With the rest of the tourney field getting started this weekend, I thought it interesting to see who the 'best of the best' were over the past 14 seasons.
It's a pretty elite group in that only 61 teams out of the 350+ schools in Iowa have made it to the finals since 2000. Only 26 have made it more than once.
I'm sure there are plenty of exceptional teams that aren't on this list due to an unexpected loss during a playoff run. Still interesting to see which teams made it through the gauntlet and into the finals.
Please point out any errors, I assembled the list from the stat book and could have inadvertently transposed a result.
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Team [Championship Game Appearances/Championship Wins] (source: IAHSAA 2014 Stat Book)
Beckman Catholic, Dyersville [6/3]
Assumption, Davenport [6/3]
Newman Catholic, Mason City [5/3]
Valley, West Des Moines [4/4]
Martensdale-St. Marys [4/4]
Spalding Catholic, Granville [4/2]
Kee, Lansing [4/1]
Marshalltown [4/1]
Harlan [3/1]
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy [3/1]
Xavier, Cedar Rapids [3/1]
North Polk, Alleman [3/0]
Solon [2/2]
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines [2/2]
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City [2/2]
Urbandale [2/2]
Johnston [2/2]
Eagle Grove [2/1]
Lenox [2/1]
Ankeny [2/1]
Cherokee, Washington [2/1]
West Delaware, Manchester [2/1]
Charles City [2/0]
St. Mary's, Remsen [2/0]
Iowa City, West [2/0]
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll [2/0]
Clear Lake [1/1]
Mid-Prairie, Wellman [1/1]
North Sentral Kossouth [1/1]
Fort Madison [1/1]
Glenwood [1/1]
Knoxville [1/1]
Iowa Mennonite, Kalona [1/1]
Carlisle [1/1]
Norwalk [1/1]
Emmetsburg [1/1]
St. Edmond, Fort Dodge [1/1]
Dallas Center-Grimes [1/1]
Davis County, Bloomfield [1/1]
Wilton [1/1]
Centerville [1/1]
Van Meter [1/1]
Sioux City, North [1/1]
Mason City [1/0]
Storm Lake [1/0]
Epworth, Western Dubuque [1/0]
Fort Dodge [1/0]
Gilbert [1/0]
Dubuque, Hempstead [1/0]
Sioux City, East [1/0]
Denison-Schleswig [1/0]
North Tama, Traer [1/0]
Van Buren, Keosauqua [1/0]
West Branch [1/0]
Waukee [1/0]
Davenport, Central [1/0]
South O'Brien, Paullina [1/0]
Decorah [1/0]
Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln [1/0]
Don Bosco, Gilbertville [1/0]
Sentral, Fenton [1/0]
This post was edited on 7/17 12:43 PM by gg2224
It's a pretty elite group in that only 61 teams out of the 350+ schools in Iowa have made it to the finals since 2000. Only 26 have made it more than once.
I'm sure there are plenty of exceptional teams that aren't on this list due to an unexpected loss during a playoff run. Still interesting to see which teams made it through the gauntlet and into the finals.
Please point out any errors, I assembled the list from the stat book and could have inadvertently transposed a result.
____________________
Team [Championship Game Appearances/Championship Wins] (source: IAHSAA 2014 Stat Book)
Beckman Catholic, Dyersville [6/3]
Assumption, Davenport [6/3]
Newman Catholic, Mason City [5/3]
Valley, West Des Moines [4/4]
Martensdale-St. Marys [4/4]
Spalding Catholic, Granville [4/2]
Kee, Lansing [4/1]
Marshalltown [4/1]
Harlan [3/1]
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy [3/1]
Xavier, Cedar Rapids [3/1]
North Polk, Alleman [3/0]
Solon [2/2]
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines [2/2]
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City [2/2]
Urbandale [2/2]
Johnston [2/2]
Eagle Grove [2/1]
Lenox [2/1]
Ankeny [2/1]
Cherokee, Washington [2/1]
West Delaware, Manchester [2/1]
Charles City [2/0]
St. Mary's, Remsen [2/0]
Iowa City, West [2/0]
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll [2/0]
Clear Lake [1/1]
Mid-Prairie, Wellman [1/1]
North Sentral Kossouth [1/1]
Fort Madison [1/1]
Glenwood [1/1]
Knoxville [1/1]
Iowa Mennonite, Kalona [1/1]
Carlisle [1/1]
Norwalk [1/1]
Emmetsburg [1/1]
St. Edmond, Fort Dodge [1/1]
Dallas Center-Grimes [1/1]
Davis County, Bloomfield [1/1]
Wilton [1/1]
Centerville [1/1]
Van Meter [1/1]
Sioux City, North [1/1]
Mason City [1/0]
Storm Lake [1/0]
Epworth, Western Dubuque [1/0]
Fort Dodge [1/0]
Gilbert [1/0]
Dubuque, Hempstead [1/0]
Sioux City, East [1/0]
Denison-Schleswig [1/0]
North Tama, Traer [1/0]
Van Buren, Keosauqua [1/0]
West Branch [1/0]
Waukee [1/0]
Davenport, Central [1/0]
South O'Brien, Paullina [1/0]
Decorah [1/0]
Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln [1/0]
Don Bosco, Gilbertville [1/0]
Sentral, Fenton [1/0]
This post was edited on 7/17 12:43 PM by gg2224
