Daily editionFriday, September 26th, 2025
Good morning, Cedar Falls.
The Good Day Cedar Falls Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Friday, the 26th of September.
Sports
Jaxton Engstrom, an 18 year old teen with Batten disease from Waterloo, will serve as the Iowa Hawkeyes Kid Captain during Saturday's game against Indiana University at Kinnick Stadium—he will experience the field and cheering crowd in person for the first time.
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Week 5 of high school football features ranked matchups — top-ranked Grundy Center with a 4-0 record visits 10th-ranked Clarion-Goldfield-Dows with a 3-1 record, 9th-ranked Union with a 4-0 record hosts Jesup with a 0-4 record, 7th-ranked Wapsie Valley with a 4-0 record plays away at 8th-ranked Maquoketa Valley with a 3-1 record, and 8th-ranked Don Bosco with a 2-1 record faces 3rd-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck with a 4-0 record.
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Yesterday, the 10-7 Don Bosco Dons hosted the 9-4 and #15-ranked Cedar Ridge Christian Regents in a high school volleyball match on Y99.3—pre-match began at 7:00 and first serve at 7:15.
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Several area volleyball teams were ranked with Cedar Falls finishing 10th and Waterloo West 13th in Class 5A while Waverly-Shell Rock finished 10th in Class 4A.
In Class 2A, Denver was 1st with Wapsie Valley 8th and Sumner-Fredericksburg 11th, and in Class 1A, Janesville was 5th while Dunkerton and Cedar Ridge Christian finished 13th and 15th respectively — these rankings were posted on September 25.
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Week 5 high school football games start tomorrow night as Metro teams head into action—Waterloo West will play at Dowling Catholic, Waterloo East will host Decorah at Memorial Stadium, Waterloo Columbus Catholic faces Hudson for Homecoming, Cedar Ridge Christian plays in Janesville, and 9th-ranked Cedar Falls hosts Dubuque Hempstead.
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