First round playoff pairing announced for 2022 5A, 4A, 3A Iowa high school football playoffs

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The Round of 16 pairings for the 2022 Iowa High School Athletic Association 5A, 4A and 3A high school football playoffs are out. Each classification is broken into four pods.

Class 5A

Pod A

Davenport West (7-2) vs. West Des Moines Dowling (8-1)

Waukee Northwest (5-4) at Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-2)

Pod B

Ames (6-3) at Southeast Polk (8-1)

Linn-Mar (6-3) at Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-3)

Pod C

Sioux City East (7-2) at Ankeny (8-1)

Iowa City High (6-3) at Johnston (6-3)

Pod D

West Des Moines Valley (5-4) at Pleasant Valley (9-0)

Ankeny Centennial (5-4) at Cedar Falls (7-2)

Class 4A

Pod A

Cedar Rapids Washington (5-4) at Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-0)

Indianola (6-3) at Bondurant-Farrar (8-1)

Pod B

Fort Madison (7-2) at Waverly-Shell Rock (9-0)

Western Dubuque (6-3) at North Scott (7-2)

Pod C

Le Mars (6-3) at Lewis Central (9-0)

Glenwood (6-3) at Spencer (7-2)

Pod D

Webster City (6-3) at Iowa City Liberty (8-1)

Newton (7-2) at Carlisle (8-1)

Class 3A

Pod A

MOC-Floyd Valley (6-3) at Harlan (8-1)

Nevada (7-2) at Sioux Center (5-4)

Pod B

DeWitt Central (6-3) at Mount Vernon (9-0)

West Delaware (5-4) at Solon (7-2)

Pod C

Hampton-Dumont/CAL (6-3) at Humboldt (8-1)

Benton Community (6-3) at Independence (9-1)

Pod D

Grinnell (5-4) at Adel ADM (8-1)

Creston (6-3) at North Polk (7-2)

The Round of 32 games in 2A, 1A, A and the 8-Player classifications began on Friday. Below are the Round of 16 games that will be played next week.

Related: Round of 32 scores

Class 2A

Pod A

Clarinda (6-3) at Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (9-0)

West Lyon (7-2) at Greene County (8-1)

Pod B

Ida Grove OABCIG (8-1) at Osage (7-2)

Clear Lake (5-4) at Spirit Lake (9-0)

Pod C

Crestwood (6-3) at Waukon (6-3)

Dubuque Wahlert (7-2) at No. 4 West Marshall (9-0)

Pod D

Centerville (7-2) at Monticello (7-2)

Mid-Prairie (6-3) at Williamsburg (9-0)

Class 1A

Pod A

Western Christian (7-2) at Aplington-Parkersburg (8-1)

Carroll Kuemper (8-1) at West Sioux (8-1)

Pod B

Dike-New Hartford (7-2) at MFL MarMac (8-1)

Waterloo Columbus (6-3) at West Branch (9-0)

Pod C

Mediapolis (8-1) at Sigourney-Keota (7-2)

Woodward-Granger (6-3) at Van Meter (8-1)

Pod D

No. 7 Pella Christian (8-1) at South Hamilton (8-1)

Guthrie Center ACGC (7-2) at Underwood (9-0)

Class A

Pod A

Hinton (6-3) at Hartley HMS (7-2)

Le Mars Gehlen (8-1) at Woodbury Central (9-0)

Pod B

Mason City Newman (8-1) at North Linn (8-1)

Wapsie Valley (7-2) at West Hancock (9-0)

Pod C

East Buchanan (8-1) at Alburnett (8-1)

Columbus Community (8-1) at Grundy Center (9-0)

Pod D

Southwest Valley (7-2) at Avoca AHSTW (9-0)

Mount Ayr (8-1) at Lynnville-Sully (9-0)

8-Player

Pod A

West Bend-Mallard (7-2) at Remsen St. Mary’s (9-0)

Ruthven GTRA (8-1) at West Harrison (9-0)

Pod B

Anita CAM (7-2) at Lenox (9-0)

Fremont-Mills (7-2) at Southeast Warren (9-1)

Pod C

Newell-Fonda (8-1) at Don Bosco (8-0)

Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8-1) at Turkey Valley (7-1)

Pod D

Easton Valley (7-1) at Montezuma (8-2)

Central City (8-1) at WACO (10-0)

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