The Oskaloosa High football team opens district play Friday night (9/24) when the Indians travel to Clear Creek-Amana.  The Indians are in a Class 4A district with two ranked teams: Cedar Rapids Xavier and Newton. Three other teams in the district, Clear Creek-Amana, Cedar Rapids Washington and Oskaloosa all received votes in the Associated Press rankings.  And there’s Pella, which is always a strong program.  Oskaloosa Coach Brett Doud looks forward to the challenge of district play.

“That’s one great thing about football is…you don’t play 100 games a year or 30 games a year, you play nine games.  And the fact that we’re going to play five games the rest of this year and every single game is going to give us a test in one way or another.  That’s the way it should be.”

Oskaloosa comes in with a 4-0 record, Clear Creek-Amana is 3-1.  You can hear Indians football tonight on KBOE-FM.  Pregame coverage starts at 7:15 with the kickoff at 7:30.

There’s another big high school football battle Friday night in Pella.  This one in Class 1A, as sixth-ranked Pella Christian hosts fourth-ranked Sigourney-Keota.  Both teams are 4-0 on the season.  You can hear the Cobras and Eagles on KMZN AM & FM with pregame coverage at 6:45 and AJ Helgeson with the play-by-play at 7.

Friday’s other HS football:

Pella @ Newton

Davis County @ EBF

North Mahaska @ Belle Plaine

Southeast Warren @ Montezuma

Albia @ PCM

Madrid @ Lynnville-Sully

Washington @ Grinnell

Pekin @ Columbus Junction

Creston @ Knoxville

Melcher-Dallas @ Twin Cedars

Cedar Rapids Prairie @ Ottumwa CANCELLED due to coronavirus