Week 8 Games to Watch (3A-5A)

[ISUChip]

Since the overwhelming majority of games in 2A on down have playoff ramifications, I'm just going to focus on the three biggest classes.

Class 5A
#2 IC Liberty (6-1) at #10 Waterloo West (5-2)
#3 Pleasant Valley (6-1) at #14 IC West (4-3)
#4 WDM Valley (6-1) at #15 Ankeny (3-4)
#8 Johnston (5-2) at #19 Urbandale (3-4)
#11 Southeast Polk (4-3) at #5 Dowling Catholic (6-1)
#12 Ankeny Centennial (5-2) at #17 Waukee Northwest (3-4)
#16 CR Prairie (3-4) at #1 Bettendorf (7-0)

Class 4A
D1: Spencer (5-2/3-0) at Storm Lake (4-3/2-1)
D2: Western Dubuque (5-2/2-1) at Decorah (7-0/3-0)
D3: Clear Creek-Amana (4-3/2-1) at Xavier (5-2/3-0)
D4: Newton (5-2/2-1) at Gilbert (6-1/2-1)
D4: Pella (7-0/3-0) at Bondurant-Farrar (2-5/2-1)
D5: Indianola (4-3/1-2) at ADM (6-1/3-0)
D6: Norwalk (4-3/3-0) at Lewis Central (7-0/3-0)

Class 3A
D1: Sgt. Bluff-Luton (7-0/3-0) at SC Heelan (6-1/3-0)
D2: Webster City (3-4/2-1) at Algona (6-1/2-1)
D2: Humboldt (6-1/3-0) at Clear Lake (5-2/2-1)
D3: West Delaware (4-3/2-1) at Independence (5-2/2-1)
D4: Mount Vernon (6-1/3-0) at Washington (5-2/2-1)
D5: Williamsburg (6-1/3-0) at Grinnell (5-2/1-2)
D6: Creston (3-4/3-0) at Nevada (5-2/2-1)
D6: Harlan (4-3/2-1) at Atlantic (6-2/2-1)

 

[PNation]

A few that I see

5A
City High vs Linn-Mar: This could be for a home playoff, both teams have been playing very well as of late
Cedar Falls vs CR Kennedy: The winner of this game actually has a decent chance at making the playoffs with all of the good matchups the last two weeks, the loser is probably out.

4A
North Polk vs Boone: I fully expect North Polk to handle this game, but Boone could pull the upset

3A
Assumption vs Keokuk: Assumption had a big win to probably make the playoffs last week, they can't lay an egg against Keokuk.

My biggest in the smaller classes, like you said there are a ton of important games.

2A
West Lyon vs CL/GLR: The Beef Bowl is one of the biggest rivalries in the state.
Anamosa vs Northeast: This is for a district championship.

1A
Wilton vs Regina: Even though this loss a little of steam I still see it as a important game
Hinton vs West Sioux: Hinton had the big win last week, West Sioux is a good team that Hinton can't over look

A
Nashua Plainfield vs Wapsie: For the district title
Bellevue vs North Linn: For a home game in the 1st round

8man
Belle Plaine vs Iowa Valley: This is actually a non district game, but I think a really intriguing game moving into the playoffs, and a rivalry.

 

[CF_93]

Last week broke a 4-game losing streak for Cedar Falls. As an illustration of the consistency of the Cedar Falls football program, that 4-game losing streak is the first time they lost 4 in a row since 1950! That year, they lost the last 7 of 1950, and continuing to the first two of 1951.

 

[ronsss]

the game between haran vs atlatic was fairly huge in whoever wins had their playoff hopes still in the hunt. harlan won big by the total score, the game as actually very even..if u watched the game, u would have thought atlantic would have won...the stats were allmost even. next weeks game nevada vs atlantic has big impact if nevada loses, i believe it would put harlan as district runner up, and nevada will be a at a wild card tame maybe, nevda wins, harlan has a chance at wild card