams combined for 109 points. > West Bend-Mallard 87, Northwood-Kensett 22 ## The 60-plus club Iowa Valley hit 72 on Montezuma, Baxter put up 72 on Melcher-Dallas, Audubon scored 64, Bishop Garrigan 63 and Turkey Valley 62. Eight-man style scoring in 11-man games. > Iowa Valley 72, Montezuma 12 ## Nobody plays defense here Edgewood-Colesburg outscored Kee 71-42, Glenwood beat Creston 70-42, and Clarksville topped North Tama 62-42. Three games, 329 combined points. > Edgewood-Colesburg 71, Kee 42 ## Or the opposite extreme West Central Valley won 3-0 over Red Oak on a single field goal. Denver beat Charles City 8-6, and Western Christian handled Spencer 27-2. > West Central Valley 3, Red Oak 0 ## Decided by one score Perry beat Woodward-Granger 14-13, Pleasantville edged Mount Ayr 29-26, No. 22 Crestwood held off Independence 25-21, and Cascade got past Monticello 27-21. > Perry 14, Woodward-Granger 13 ## Key takeaway Most of Iowa's top-ranked teams held serve on September 11, but No. 10 Bishop Heelan and No. 24 Clarinda both went down, and West Bend-Mallard hung 87 points.