2018-2019 District Pairings

[falconfanx3]

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Class A
District 1
Akron-Westfield
Hartley HMS
Hinton
LeMars Gehlen
Marcus MMCRU
South O’Brien

District 2
Alta-Aurelia
Fort Dodge St. Edmond
IKM-Manning
Manson Northwest Webster
Ridge View
Sioux Central

District 3
Algona Garrigan
Belmond-Klemme
Graettinger GTRA
North Union
West Fork
West Hancock

District 4
Central Springs
Mason City Newman
Nashua-Plainfield
Postville
Saint Ansgar
South Winneshiek
Starmont

District 5
Alburnett
Clayton Ridge
Edgewood-Colesburg
Lisbon
Maquoketa Valley
MFL MarMac

District 6
Belle Plaine
BGM
Cardinal
Durant
Highland
Pekin

District 7
Conrad BCLUW
East Buchanan
Garwin GMG
Grundy Center
Hudson
North Tama
Wapsie Valley

District 8
Central Decatur
Grand View Christian
Lynnville-Sully
Martensdale-St. Marys
North Mahaska
Wayne

District 9
Avoca AHSTW
Council Bluffs St. Albert
Earlham
Nodaway Valley
Riverside
Southwest Valley

District 10
Lawton-Bronson
Logan-Magnolia
Tri-Center
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central

 

[Gamefly]

Just saw an article stating class a will have 8 districts. 6 districts will have 6 teams and 2 will have seven. Playoff selections will be different as well. Here's a link to the article.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...tem-board-allows-interstate-games/1063138001/

Playoffs will be district champions then an RPI will be used for the rest of the field. Runner-up won't be an automatic bid.

 

[Sev393]

10 districts for A--8 will have 6 teams, 2 will have 7. (62 teams) should be interesting. Hopefully see actual districts later today.

I like the trend toward RPI, but not having some bonus number figured in for beating team up a class or road wins or some kind of blow out / impressive win is going to be an issue, imo

 

[falconfanx3]

Early District Favorites?

 

[GOPANTHERS23]

Wow there are some absolutely terrible districts out there lol. Some good teams jvs might win them

 

[troutstamp1]

District 4 and district 7 both have 7 teams so this will be a crossover district. Two pretty salty districts with St Ansgar, South Winn, Newman and Nashua in 4 as well as Hudson, East Buchanan, Grundy Center and Wapsie Valley in 7. That will be some interesting crossover games as those 8 teams are all consistent playoff teams. The new rule with RPI wont be an issue with these two districts as it should be pretty high for both districts.

 

[Dragon7678]

Did the state only take into consideration geography when creating these districts? There is not much competitive balance between districts. District #9 is a buzzsaw with Earlham, St. Alberts, SW Valley, and Avoca

 

[PNation]

St. Alberts and SWV lose almost everything, Earlham brings back a little but not a ton either.