We got to the stadium at about 6:45pm for the 7:00pm game. Yeah, definitely not early enough. We got a good walk in to get from our parking spot (on the side of the road) to the field. Tickets were $6 each, which I thought was reasonable. We headed to sit on the Valley side and got stuck with front row seats - unable to see many of the plays.
We were hopeful for a fun, evenly matched game, but that was not the case. Waukee shut out Valley 12-0. Turns out the only other game Valley lost this season was also to Waukee. The Warriors had two big players - a tight end standing at 6'8 and an offensive lineman at 6'5. The lineman was able to bat down the Valley quarterback's passes several times. The tight end made several great plays that got his team down the field. There were quite a few turnovers on both sides, but then again, I have to remind myself this is high school football. Turnovers are much more common here than in D1 or pro games.
Good luck to Waukee at the Dome!