Iowa Preps dives inside the Class 1A 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)
Iowa City Regina
Dike-New Hartford
Hinton
West Branch
South Central Calhoun
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Alburnett
Madrid
Ridge View
Saint Ansgar
Underwood
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Pella Christian
Sigourney-Keota
St. Edmond
West Lyon
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Top Performers
Wesley Schultes, Emmetsburg
211 yards rushing
Miles Wichhart, Pella Christian
178 yards rushing
Logan Fear, St. Edmond
165 yards rushing
Peyton Pedersen, Central Decatur
117 yards receiving
Kade Kelso, Central Decatur
13.5 tackles
Jace Petersen, Southwest Valley
2 interceptions
Michael Conlon, Iowa City Regina
2 interceptions
Nathan Stenger, Regina
189 total yards and 3 TDs
Cooper Koenig, West Branch
118 yards passing and 2 TDs
Nick Waller, Aplington-Parkersburg
109 yards receiving
Jackson Twait, Hudson
126 yards receiving and 2 TDs
Trent Johnson, Dike-New Hartford
185 yards rushing
Connor Neuroth, Dike-New Hartford
111 yards rushing
Logan Belzer, Wapello
147 yards passing and 2 TDs
Terrill Henrich, Hinton
Game winning touchdown run
Jay Small, Hinton
160 yards passing
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Week Seven Games to Watch
AHSTW at Underwood
Alburnett at Wilton
Dike-New Hartford at South Winneshiek
Hinton at Western Christian
Manson Northwest Webster at IKM-Manning
South Central Calhoun at Madrid
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) Iowa City Regina 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) Hinton 6-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Dike-New Hartford 6-0 (Previous: #3)
4.) West Branch 6-0 (Previous: #4)
5.) Underwood 6-0 (Previous: #7)
6.) Van Meter 5-1 (Previous: #8)
7.) Alburnett 6-0 (Previous: #9)
8.) South Winneshiek 5-1 (Previous: #10)
9.) Saint Ansgar 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
10.) South Central Calhoun 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
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Title Contenders (rated by predicted chance as of today)
Iowa City Regina
Dike-New Hartford
Hinton
West Branch
South Central Calhoun
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Alburnett
Madrid
Ridge View
Saint Ansgar
Underwood
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Pella Christian
Sigourney-Keota
St. Edmond
West Lyon
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Top Performers
Wesley Schultes, Emmetsburg
211 yards rushing
Miles Wichhart, Pella Christian
178 yards rushing
Logan Fear, St. Edmond
165 yards rushing
Peyton Pedersen, Central Decatur
117 yards receiving
Kade Kelso, Central Decatur
13.5 tackles
Jace Petersen, Southwest Valley
2 interceptions
Michael Conlon, Iowa City Regina
2 interceptions
Nathan Stenger, Regina
189 total yards and 3 TDs
Cooper Koenig, West Branch
118 yards passing and 2 TDs
Nick Waller, Aplington-Parkersburg
109 yards receiving
Jackson Twait, Hudson
126 yards receiving and 2 TDs
Trent Johnson, Dike-New Hartford
185 yards rushing
Connor Neuroth, Dike-New Hartford
111 yards rushing
Logan Belzer, Wapello
147 yards passing and 2 TDs
Terrill Henrich, Hinton
Game winning touchdown run
Jay Small, Hinton
160 yards passing
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Week Seven Games to Watch
AHSTW at Underwood
Alburnett at Wilton
Dike-New Hartford at South Winneshiek
Hinton at Western Christian
Manson Northwest Webster at IKM-Manning
South Central Calhoun at Madrid
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) Iowa City Regina 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) Hinton 6-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Dike-New Hartford 6-0 (Previous: #3)
4.) West Branch 6-0 (Previous: #4)
5.) Underwood 6-0 (Previous: #7)
6.) Van Meter 5-1 (Previous: #8)
7.) Alburnett 6-0 (Previous: #9)
8.) South Winneshiek 5-1 (Previous: #10)
9.) Saint Ansgar 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
10.) South Central Calhoun 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
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