PNation said:

Going with these changes that I am pretty sure will happen
1. DSM Hoover combining with DSM Roosevelt
2. Saint Albert not having Heartland Christian
3. Central Lee dropping Holy Trinity, and Holy Trinity probably going with Burlington

Here is what I have for districts

4A
District 1
Denison Schleswig
Le Mars
SC West
Sergeant Bluff Luton
Storm Lake
Spencer

District 2
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Gilbert
Ballard
North Polk

District 3
Decorah
Waverly Shell Rock
Waterloo East
Marion
CR Washington
Xavier

District 4
Western Dubuque
North Scott
Clinton
Davenport North
Davenport West
Burlington

District 5
CCA
Williamsburg
Pella
Oskaloosa
Newton
Bondurant Farrar

District 6
Carlisle
DSM North
ADM
Glenwood
CB TJ
Lewis Central

So when you map out 4A, you could send Denison to the 3 Council Bluffs area schools, and then Fort Dodge west, and the probably Mason City east, but I like the way I have this, Western Dubuque to Burlington is a trip not no farther than Western Dubuque to Mason City. Then I also tried to and you'll see this in every class have 2 of what I see as the top teams in each district, which other than the NW district I think I did.

3A

District 1
Heelan
Sioux Center
MOC FV
Harlan
Carroll
Greene County

District 2
Algona
Humboldt
Webster City
Clear Lake
Iowa Falls Alden
Charles City

District 3
Independence
West Delaware
Wahlert
Maquoketa
Central De Witt
Assumption

District 4
Solon
Washington
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Keokuk

District 5
Mount Vernon
Benton
CPU
Nevada
Grinnell
Knoxville

District 6
Saydel
Des Moines Christian
Creston
Winterset
Atlantic
Perry

I think the big question is who they send to play the 3 far NW Iowa schools, to me this makes the most sense but they could send Humboldt, Algona, and Webster City, which would have an impact of the eastern half of the state.

2A

District 1
Central Lyon GLR
Western Christian
BH/RV
Cherokee
Sheldon
Unity Christian

District 2
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Esterville LC
Kuemper
OABCIG
Southeast Valley

District 3
Forest City
Osage
Crestwood
New Hampton
Waukon
NFV

District 4
Denver
Oelwein
Union
Vinton Shellsburg
Alburnett
Anamosa

District 5
Monticello
Mid Prairie
West Branch
West Liberty
Wilton
Tipton

District 6
Dike New Hartford
South Tama
West Marshall
Hampton Dumont CAL
Woodward Granger
Roland Story

District 7
PCM
Pella Christian
Davis County
Central Lee
Mediapolis
West Burlington ND

District 8
Clarinda
Van Meter
Clarke
Chariton
Centerville
Albia

Few things
Clarinda is on an island like Decorah, sending them with those schools makes the most sense. The two NW district are tough, but that is how it is always going to be, with CGD and GHV going down it is tough to send Forest City west to the great lakes when there aren't enough schools for 6 teams, so you kind of end up sending Kuemper, OABCIG and SE Valley north. The map is a lot cleaner on the eastern half if Central Lee was in 3A, but I ended up trying to spread out the better teams.

1A

District 1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton Bronson
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta Aurelia

District 2
Sioux Central
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Manson NW Webster
East Sac
SCC

District 3
Eagle Grove
GHV
CGD
Central Springs
South Hardin
Grundy Center

District 4
AP
Hudson
Waterloo Columbus
Jesup
Sumner Fred
MFL MarMac

District 5
Beckman
Cascade
Bellevue
Lisbon
Camanche
NE Goose Lake

District 6
Durant
Regina
Louisa Muscatine
Cardinal
Sigourney Keota
Eddyville BF

District 7
Pleasantville
I35
South Hamilton
Grandview Christian
Odgen
Panorama

District 8
West Central Valley
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Treynor
Underwood
Tri-Center

Probably the easiest map to place teams for me, West Lyon is actually kind of on an island, but all the teams they are playing make sense, there are also 5 SW teams, but WCV being right on I80 made the most sense to send them out west. And then there are 3 places that Grundy and South Hardin could land, but I think if you are trying to balance districts where I sent them makes the most sense.

A

District 1
West Sioux
Akron Westfield
Gehlen
MMCRU
South O'Brien
HMS
Sibley Ocheyden

District 2
West Hancock
Lake Mills
Belmond Klemme
West Fork
Newman
North Butler
Saint Ansgar

District 3
Nashua Plainfield
Wapsie
East Buc
BGM
East Marshall
BCLUW
AGWSR

District 4
South Winn
Postville
Clayton Ridge
Starmont
Maquoketa Valley
Midland
North Cedar

District 5
North Linn
Highland
Columbus Community
Wapello
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin

District 6
North Mahaska
Lynnville Sully
Wayne
Central Decatur
Mount Ayr
Colfax Mingo
Madrid

District 7
AC/GC
Earlham
Martendale St Marys
Nodaway Valley
Southwest Valley
IKM Manning
AHSTW

District 8
Riverside
Saint Albert
Missouri Valley
LoMa
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central

This is the toughest one to do because I am unsure of a few teams and whether they might be in 8 man, first off district 1 is nice and tidy, district 2 I would like to split West Hancock and Saint Ansgar but I don't see an easy way to do it. District 3 is a little bit of a mix and match, but I think Wapsie and NP will be good and East Buc while down last year should rebound so it makes sense in my head. District 4 I would like to put in one more of what I see as a top 15-20 team but I don't think South Winn and Starmont won't be too bad to go along with Maquoketa Valley. District 5 I sent North Linn all the way south because I had a coach tell me that he thought that this would happen just because other than Pekin that district is terrible and they kind of replace Lisbon. District 6 is kind of like district 4 with Madrid and some very average teams, although I switched Mount Ayr and MSTM to try and bring some balance. District 7 I made that switch with AC/GC, Earlham, and AHSTW that is a pretty solid district. District 8 will always be lead by Woodbury Central, but LoMa, Saint Albert and Riverside can all be tough.

I am in no way saying that these are perfect or what they will be, but mapping it out and trying to maintain some balance this is what I came up with.

I didn't get to 8 man yet I will work on that.

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Class A-If you wanted to split Ansgar and West Hancock it would take a little creativity but would balance out districts. Also moved Wapsie

District 1
West Sioux
Akron W.
Gehlen
MMCRU
S O Brien
HMS
Sibley

District 2
W Hancock
L Mills
Belmond
W Fork
Newman
N Butler
Nashua P

District 3
Ansgar
S Winn
East Buch
East Marshall
BCLUW
AGWSR
Starmont

District 4
Clayton Ridge
Maq Valley
Wapsie Valley
Midland
N Cedar
N Linn
Postville

District 5
BGM
Highland
Columbus
Wapello
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin

District 6
N Mahaska
Sully
Wayne
C Decatur
Mt. Ayr
Colfax Mingo
Madrid

District 7
ACGC
Earlham
M st M
Nodaway
SW Valley
IKM
AHSTW

District 8
Riverside
St. Albert
Mo Valley
LoMa
W Monona
Westwood
Woodbury

ISUfan00 said:

Agreed, I kinda of thought the same thing. I do think the proximity to Iowa City will help along with his ties to the Iowa Football program (his son is a CB)

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If this guy is as big of a clueless tool as others are saying, ties won't matter

BamaFan1137 said:

I was thinking of Fort Meade. Fort Pierce was actually a decent drive for us. We use to hangout near Sebastian Inlet and Indian River.

Bradley Junction was hilariously ridiculous too. A lot of phosphate mining in that area.

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Yeh a large majority of Polk County is not great. Used to have to go down to Frostproof a couple times a year, as it is where Lowe’s Florida distribution center was. Thankfully I was living in Winter Park at the time and could make it a day trip. We were the asphalt division of Quikrete, so I frequented their plant in Lakeland. Lakeland was ok, but it wouldn’t break my heart if I never had to get out of the truck in Polk County ever again. I covered AL, GA, and FL and Polk County was by far my least favorite place to visit, even if it meant I could commute from the house…

So for the parochial I’m still using the ones from two last cycle, but yes they have a frl around 20%

So I did the maps with Central Lee in 3A first, but then when I read that if they were bumped to 3A by Holy Trinity then the agreement was off I moved them down and IFA up. Without IFA in 3A there are no longer 6 schools around the Mason City area so I sent 3 of them west to the NW schools, and Charles City and Clear Lake east, but that is also a long drive for those schools.

Atlantic (instead of Greene County) and Perry (instead of Harlan) could also be in the running for schools to join those 3 NW schools, if it is teams from more of the SW part of the state.

billywayneluck said:

Tournament games matter the most. If you are going to lose a game this is the best time for it. That said two losses in a row doesn’t instill me with confidence. We will see.

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Y’all have a great team. Maybe Oats can hire some decent coaches. There’s no reason a team like Missouri can run y’all TF out of the building.

I think if this holds up Humboldt and Algona may have to west in 3A, with SBL moving up a class.

wolverine55 said:

Proximity to Iowa City may help, but I wonder where the coach at West Branch will find 8-9 quality candidates to build a whole new staff. I know where I'm at (southeast Iowa) filling 1-2 spots in an offseason can be a challenge due to lack of candidates.

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Agreed, I kinda of thought the same thing. I do think the proximity to Iowa City will help along with his ties to the Iowa Football program (his son is a CB)

Proximity to Iowa City may help, but I wonder where the coach at West Branch will find 8-9 quality candidates to build a whole new staff. I know where I'm at (southeast Iowa) filling 1-2 spots in an offseason can be a challenge due to lack of candidates.

Tournament games matter the most. If you are going to lose a game this is the best time for it. That said two losses in a row doesn’t instill me with confidence. We will see.

BKHusky said:

Glad we followed up that AU loss by giving up 110 points to Mizzou.

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Definitely have the talent. Maybe the coaches took the night off?

How does the grip feel when you “accidentally” sit on it?

Glad we followed up that AU loss by giving up 110 points to Mizzou.

Going with these changes that I am pretty sure will happen
1. DSM Hoover combining with DSM Roosevelt
2. Saint Albert not having Heartland Christian
3. Central Lee dropping Holy Trinity, and Holy Trinity probably going with Burlington

Here is what I have for districts

4A
District 1
Denison Schleswig
Le Mars
SC West
Sergeant Bluff Luton
Storm Lake
Spencer

District 2
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Gilbert
Ballard
North Polk

District 3
Decorah
Waverly Shell Rock
Waterloo East
Marion
CR Washington
Xavier

District 4
Western Dubuque
North Scott
Clinton
Davenport North
Davenport West
Burlington

District 5
CCA
Williamsburg
Pella
Oskaloosa
Newton
Bondurant Farrar

District 6
Carlisle
DSM North
ADM
Glenwood
CB TJ
Lewis Central

So when you map out 4A, you could send Denison to the 3 Council Bluffs area schools, and then Fort Dodge west, and the probably Mason City east, but I like the way I have this, Western Dubuque to Burlington is a trip not no farther than Western Dubuque to Mason City. Then I also tried to and you'll see this in every class have 2 of what I see as the top teams in each district, which other than the NW district I think I did.

3A

District 1
Heelan
Sioux Center
MOC FV
Harlan
Carroll
Greene County

District 2
Algona
Humboldt
Webster City
Clear Lake
Iowa Falls Alden
Charles City

District 3
Independence
West Delaware
Wahlert
Maquoketa
Central De Witt
Assumption

District 4
Solon
Washington
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Keokuk

District 5
Mount Vernon
Benton
CPU
Nevada
Grinnell
Knoxville

District 6
Saydel
Des Moines Christian
Creston
Winterset
Atlantic
Perry

I think the big question is who they send to play the 3 far NW Iowa schools, to me this makes the most sense but they could send Humboldt, Algona, and Webster City, which would have an impact of the eastern half of the state.

2A

District 1
Central Lyon GLR
Western Christian
BH/RV
Cherokee
Sheldon
Unity Christian

District 2
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Esterville LC
Kuemper
OABCIG
Southeast Valley

District 3
Forest City
Osage
Crestwood
New Hampton
Waukon
NFV

District 4
Denver
Oelwein
Union
Vinton Shellsburg
Alburnett
Anamosa

District 5
Monticello
Mid Prairie
West Branch
West Liberty
Wilton
Tipton

District 6
Dike New Hartford
South Tama
West Marshall
Hampton Dumont CAL
Woodward Granger
Roland Story

District 7
PCM
Pella Christian
Davis County
Central Lee
Mediapolis
West Burlington ND

District 8
Clarinda
Van Meter
Clarke
Chariton
Centerville
Albia

Few things
Clarinda is on an island like Decorah, sending them with those schools makes the most sense. The two NW district are tough, but that is how it is always going to be, with CGD and GHV going down it is tough to send Forest City west to the great lakes when there aren't enough schools for 6 teams, so you kind of end up sending Kuemper, OABCIG and SE Valley north. The map is a lot cleaner on the eastern half if Central Lee was in 3A, but I ended up trying to spread out the better teams.

1A

District 1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton Bronson
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta Aurelia

District 2
Sioux Central
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Manson NW Webster
East Sac
SCC

District 3
Eagle Grove
GHV
CGD
Central Springs
South Hardin
Grundy Center

District 4
AP
Hudson
Waterloo Columbus
Jesup
Sumner Fred
MFL MarMac

District 5
Beckman
Cascade
Bellevue
Lisbon
Camanche
NE Goose Lake

District 6
Durant
Regina
Louisa Muscatine
Cardinal
Sigourney Keota
Eddyville BF

District 7
Pleasantville
I35
South Hamilton
Grandview Christian
Odgen
Panorama

District 8
West Central Valley
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Treynor
Underwood
Tri-Center

Probably the easiest map to place teams for me, West Lyon is actually kind of on an island, but all the teams they are playing make sense, there are also 5 SW teams, but WCV being right on I80 made the most sense to send them out west. And then there are 3 places that Grundy and South Hardin could land, but I think if you are trying to balance districts where I sent them makes the most sense.

A

District 1
West Sioux
Akron Westfield
Gehlen
MMCRU
South O'Brien
HMS
Sibley Ocheyden

District 2
West Hancock
Lake Mills
Belmond Klemme
West Fork
Newman
North Butler
Saint Ansgar

District 3
Nashua Plainfield
Wapsie
East Buc
BGM
East Marshall
BCLUW
AGWSR

District 4
South Winn
Postville
Clayton Ridge
Starmont
Maquoketa Valley
Midland
North Cedar

District 5
North Linn
Highland
Columbus Community
Wapello
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin

District 6
North Mahaska
Lynnville Sully
Wayne
Central Decatur
Mount Ayr
Colfax Mingo
Madrid

District 7
AC/GC
Earlham
Martendale St Marys
Nodaway Valley
Southwest Valley
IKM Manning
AHSTW

District 8
Riverside
Saint Albert
Missouri Valley
LoMa
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central

This is the toughest one to do because I am unsure of a few teams and whether they might be in 8 man, first off district 1 is nice and tidy, district 2 I would like to split West Hancock and Saint Ansgar but I don't see an easy way to do it. District 3 is a little bit of a mix and match, but I think Wapsie and NP will be good and East Buc while down last year should rebound so it makes sense in my head. District 4 I would like to put in one more of what I see as a top 15-20 team but I don't think South Winn and Starmont won't be too bad to go along with Maquoketa Valley. District 5 I sent North Linn all the way south because I had a coach tell me that he thought that this would happen just because other than Pekin that district is terrible and they kind of replace Lisbon. District 6 is kind of like district 4 with Madrid and some very average teams, although I switched Mount Ayr and MSTM to try and bring some balance. District 7 I made that switch with AC/GC, Earlham, and AHSTW that is a pretty solid district. District 8 will always be lead by Woodbury Central, but LoMa, Saint Albert and Riverside can all be tough.

I am in no way saying that these are perfect or what they will be, but mapping it out and trying to maintain some balance this is what I came up with.

I didn't get to 8 man yet I will work on that.

HONKifUvCOACHED4BAMA said:

And poor, stupid bama lost. 👏

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Now just wait a damn minute sir.

You want to throw some turds at your rival, the Tide, that’s fine. It’s what this board is all about.

Using the same phrase that is often directed at sorry sacks of water like @Menace Sockeyes ia a different thing! Lots of ways to talk shit about dirty ol bammer without that!

BlameIt said:

They are in a bit of disarray right now. The seniors are very connected to the outgoing coaching staff. Thats tough on any 16 yr old, losing a coach. Let alone 8-9 of them.

The smoke will clear and they will get to work. With WB probably moving up to 2A this year, it will be an interesting change. They'll drop back down on next cycle as enrollment numbers are smaller from 8th grade and down.

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Ultimately it is the kids that suffer. How you just abandon what made the program great doesn’t make sense. What a great building block of hardworking kids. Will be interesting

derek_tiger said:

Not bad...

The AU/bama basketball was the most-watched men's BB game on ESPN this season, and the second most viewed across all networks. 2.8M viewers with a peak of 3.5M.

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And poor, stupid bama lost. 👏

Not bad...

The AU/bama basketball was the most-watched men's BB game on ESPN this season, and the second most viewed across all networks. 2.8M viewers with a peak of 3.5M.

piropa said:

Hey everyone,

I'm just getting into tennis and looking for a good beginner-friendly racket.

I want something comfortable to use, offers decent control, and won’t be too harsh on my arm.

I’ve heard lighter rackets with larger head sizes are good for beginners, but I also don’t want something too bulky.

Are there any specific models you’d recommend for a mix of control beginner tennis racket, power, and comfort?

Also, should I focus on string tension or grip size when choosing?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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Thanks in advance for any help

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