Iowa City Liberty 56, Mount Pleasant 0
Liberty scored twice in the first four minutes of the game as the Lightning rolled to an easy 56-0 win over Mount Pleasant last Friday.
The win was the first at Liberty for James Harris, formerly of Washington High School.
Liberty opened the first quarter with 21 points and led 42-0 at the break before pulling their starters.
The second half was highlighted by a Liberty 94-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Mount Pleasant’s lone chance to score was on a 42-yard field goal by Owen Vansickel that was no good.
The Panthers fell to 1-5, Liberty — who’s played Class 4A’s toughest schedule — improved to 1-5.
Mount Pleasant will look to rebound this week against Burlington at Bracewell Stadium.
No. 6 (8P) WACO 55, Lone Tree 22
No. 6 WACO scored early and often as the Warriors dominated Lone Tree in a 55-22 win.
WACO snapped a six-game home losing streak to the Lions in the win and scored the second most points ever in the series.
The win kept the Warriors’ bid for a perfect season alive as they improved to 7-0.
They’ll have a show down with Winfield-Mount Union this week in Winfield.
The Wolves were off this week after Tri-County cancelled their season.
Iowa Valley 68, New London 32
Iowa Valley led 54-18 at half and never looked back as they put it in cruise control for a 68-32 win over New London last Friday.
The Tigers have lost three in a row for the first time under Mark McSorely.
New London tried to rally late in the 4th quarter, scoring twice but it was too little, too late.
New London fell to 2-3 with the loss.
Iowa Valley improved to 2-4.
New London will look to stop their skid when they travel to Lone Tree this week.
Kick is set for 7:00 p.m.
Other area finals:
- Fairfield 39, West Burlington 27
- Wapello 34, Highland 21
- Solon 44, Washington 21
- Grinnell 52, Keokuk 13
- Mediapolis 49, Wilton 0
- Lisbon 58, Pekin 7
- Sigourney-Keota 50, Cardinal 26
- Central Decatur 22, Van Buren County 14
- North Mahaska 12, Columbus 10