Had to be politically motivated. Wait till the Lincoln Project gets ahold of this one.

Duds… maybe you can fill us in

What is the best high school game you have attended? What made it great?

These were when st ansgar was class 1a.

Best I recall would be 2002 St. Ansgar vs Wapsie Valley. At the time St. Ansgar was starting to field a great team and one of head coach clevenger's earlier seasons. Back and forth game with St. Ansgar scoring two fourth quarter touchdowns, scored the first, then forced a quick 3 and out and scored the second very late in the game to take the lead. Wapsie Valley completed a long pass on the game's final play but was tackled before they reached the endzone. The complete game is on youtube. Login to view embedded media
Another great one would be the quarterfinal game between st ansgar and aplington parkersburg I think it was 2011. St ansgar looked like they scored a touchdown to take a two score lead late in the fourth but a fumble was ruled and AP recovered. Drive starting at the 1 yard line AP was marching down the field looking like they would score and win the game, but St Ansgar forced a fumble at about the 20 and recovered to seal the victory.

What are the big matchups this week?

Mediapolis (3-0) @ Iowa City Regina (2-0) to start district play.

What’s everyone losing and bringing back?

Western Christian @ OABCIG

Emmetsburg @ West Sioux

South Central Calhoun @ South Hamilton

Denver @ Southeast Valley

Pella Christian @ Van Meter

Underwood @ Mt Ayr

Mediapolis @ Columbus Catholic, Waterloo

Beckman Catholic @ Sigourney-Keota

1.) Predict your 2nd Round Winners in bold.

POD #1 Sibley-Ocheyedan at West Sioux, Hawarden
POD #2 Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at Emmetsburg
POD #3 Treynor at Western Christian, Hull
POD #4 Belmond-Klemme at Southeast Valley
POD #5 South Hardin at South Hamilton, Jewell
POD #6 Dike-New Hartford at South Central Calhoun
POD #7 Osage at Columbus Catholic, Waterloo
POD #8 Durant at Beckman Catholic, Dyersville
POD #9 Denver at Cascade, Western Dubuque
POD #10 Mediapolis at West Branch
POD #11 Cardinal, Eldon at Sigourney-Keota
POD #12 Panorama, Panora at Pella Christian
POD #13 ACGC at Van Meter
POD #14 Interstate-35, Truro at Mount Ayr
POD #15 Woodward-Granger at Underwood
POD #16 East Sac County at OABCIG

2.) Once you have predicted your 2nd Round Winners, then create your new 4 Pods of 4 for the 3rd Round & Quarterfinal Rounds.

Should more weight be given to geography or should more weight be given to an actual seeding of the teams in some way 1-16.
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Class A
1 .) Saint Ansgar 6-0 (Previous: # 1 )
2 .) Grundy Center 6-0 (Previous: # 2 )
3 .) Iowa City Regina 5-1 (Previous: # 3 )
4 .) Edgewood-Colesburg 6-0 (Previous: # 5 )
5 .) Wapsie Valley 5-1 (Previous: # 6 )
6 .) MFL-Mar-Mac 5-1 (Previous: # 7 )
7 .) West Hancock 5-1 (Previous: # 8 )
8 .) Logan-Magnolia 5-1 (Previous: # 10 )
9 .) Lisbon 4-2 (Previous: # Not Rated )
10 .) South Winneshiek 5-1 (Previous: # 4 )

with just 2 regular season games left , anyone have a clearer picture of how they are doing matchups for playoffs , other than original statement back in August? It is wierd they are not even posting district standings on IHSAA wesbsite.

Anyone have thoughts on a preseason top 10?

OABCIG drops down to 1A and will have the best player in the class in DeJean at quarterback.

Van Meter
West Branch
Mount Ayr
SSC

what about traditional powers like Pella Christian, Cascade, and DNH?

Seems like OABCIG should be 1 and Van Meter at 2 and then not sure after those two teams

Montezuma athlete Masin Shearer
How do you...

Less than 24 hours until week 9 games get underway and we take the final step in figuring out who will be in the playoffs.

It’s been a great regular season and it’s been fun communicating on here. Things have remained fairly steady when it comes to the posts on this board and it’s been good banter. I’m just glad the message board hasn’t been a ghost town.

Thanks for the thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Looking forward to week 9 and the postseason. Keep up the chatter.

Here are my top 10 rankings heading into week 7

1. Dike-New Hartford (6-0)
2. Van Meter (6-0)
3. West Lyon (6-0)
4. Western Christian (6-0)
5. West Sioux (5-1)
6. South Central Calhoun (6-0)
7. West Branch (6-0)
8. Treynor (6-0)
9. Sigourney-Keota (6-0)
10. Regina, Iowa City (5-1)

Looking in: Panorama (6-0), Mount Ayr (5-1), Underwood (5-1), North Linn (5-1), Mediapolis (5-1), ACGC (5-1)

Every team is the top 10 remains the same, but there was a bit of a shift due to Western getting a huge win. They move up from 7 to 4, just ahead of West Sioux which fell from 1 to 5. This puts three teams from district 1 in the top 10. I firmly believe all three teams will make the playoffs and deservedly so.

Treynor held off Underwood and will claim the district title. Underwood should have just the one loss to claim an at-large spot in the playoffs.

Regina and DNH keep moving along as they’re once again in a collision course for the district title in week 9.

West Sioux will have to regroup quick as they will host West Lyon next week.

RPI rankings will come out this weekend for the first time. Should be interesting where teams land after two weeks of district play.

Class 1A GVC has the opportunity to go back-to-back-to-back. It won’t be an easy task but curious if anyone knows who and when the last team was to do that?

West Sioux vs District 9 Champion
SCC vs West Lyon
DNH vs South Hamilton
Van Meter vs I-35

PC vs MEPO
West Branch vs Wilton
Regina vs Bellevue
Sum-Fred vs Cascade

Thoughts???

How does Glenwood beat Atlantic by 33 in December and then last night lose by 18 to them. Were there some significant roster changes that affected these outcomes?

Post your predictions here now!

Class 1A

DISTRICT #1
Akron-Westfield
Boyden-Hull
Central Lyon, Rock Rapids
Gehlen Catholic, LeMars
George-Little Rock
Lawton-Bronson
MMCRU
Siouxland Christian

DISTRICT #2
Clay Central-Everly
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
Harris-Lake Park
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
Newell-Fonda
North Union
South O'Brien, Paullina
St. Mary's, Storm Lake Trinity Christian, Hull

DISTRICT #3
Belmond-Klemme
Bishop Garrigan, Algona
Newman Catholic, Mason City
North Iowa, Buffalo Center
Northwood-Kensett
Saint Ansgar
St. Edmond, Fort Dodge
West Fork, Sheffield
West Hancock, Britt

DISTRICT #4
AGWSR, Ackley
BCLUW, Conrad
CAL, Latimer
Clarksville
Don Bosco, Gilbertville
Grundy Center
Hudson
Nashua-Plainfield
North Butler, Greene
Rockford

DISTRICT #5
Dunkerton
Janesville
Kee, Lansing
Postville
Riceville
South Winneshiek, Calmar
Tripoli
Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
West Central, Maynard

DISTRICT #6
Central City
Central, Elkader
Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg
East Buchanan, Winthrop
Edgewood-Colesburg
Maquoketa Valley, Delhi
MFL MarMac
Starmont
Wapsie Valley, Fairbank

DISTRICT #7
Belle Plaine
B-G-M, Brooklyn
English Valleys, North English
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
GMG, Garwin
H-L-V, Victor
Iowa Valley, Marengo
Meskwaki Settlement School
North Tama, Traer
Springville

DISTRICT #8
Alburnett
Calamus-Wheatland
Cedar Valley Christian School
Easton Valley
Lisbon
Marquette Catholic, Bellevue
Midland, Wyoming
North Linn, Troy Mills
Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton

DISTRICT #9
Danville
Highland, Riverside
Holy Trinity Catholic, Fort Madison
Iowa Mennonite, Kalona
Lone Tree
New London
Notre Dame, Burlington
WACO, Wayland
Winfield-Mt. Union

DISTRICT #10
Cardinal, Eldon
Keota
Lynnville-Sully
Montezuma
Moravia
Moulton-Udell
North Mahaska, New Sharon
Sigourney
Tri-County, Thornburg

DISTRICT #11
Ankeny Christian Academy
Baxter
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-Nesco
Grand View Christian School
Iowa Christian Academy
Madrid
Melcher-Dallas
Twin Cedars, Bussey

DISTRICT #12
Central Decatur, Leon
Earlham
East Union, Afton
Lamoni
Martensdale-St. Marys
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove
Murray
Seymour
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center Wayne, Corydon

DISTRICT #13
Bedford
Clarinda Academy
Diagonal
Essex
Lenox
Nodaway Valley
Orient-Macksburg
Sidney
Southwest Valley

DISTRICT #14
CAM, Anita
East Mills
Exira/EH-K
Fremont-Mills, Tabor
Griswold
Heartland Christian
Riverside, Oakland
St. Albert, Council Bluffs
Stanton

DISTRICT #15
Ar-We-Va, Westside
Audubon
Boyer Valley, Dunlap
Coon Rapids-Bayard
Glidden-Ralston
IKM-Manning
Paton-Churdan
Tri-Center, Neola
Woodbine

DISTRICT #16
Kingsley-Pierson
Ridge View
River Valley, Correctionville
St. Mary's, Remsen
West Harrison, Mondamin
West Monona, Onawa
Westwood, Sloan
Whiting
Woodbury Central, Moville

How are the teams looking this year?

DMC will be down this year. Zimmer and Anderson are finally graduated after what seems like years and years of having to watch them play (they were good but glad to see them go)! I don't think they have much left after those two do they?

Panorama will be tough as always. I dont know much about who they have coming up, but best coach in the conference so they will always be tough.

Van Meter will be a team to watch!

Any other ideas out there.

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Still undefeated and very balanced. Not sure who will/can beat them from the west end of the state