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Where is our staff tonight?

Our lead preps reporter, Alyssa Hertel, is out in West Des Moines to take in the Dowling vs Valley contest. High school sports reporter Eli McKown is watching Southeast Polk vs Ankeny Centennial. Joe Randleman is at Gilbert to see how the Tigers replace current ISU running back Will Hawthorne as they take on Carroll. Marc Ray is checking in on the battle for the boot out east between Iowa City High and Iowa City West.

Follow along for updates from all those games and a whole lot more in this live blog throughout the night. 6:30 pm CT Share this update

30 minutes until kickoff

We're nearly set to go across the state with the first week of Iowa high school football! 6:00 pm CT Share this update

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