Playoff Breakdown, Week 8
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A list of playoff qualifiers for all classes are suppose to be posted on the IHSAA web site by midnight following tomorrow night's games. The brackets are suppose to be posted to the web site 2-3 hours later, so by 2-3 AM Saturday morning.
There will be no bracket release show on Saturday morning like they did last year.
You might be right. If what the state apparently said holds, Belle Plaine will be automatically eliminated since their are 0-1 against other wildcards (Alburnett) and so will New London, as 4-2 will be below 5-2. It will most likely be Alburnett and Earlham, considering they will both most likely win by 17. If Westwood beats Gehlen, Gehlen would get in and kick out Earlham, as Alburnett would have the Alphabetical Advantage
I don't think you're wrong. But Earlham will still need Belle Plaine , Westwood AND Nashua- Plainfield to lose, Or Alburnett to not win by 17+. 3 of those 4 need to happen for Earlham.
All teams in Class A, District 6 will receive a victory for game that was to be played against Danville. No team will have less games played than any other in that classification.
This is what I was sent. I have heard that all teams will get the average points awarded which is about 14 points I believe.
This is what I was sent. I have heard that all teams will get the average points awarded which is about 14 points I believe.
The way things stand right now :
the third place teams who have a chance at wc are:
BP 5-1 11.33 * loss to Alburnett and a likely loss to Hudson knocks them out. If they were to win that would get them in and take a wild card.
NP 5-1 8.0 * Tough game against WH a loss will knock them down in pts and likely out . A win will put them in and WH in as a WC
Westwood 5-1 4.5 * A win against Gehlen puts them in and Gehlen gets a WC if its close. A loss would put them too far behind in points.
Alburnett 4-2 5.67 * Likely win by 17 and could put them top in points. Own a win over BP and are alphabetically in over Earlham.
Earlham 4-2 5.67 * Likely a win by 17 and will tie them with Alb on points.
NL 3-2 7.6 * Likely win by 17. They have enough points to give them the top WC spot but it depends on how the state looks at the district record.
If the favorites win then it looks like it would be either
Alburnett
Earlham
or
NL
Alburnett
Depending on what the state decides. Who knows if a combination of a Westwood or NP or BP win then it doesn't matter.
the third place teams who have a chance at wc are:
BP 5-1 11.33 * loss to Alburnett and a likely loss to Hudson knocks them out. If they were to win that would get them in and take a wild card.
NP 5-1 8.0 * Tough game against WH a loss will knock them down in pts and likely out . A win will put them in and WH in as a WC
Westwood 5-1 4.5 * A win against Gehlen puts them in and Gehlen gets a WC if its close. A loss would put them too far behind in points.
Alburnett 4-2 5.67 * Likely win by 17 and could put them top in points. Own a win over BP and are alphabetically in over Earlham.
Earlham 4-2 5.67 * Likely a win by 17 and will tie them with Alb on points.
NL 3-2 7.6 * Likely win by 17. They have enough points to give them the top WC spot but it depends on how the state looks at the district record.
If the favorites win then it looks like it would be either
Alburnett
Earlham
or
NL
Alburnett
Depending on what the state decides. Who knows if a combination of a Westwood or NP or BP win then it doesn't matter.
- Sioux Central (D2-RU) at West Sioux (D1-CH)
- Gehlen Catholic (D1-RU) at Bishop Garrigan (D2-CH)
- West Hancock (D3-RU) at Hudson (D5-CH)
- Gladbrook-Reinbeck (D5-RU) at Saint Ansgar (D3-CH)
- Pekin (D6-RU) at East Buchanan (D7-CH)
- Alburnett (D4-WC) at Wapsie Valley (D4-CH)
- St. Albert (D7-RU) at Lynnville-Sully (D6-CH)
- Earlham (D7-WC) at Southwest Valley (D7-CH)
Here is a Google Map with the matchups colored in. I think the longest is St. Albert to Sully at 178 miles, but all the quarterfinals are relatively close.
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the state has said that all teams will be given a win in the Danville-district 6, so New London is esentially 5-2 if they beat WMU Friday, but they only get a 14 pt win for the Danville forf.. SO New London sitting at 52 wuth a chance to get to 69 = 9.85
So basically NL is a wc lock as long as it takes care of business Friday and Alb is the second wc barring any upsets like Nashua over Britt wh. Two WC on the east side will be interesting who from the east goes west.
It could be that the IAHSAA rethought their stance on 5-2 vs 4-2. It does make sense to me to give them a win over Danville making New London 5-2, not 4-2. Do wish they would put out some additional clarification on the rules given the fogginess of it all.
I adjusted the map with New London instead of Earlham, I didn't change anything so the matchups remain the same. The new longest drive would be New London to Southwest Valley at 187 miles on US-34. After that, assuming SW Valley doesn't get upset, the longest possible quarterfinals all sit around 125 miles. Not too bad when they are on Friday nights now instead of middle of school week
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DkN0V-0WJbQWItlyZTbFGwB1ukI&usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DkN0V-0WJbQWItlyZTbFGwB1ukI&usp=sharing
so who is east and who is west, also you cant have a district champion playing a district RU from the same district in the 1st rd like you have.
If you're talking about West Sioux, I accidentally had them as District 2 (should've been District 1), I edited that in my posting. Thanks for pointing that out otherwise I totally missed it lol
I didn't know there was still an East/West designation in A football at least. I don't know how I'd do that
I didn't know there was still an East/West designation in A football at least. I don't know how I'd do that
switch New London and Pekin only because a second round match up of CBSA and New London would be 275 miles
Quarterfinal 1 CBSA #2 vs.Gehlen #2
Sioux Central #2 @ West Sioux #1
Quarterfinal 2 West Hancock #2 @ Algona #1
Gladbrook #2 @ Saint Ansgar #1
Quarterfinal 3 New London #3 @ Wapsie #1
East Buchanan #2 @ Hudson #1
Quarterfinal 4 Alburnett #3 @ Lynnville-Sully #1
Pekin #2 @ Southwest Valley #1
As a whole, this looks like the least amount of travel for most teams if standings stay as is. If teams are required to travel over a certain distance, they should go to neutral sites. Especially if it is a 1 vs 1 or a 2 vs 2
Sioux Central #2 @ West Sioux #1
Quarterfinal 2 West Hancock #2 @ Algona #1
Gladbrook #2 @ Saint Ansgar #1
Quarterfinal 3 New London #3 @ Wapsie #1
East Buchanan #2 @ Hudson #1
Quarterfinal 4 Alburnett #3 @ Lynnville-Sully #1
Pekin #2 @ Southwest Valley #1
As a whole, this looks like the least amount of travel for most teams if standings stay as is. If teams are required to travel over a certain distance, they should go to neutral sites. Especially if it is a 1 vs 1 or a 2 vs 2
Think they will keep St. Albert and West Sioux apart until semis
2 Sioux Center at 1 West Sioux
2 West Hancock at 1 Garrigan
2 St. Albert at 2 Gehlen
2 Pekin At 1 SWV
2 Gladbrook at 1 Sully
3 New London At 1 Hudson
3 Alburnett at 1 Wapsie
2 East Buch at 1 St. Ansgar
2 Sioux Center at 1 West Sioux
2 West Hancock at 1 Garrigan
2 St. Albert at 2 Gehlen
2 Pekin At 1 SWV
2 Gladbrook at 1 Sully
3 New London At 1 Hudson
3 Alburnett at 1 Wapsie
2 East Buch at 1 St. Ansgar
Neutral field. With this set of match ups, it would probably be the only one necessary
Last WC comes down to rule interpretation of NL 4-2 and Alb 5-2 record. Alb. Technically has a better win % and plays in a much tougher district, so according to rule #2 for At Large..." District record", it should be Alburnett with final WC. We will see shortly how it plays out!
Maybe IAHSAA will do Alburnett a solid and pay them back for playing the 2011 quarterfinal @ west branch after Alburnett won the district over west branch.
