First Round Predictions

[CoachNel4]

Class 1A

Games-- Winner

#16 Alburnett (7-2) vs. #7 South Winneshiek, Calmar (7-2)-- South Winneshiek

Bellevue (4-5) vs. #1 Regina, Iowa City (8-1)-- IC Regina

Central Springs (3-6) vs. #4 Dike-New Hartford (8-1)-- Dike-New Hartford

Columbus Community, Columbus Junction (3-6) vs. #2 West Branch (9-0)-- West Branch

Des Moines Christian (4-5) vs. #14 Madrid (7-2)-- Madrid

Emmetsburg (5-4) vs. #9 Hinton (8-1)-- Hinton

#11 Hudson (7-2) vs. Sigourney/Keota (6-3)-- Hudson

IKM-Manning (6-3) vs. #13 Pocahontas Area (7-2)-- Pocahantas

Interstate 35, Truro (5-4) vs #3 Underwood (9-0)-- Underwood

Jesup (6-3) vs. #5 Saint Ansgar (8-1)-- Saint Ansgar

Manson Northwest Webster (3-6) vs. #6 Van Meter (8-1)-- Van Meter

Missouri Valley (5-4) vs. #10 South Central Calhoun (8-1)-- SCC

Ogden (5-4) vs. #12 Panorama, Panora (8-1)-- Panorama

Pella Christian (6-3) vs. Wilton (5-4)-- Pella Christian

#14 Ridge View (7-2) vs. AHSTW, Avoca (6-3)-- Ridge View

West Lyon, Inwood (6-3) vs. #8 Western Christian, Hull (7-2)-- Western Christian



Highlighted Games

#16 Alburnett @ #7 South Winneshiek

This will be a good game in the opening round. Alburnett is coming off of a tough loss last week but Caves and Schulista lead a balanced offensive attack that is looking to make a run. South Winneshiek is led by Herold and a group of very good runners in a ground happy attack. South Winneshiek is coming off of a big win Friday and I think they ride that momentum and take this one 35-20.


West Lyon @ #8 Western Christian

These district foes unfortunately will be playing in the first round. They had a great game mid-season with West Lyon pulling out a 29-27 victory which is the only district blemish for Western Christian. West Lyon has a strong running game but I think Kooima and Western Christian’s balanced offensive attack get revenge at home. It will once again be close as Western Christian wins 31-24.

 

[Wildcatstony]

Class 1A

Games-- Winner

#16 Alburnett (7-2) vs. #7 South Winneshiek, Calmar (7-2)-- South Winneshiek I think this will be very close but the home team prevails

Bellevue (4-5) vs. #1 Regina, Iowa City (8-1)-- IC Regina Blow-out Alert!!!!! Regina big

Central Springs (3-6) vs. #4 Dike-New Hartford (8-1)-- Dike-New Hartford D-NH will be out for blood after this last Friday. Dike rolls

Columbus Community, Columbus Junction (3-6) vs. #2 West Branch (9-0)-- West Branch Blow-out Alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!! West Branch moves on

Des Moines Christian (4-5) vs. #14 Madrid (7-2)-- Madrid This game will be closer than most think. DMC keeps this one close but Madrid and their running game will be too much

Emmetsburg (5-4) vs. #9 Hinton (8-1)-- Hinton E-Burg back in the playoffs, but Hinton is too good in every area

#11 Hudson (7-2) vs. Sigourney/Keota (6-3)-- Hudson Interesting match-up and maybe the best of round 1. Hudson has too many horses and pull off the road win.

IKM-Manning (6-3) vs. #13 Pocahontas Area (7-2)-- IKM-Manning. I didn't like how Poky finished the season and IKM nips them on the road in this one.

Interstate 35, Truro (5-4) vs #3 Underwood (9-0)-- Underwood Underwood will have no troubles in this one

Jesup (6-3) vs. #5 Saint Ansgar (8-1)-- Saint Ansgar St. Ansgar has been on a roll lately. After Friday's game I almost went with Jesup, but with the travel for this game I will give it to the Saints

Manson Northwest Webster (3-6) vs. #6 Van Meter (8-1)-- Van Meter Don't know much of either team, so I will take the home team here

Missouri Valley (5-4) vs. #10 South Central Calhoun (8-1)-- SCC SCC is good enough to make it to the dome and I like them big here

Ogden (5-4) vs. #12 Panorama, Panora (8-1)-- Panorama Panorama is suspect after this round, but they get it done here

Pella Christian (6-3) vs. Wilton (5-4)-- Pella Christian Wilton plays in a very weak district and Pella Christian will beat them and show the rest of the state they are a very dangerous team

#14 Ridge View (7-2) vs. AHSTW, Avoca (6-3)-- AHSTW Very good game here with both teams being pretty evenly matched. AHSTW will come to play and they will take down a good Ridge View team.

West Lyon, Inwood (6-3) vs. #8 Western Christian, Hull (7-2)-- Western Christian WC has been playing good all season, but this one will be a nail-bitter. West Lyon just doesn't have enough to pull this one out

 

[cyard31]

agree with most of it .. but I will take Jesup over SA

 

[WBBearsFollower]

agree with most of it .. but I will take Jesup over SA

if you are giving up 250 yards rushing per game, I cannot agree with this.

SA will run the ball all night, and then run it suh-mo. Jesup's win vs DNH is wonderful. But I just cannot seeing that carry over.

 

[CraigsNews]

Where in the world do you get your numbers WBBearsFollower? Not only did Jesup not give up 250 yards rushing PER game, they never gave up 250 in ANY game.

Denver had 234
East Buchanan had 221
Clayton Ridge had 2
Hudson had 170
MFL Mar Mac had 88
South Winn had 242
Sumner Fred had 113
BCLUW had 9
Dike NH had 249

1328 rushing yards allowed . . . or 147.6 per game.

if you are giving up 250 yards rushing per game, I cannot agree with this.

SA will run the ball all night, and then run it suh-mo. Jesup's win vs DNH is wonderful. But I just cannot seeing that carry over.

 

[WBBearsFollower]

^^^ meaning that if Jesup gives up 250 rushing yards to SA they are probably gonna lose. SA averages about 325-350 rush yards per outing.

If Jesup holds SA to the 147 yard average they win.

 

[Chow22]

Games-- Winner

#16 Alburnett (7-2) vs. #7 South Winneshiek, Calmar (7-2)

Bellevue (4-5) vs. #1 Regina, Iowa City (8-1)

Central Springs (3-6) vs. #4 Dike-New Hartford (8-1)

Columbus Community, Columbus Junction (3-6) vs. #2 West Branch (9-0)

Des Moines Christian (4-5) vs. #14 Madrid (7-2)

Emmetsburg (5-4) vs. #9 Hinton (8-1)

#11 Hudson (7-2) vs. Sigourney/Keota (6-3)

IKM-Manning (6-3) vs. #13 Pocahontas Area (7-2)

Interstate 35, Truro (5-4) vs #3 Underwood (9-0)

Jesup (6-3) vs. #5 Saint Ansgar (8-1)

Manson Northwest Webster (3-6) vs. #6 Van Meter (8-1)

Missouri Valley (5-4) vs. #10 South Central Calhoun (8-1)

Ogden (5-4) vs. #12 Panorama, Panora (8-1)

Pella Christian (6-3) vs. Wilton (5-4)

#14 Ridge View (7-2) vs. AHSTW, Avoca (6-3)

West Lyon, Inwood (6-3) vs. #8 Western Christian, Hull (7-2)

 

[cidhawkeye]

I read it the same way as Craigsnews did, was surprised at the thought of a team giving up 250 a game and being 6-3, my bad.

 

[WBBearsFollower]

I read it the same way as Craigsnews did, was surprised at the thought of a team giving up 250 a game and being 6-3, my bad.

context and me are usually quite synonymous.
I failed a bit by not offering full disclosure.

 

[jeffmeff45]

IKM @ Poky should be a good game IKM will be a VERY tough 3 seed. Don't take the Poky vs. SA to heart too much. Game was much closer than it looked on the scoreboard. Poky had if not the same amount, close to the same amount of chances to score as SA just made mental errors and didn't capitalize. Hoping they come hungry for blood come tomorrow as well.

 

[cidhawkeye]

What is the over/under on the number of 3's beating 2's and 4's beating 1's?

 

[DarkThunder#61]

I will say that I don't think we'll see as many blowouts in the first round this year. I think the State did a pretty good job of pairing teams up and on paper you could see several lower seeds competing with and even beating a higher seed depending on how well they play with the short turn-around.

West Lyon may be one of the tougher 4 seeds in recent memory and would probably give most of the 1 seeds in 1A a good game.

 

[Scoreinisntborin]

Alburnett wins 22-20 could go either way weather plays a BIG role tonight

Regina wins 56-7 enough said

DNH wins 42-0 give the ball to Johnson and let him run

West Branch wins 56-20 Lenoch has 200+ rushing and Koeing has 150 passing

Madrid wins 40-13 Santi runs all over DM Christian again in this rematch

Hinton wins 35-14 Small comes up big 200 passing 2 tds and 75 rushing

Sigourney Keota wins 44-35 Crawford and Hottle battle it out in this shootout 200 yards rushing each

Pocahontas wins 28-14 Schoening passes for 150 while Case has 150 and 3 tds

Underwood wins 48-13 Peterson to Conn 3 times, Peterson has 4 passing tds

Jesup wins 33-21 Schmidt passes for 250 and 3 tds and Murray adds 150 rushing and 2 tds

Van Meter wins 48-12 Trent has 300 total yards and 4tds

SCC wins 42-25 Miller keeps score close with 200 yards and 3 tds but Henkenius has 5 total tds

Ogden wins 34-21 in a reversal of week 1 Lentz has 300 and 5 tds

Pella Christian wins 48-21 Kacmarynski goes wild 6 total tds

Ridgeview wins 27-26 If Ridgeview avoinds turnovers they win in a close one

Western Christian wins 35-20 WC gets revenge as Kooima has 250 yards passing and 4 total tds

 

[cyard31]

Jesup wins 33-21 Schmidt passes for 250 and 3 tds and Murray adds 150 rushing and 2 tds

I totally agree on this one ScoreBor