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Hawks to host Waukee Northwest, Jaguars to play at Valley in first round

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Ankeny running back Colin Kadolph tries to break a tackle during Friday’s game against visiting Des Moines Lincoln. Kadolph and the Hawks will host Waukee Northwest in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)

The Class 5A football pairings have been announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Fourth-ranked Ankeny (7-2) earned the No. 5 spot in the final RPI rankings and will host a first-round game against Waukee Northwest (5-4) on Friday at 7 p.m. The two teams met just a week ago, with the Hawks rolling to a 48-7 victory at Northwest.

Cedar Rapids Prairie (7-2), the No. 4 team in the final RPI rankings, will host Bettendorf (5-4) in the other Pod No. 4 first-round game. If Prairie wins, the Hawks would then host the Ankeny/Northwest winner in the quarterfinals on Nov. 5.

Ankeny Centennial’s Ty Morgan scores one of his two touchdowns during the Jaguars’ 63-6 victory at Des Moines East on Friday. Centennial will play at Valley in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday. (Photo by Dan Holm)

Ankeny Centennial (4-5), meanwhile, will play at Valley (7-2) in the opening round. The Jaguars earned the No. 15 spot in the final RPI rankings, while Valley is the No. 3 team.

Centennial could have been sent to No. 2 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, but it appears that geography was taken into consideration for some of the matchups. Thus, Dubuque Senior will play at Kennedy rather than making the three-hour trip to Valley.

Pleasant Valley (7-2) will host Cedar Falls (6-3) in the other Pod No. 3 first-round game. The winner of that matchup would host Centennial in the quarterfinals, if the Jaguars can upset Valley.