Iowa Preps dives inside the Class A 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)
Bishop Garrigan
BGM
Denver
Pleasantville
Logan-Magnolia
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Audubon
Belmond-Klemme
Pekin
West Hancock
West Sioux
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Akron-Westfield
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Lawton-Bronson
Lynnville-Sully
Maquoketa Valley
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Top Performers
Blake Nehring, New London
242 yards passing
Jason Fisher, Nashua-Plainfield
238 yards passing
Tanner Jansen, BGM, Brooklyn
182 yards passing
Bryce Flater, Grundy Center
319 yards rushing
Will Mertens, Van Buren
314 yards rushing
Izaak Shedenhelm, Denver
217 yards rushing
Garret Baker, Winfield-Mt Union
194 yards receiving
Jayce Knight, BGM
140 yards receiving
Kyle Barnes, St. Albert
16.5 tackles
Blake Langhurst, Lisbon
2 interceptions
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Week Seven Games to Watch
Belle Plaine at B-G-M, Brooklyn
Belmond-Klemme at West Hancock
South O'Brien, Paullina at Lawton-Bronson
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) BGM 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) Bishop Garrigan 6-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Pleasantville 6-0 (Previous: #3)
4.) Denver 5-1 (Previous: #4)
5.) West Sioux 6-0 (Previous: #5)
6.) Logan-Magnolia 5-1 (Previous: #6)
7.) Audubon 5-1 (Previous: #7)
8.) Belmond-Klemme 5-1 (Previous: #8)
9.) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4-2 (Previous: #9)
10.) Colfax-Mingo 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
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Title Contenders (rated by predicted chance as of today)
Bishop Garrigan
BGM
Denver
Pleasantville
Logan-Magnolia
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Title Pretenders (teams that we feel have not proven that they can make a deep playoff run)
Audubon
Belmond-Klemme
Pekin
West Hancock
West Sioux
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Playoff Dark Horses (teams that may be peaking at the right time to make a run)
Akron-Westfield
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Lawton-Bronson
Lynnville-Sully
Maquoketa Valley
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Top Performers
Blake Nehring, New London
242 yards passing
Jason Fisher, Nashua-Plainfield
238 yards passing
Tanner Jansen, BGM, Brooklyn
182 yards passing
Bryce Flater, Grundy Center
319 yards rushing
Will Mertens, Van Buren
314 yards rushing
Izaak Shedenhelm, Denver
217 yards rushing
Garret Baker, Winfield-Mt Union
194 yards receiving
Jayce Knight, BGM
140 yards receiving
Kyle Barnes, St. Albert
16.5 tackles
Blake Langhurst, Lisbon
2 interceptions
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Week Seven Games to Watch
Belle Plaine at B-G-M, Brooklyn
Belmond-Klemme at West Hancock
South O'Brien, Paullina at Lawton-Bronson
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Week Seven Rankings
1.) BGM 6-0 (Previous: #1)
2.) Bishop Garrigan 6-0 (Previous: #2)
3.) Pleasantville 6-0 (Previous: #3)
4.) Denver 5-1 (Previous: #4)
5.) West Sioux 6-0 (Previous: #5)
6.) Logan-Magnolia 5-1 (Previous: #6)
7.) Audubon 5-1 (Previous: #7)
8.) Belmond-Klemme 5-1 (Previous: #8)
9.) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4-2 (Previous: #9)
10.) Colfax-Mingo 5-1 (Previous: Not Rated)
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Did we miss anything? Let us know now by replying!
