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The following are area football capsules for Week 7 of the Iowa high school football season:

Waterloo West at Cedar Rapids Kennedy

When and where: 7 p.m. Thursday, at Kingston Stadium

Records and rankings: Both teams are 3-3.

Overview: West is 17th, Kennedy 18th in this week’s Class 5A RPI rankings, so this is a pivotal game for postseason qualification. West snapped a three-game losing streak with an impressive 20-14 win over Dallas Center-Grimes last week. The Wahawks are as balanced as can be, averaging 202 yards per game in the air, 201 on the ground. Kennedy has won the games it should, lost the ones you’d imagine, and closes with three games that all can be classified as coinflips.

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