Iowa Preps dives inside the 8-Man 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)
Newell-Fonda
Don Bosco
MMC
Glidden-Ralston
Janesville
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Colo-NESCO
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
HLV
Kingsley-Pierson
Wayne
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Ar-We-Va
Coon Rapids-Bayard
East Mills
West Bend-Mallard
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Top Performers
Austin Thompson, Nishnabotna
409 yards passing
Ian Isaacson, Essex
400 yards passing
Derek Ehrhardt, Central Elkader
369 yards passing
Nick Mangrich, Don Bosco
240 yards rushing
Cody Davis, Essex
233 yards rushing
Wade McKinney, Central City
212 yards rushing
Chad Blank, Nishnabotna
304 yards receiving
Cody McClintock, Essex
293 yards receiving
Ben Backes, Central Elkader
256 yards receiving
Jacob Joliet, Guthrie Center
209 yards receiving
AJ Gagner, Kee, Lansing
13.5 tackles
Brady Pottebaum, St. Mary's, Remsen
13.5 tackles
Grant Shedenhelm, Riceville
2 interceptions
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Week Seven Games to Watch
Colo-Nesco at Don Bosco, Gilbertville
Coon Rapids-Bayard at Glidden-Ralston
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton at Newell-Fonda
Janesville at Northwood-Kensett
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) Newell-Fonda 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) Glidden-Ralston 5-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Don Bosco 4-0 (Previous: #4)
4.) MMC 5-0 (Previous: #5)
5.) Janesville 5-0 (Previous: #6)
6.) Central Elkader 6-0 (Previous: #7)
7.) Fremont-Mills 6-0 (Previous: #8)
8.) Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 5-1 (Previous: #9)
9.) Lenox 6-0 (Previous: #10)
10.) Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 6-0 (Previous: Not Rated)
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Title Contenders (rated by predicted chance as of today)
Newell-Fonda
Don Bosco
MMC
Glidden-Ralston
Janesville
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Colo-NESCO
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
HLV
Kingsley-Pierson
Wayne
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Ar-We-Va
Coon Rapids-Bayard
East Mills
West Bend-Mallard
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Top Performers
Austin Thompson, Nishnabotna
409 yards passing
Ian Isaacson, Essex
400 yards passing
Derek Ehrhardt, Central Elkader
369 yards passing
Nick Mangrich, Don Bosco
240 yards rushing
Cody Davis, Essex
233 yards rushing
Wade McKinney, Central City
212 yards rushing
Chad Blank, Nishnabotna
304 yards receiving
Cody McClintock, Essex
293 yards receiving
Ben Backes, Central Elkader
256 yards receiving
Jacob Joliet, Guthrie Center
209 yards receiving
AJ Gagner, Kee, Lansing
13.5 tackles
Brady Pottebaum, St. Mary's, Remsen
13.5 tackles
Grant Shedenhelm, Riceville
2 interceptions
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Week Seven Games to Watch
Colo-Nesco at Don Bosco, Gilbertville
Coon Rapids-Bayard at Glidden-Ralston
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton at Newell-Fonda
Janesville at Northwood-Kensett
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) Newell-Fonda 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) Glidden-Ralston 5-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Don Bosco 4-0 (Previous: #4)
4.) MMC 5-0 (Previous: #5)
5.) Janesville 5-0 (Previous: #6)
6.) Central Elkader 6-0 (Previous: #7)
7.) Fremont-Mills 6-0 (Previous: #8)
8.) Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 5-1 (Previous: #9)
9.) Lenox 6-0 (Previous: #10)
10.) Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 6-0 (Previous: Not Rated)
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