Iowa Preps dives inside the Class 2A football ranks. We take a look at the teams we feel are serious title contenders, a few pretenders, look ahead to week seven, games to watch, and look back at what athletes stood out from over the weekend. Get insider coverage that you will not find anywhere else now!
Title Contenders (rated by predicted chance as of today)
Albia
South Tama
Spirit Lake
Williamsburg
Anamosa
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Central Lee
Cherokee
Mid-Prairie
North Fayette Valley
Waukon
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Beckman Catholic
Center Point-Urbana
New Hampton
Sioux Center
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Top Performers
Ko Kieft, Sioux Center
365 yards passing and 5 total TDs
Max Karpinske, North Polk
303 yards passing
Knick Badker, West Central Valley
229 yards passing
Nick Snyder, East Sac County
217 yards rushing
Logan Backhaus, Spirit Lake
199 yards rushing
Marcus Winterfeld, Sioux Center
203 yards receiving
Matt Cox, North Polk
186 yards receiving
Caleb Bushbaum, Osage
153 yards receiving
Isaiah Trousil, West Burlington
15.5 tackles
Jacob Hargrave, Centerville
15.5 tackles
Blake Lawless, Albia
15 tackles
Garrett Rieniets, Monticello
14 tackles
Ben Rooney, Central Lee
2 interceptions
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Week Seven Games to Watch
Albia at CMB
Anamosa at Mount Vernon
Cherokee, Washington at Central Lyon/GLR
North Fayette Valley at Osage
Sioux Center at MOC-Floyd Valley
South Tama at Williamsburg
Waukon at New Hampton
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) Albia 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) South Tama 6-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Spirit Lake 6-0 (Previous: #3)
4.) Williamsburg 5-1 (Previous: #4)
5.) Anamosa 6-0 (Previous: #6)
6.) Mount Vernon 5-1 (Previous: #8)
7.) PCM-Monroe 5-1 (Previous: #9)
8.) Aplington-Parkersburg 5-1 (Previous: #10)
9.) Tipton 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
10.) North Fayette Valley 4-2 (Previous: #5)
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Title Contenders (rated by predicted chance as of today)
Albia
South Tama
Spirit Lake
Williamsburg
Anamosa
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Central Lee
Cherokee
Mid-Prairie
North Fayette Valley
Waukon
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Beckman Catholic
Center Point-Urbana
New Hampton
Sioux Center
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Top Performers
Ko Kieft, Sioux Center
365 yards passing and 5 total TDs
Max Karpinske, North Polk
303 yards passing
Knick Badker, West Central Valley
229 yards passing
Nick Snyder, East Sac County
217 yards rushing
Logan Backhaus, Spirit Lake
199 yards rushing
Marcus Winterfeld, Sioux Center
203 yards receiving
Matt Cox, North Polk
186 yards receiving
Caleb Bushbaum, Osage
153 yards receiving
Isaiah Trousil, West Burlington
15.5 tackles
Jacob Hargrave, Centerville
15.5 tackles
Blake Lawless, Albia
15 tackles
Garrett Rieniets, Monticello
14 tackles
Ben Rooney, Central Lee
2 interceptions
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Week Seven Games to Watch
Albia at CMB
Anamosa at Mount Vernon
Cherokee, Washington at Central Lyon/GLR
North Fayette Valley at Osage
Sioux Center at MOC-Floyd Valley
South Tama at Williamsburg
Waukon at New Hampton
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) Albia 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) South Tama 6-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Spirit Lake 6-0 (Previous: #3)
4.) Williamsburg 5-1 (Previous: #4)
5.) Anamosa 6-0 (Previous: #6)
6.) Mount Vernon 5-1 (Previous: #8)
7.) PCM-Monroe 5-1 (Previous: #9)
8.) Aplington-Parkersburg 5-1 (Previous: #10)
9.) Tipton 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
10.) North Fayette Valley 4-2 (Previous: #5)
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