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Fall playoffs: prep sports

As a newspaper photojournalist, fall means (among other things) high school sports playoffs. Here are a few of my favorite shots so far from this year’s fall prep playoffs.

Thanks for looking,
AW

Runners compete in a Class 4A high school girls state qualifying meet at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Runners compete in a Class 4A high school girls state qualifying meet at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Captains from Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Dubuque Senior line up at midfield before a 1st round class 4A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Captains from Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Dubuque Senior line up at midfield before a 1st round class 4A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Tavian Rashed (24) tackles Dubuque Senior's Lee Bonifas (1) in a 1st round class 4A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Tavian Rashed (24) tackles Dubuque Senior’s Lee Bonifas (1) in a 1st round class 4A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Runners leave the start at a Class 1A high school state qualifying meet at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Runners leave the start at a Class 1A high school state qualifying meet at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Valentino Green (28) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Dubuque Senior in a 1st round class 4A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Valentino Green (28) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Dubuque Senior in a 1st round class 4A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Prairie's Kenzie Soeken (13) celebrates after a block near the end of the 2nd set against Dubuque Hempstead in a class 5A volleyball regional final at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Kenzie Soeken (13) celebrates after a block near the end of the 2nd set against Dubuque Hempstead in a class 5A volleyball regional final at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

A referee gets tripped up after a fumble during Mount Vernon's game against Dyersville Beckman in a 1st round class 2A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

A referee gets tripped up after a fumble during Mount Vernon’s game against Dyersville Beckman in a 1st round class 2A high school football playoff game at Ash Park Stadium at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

West Delaware's offense huddles against Solon in a Class 3A 2nd round playoff high school football game at West Delaware High School in Manchester on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s offense huddles against Solon in a Class 3A 2nd round playoff high school football game at West Delaware High School in Manchester on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Washington students Ryan Miller and Caleb Kleman walk across the field dressed as sharks at a Class 4A high school state qualifying meet at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Washington students Ryan Miller and Caleb Kleman walk across the field dressed as sharks at a Class 4A high school state qualifying meet at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

All photos copyright 2015 Adam Wesley/The Gazette