Who Is Switching Classes Next Cycle?
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I'd bet they wait until after Basketball state is over. Not to steal thunder.
Missouri Valley is sharing all sports with West Harrison going forward, so that should put them in Class 1A. Which means District 8 in Class 1A should probably be: Tri-Center, Treynor, Underwood, Shenandoah, Red Oak and Missouri Valley. Just my thoughts.
My thoughts as well. So 3 more weeks at least.
Rumblings in the NW corner is that Sioux Central will also be dropping to A from 1A, but I honestly have no idea.
I think in 2 years they will be, but I don't see that, I have their number at 153.1278, which is the 191st biggest school, if the previously mentioned co-ops/schools separating happens. If Missouri Valley bumps up to 1A that would make South Hamilton the biggest Class A now their enrollment is 145.18084, and then MMCRU is next after them at 141.3696. So they are a ways above the cutoff, but I will say it looks like their classes will be smaller moving forward.
I am also wondering if Grand View Christian will be in 2A. I have no enrollment number for them, I know that Des Moines Christian's enrollment has really exploded the last couple of years, and honestly Grand View went from 8 man to Class A last time around. I have no number for them at all other than their enrollment the state uses for this school year. The "official" BEDs document has their middle school and elementary but not the high school, and the middle school has classes in the 80s.
I am also wondering if Grand View Christian will be in 2A. I have no enrollment number for them, I know that Des Moines Christian's enrollment has really exploded the last couple of years, and honestly Grand View went from 8 man to Class A last time around. I have no number for them at all other than their enrollment the state uses for this school year. The "official" BEDs document has their middle school and elementary but not the high school, and the middle school has classes in the 80s.
A document I have seen from an AD in this area that they have been sharing amongst themselves has Sioux Central at 138.54, the doc has the same # for South Hamilton and MMCRU as you have.
Not sure where they pulled that from for Sioux Central.
Not sure where they pulled that from for Sioux Central.
I'll just tell you how I got my number, the 9,10,11 grades at Sioux Central this year have enrollments of 52,66,71 which is 189, and they have a FRL of 47.45%. Which comes of to the 153 number. I am not doubting you, I'm just telling you how I got my number. The only thing I can think of is that their 8th grade is 54 which if you put that instead of 71 and keep the FRL it would be around 139?
The Iowa football coaches association clinic is this weekend in Des Moines and as always members of the IAHSAA will be in attendance so I assume they will get a ton of questions when these are going to be posted.
I’m finding articles from KMA and KJAN on March 13, 2023 about preliminary classifications.
Districts usually come within a week or so of classifications. Figuring out the districts is the easy part in the whole process...it's the classifications and then the full schedules that take forever!!
This has been floating around for a few weeks now. I know several coaches that were sharing it back & forth, but I don't know where it originated. Likely someone's predictions, so I would take this with a grain of salt....
1A Districts
D1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton-Bronson
Ridge View
MVAOCOU
Alta-Aurelia
D2
E-burg
East Sac
Manson NW Web
Pocahontas
Eagle Grove
Clarion-Goldfield
D3
Central Springs
S Hardin
A-P
Grundy Center
Hudson
Union La Porte
D4
Wat Columbus
Jesup
Beckman
Bellevue
MFL
Sum-Fred
D5
Lisbon
Camanche
Durant
Cascade
Louisa- Musc
NE Goose Lake
D6
Cardinal
Sig-Keota
EBF
Grandview Christian
Regina
Pleasantville
D7
S Hamilton
Ogden
I-35
Panorama
W Central Valley
S Central Cal
D8
missing info
(it wasn't listed, like someone screenshot it and missed D8)
1A Districts
D1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton-Bronson
Ridge View
MVAOCOU
Alta-Aurelia
D2
E-burg
East Sac
Manson NW Web
Pocahontas
Eagle Grove
Clarion-Goldfield
D3
Central Springs
S Hardin
A-P
Grundy Center
Hudson
Union La Porte
D4
Wat Columbus
Jesup
Beckman
Bellevue
MFL
Sum-Fred
D5
Lisbon
Camanche
Durant
Cascade
Louisa- Musc
NE Goose Lake
D6
Cardinal
Sig-Keota
EBF
Grandview Christian
Regina
Pleasantville
D7
S Hamilton
Ogden
I-35
Panorama
W Central Valley
S Central Cal
D8
missing info
(it wasn't listed, like someone screenshot it and missed D8)
Here's my take on 4A:
District 1 (Western):
Sioux City West
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Denison-Schleswig
Council Bluffs TJ
Lewis Central
Glenwood
District 2 (N/W):
LeMars
Fort Dodge
Storm Lake
Spencer
Mason City
Boone
District 3 (NE):
Decorah
Waverly-Shell Rock
Waterloo East
Xavier
Marion
CR, Wash
District 4 (Eastern):
Western Dubuque
North Scott
Davenport, North
Davenport, West
Clinton
Burlington
District 5 (East/Central):
Clear Creek Amana
Oskaloosa
Pella
Grinnell
Carlisle
Newton
District 6 (DSM-Metro):
ADM
Des Moines North
Bondurant-Farrar
Gilbert
North Polk
Ballard
District 1 (Western):
Sioux City West
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Denison-Schleswig
Council Bluffs TJ
Lewis Central
Glenwood
District 2 (N/W):
LeMars
Fort Dodge
Storm Lake
Spencer
Mason City
Boone
District 3 (NE):
Decorah
Waverly-Shell Rock
Waterloo East
Xavier
Marion
CR, Wash
District 4 (Eastern):
Western Dubuque
North Scott
Davenport, North
Davenport, West
Clinton
Burlington
District 5 (East/Central):
Clear Creek Amana
Oskaloosa
Pella
Grinnell
Carlisle
Newton
District 6 (DSM-Metro):
ADM
Des Moines North
Bondurant-Farrar
Gilbert
North Polk
Ballard
I decided to throw out my Class 1A and Class A district predictions. Of course these are only a guess and some of them are the same as what others have predicted.
Class 1A
Disrict 1
West Lyon
HInton
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta-Aurelia
Sioux Central
District 2
Eagle Grove
C-G-D
Poky
Emmetsburg
Central Springs
G-H-V
District 3
South Hardin
Grundy Center
Hudson
Aplington-Parkersburg
Waterloo Columbus
Union
District 4
Bellevue
Cascade
MFL Mar Mac
Beckman
Sumner-Fred
Jesup
District 5
Durant
NE, Goose Lake
Lisbon
Camanche
IC Regina
Louisa-Muscatine
District 6
E-B-F
Cardinal
I-35
Pleasantville
S-K
GVC
District 7
Manson-NWW
SCC
East Sac
Ogden
Panorama
WC Valley
District 8
Shenandoah
Treynor
Red Oak
Underwood
Missouri Valley
Tri-Center
Class A
District 1
West Sioux
Sibley-O
South O'Brien
Gehlen
H-M-S
Akron-Westfield
MMCRU
District 2
West Hancock
B-K
North Butler
St. Ansgar
MC Newman
Lake Mills
West Fork
District 3
N-P
Wapsie Valley
South Winn
Postville
East Buch
Starmont
Clayton Ridge
District 4
Maq. Valley
North Linn
North Cedar
Highland
Columbus Community
Midland
Wapello
District 5
New London
Danville
BGM
N. Mahaska
Van Buren
Pekin
L-S
District 6
Madrid
Colfax-Mingo
Mst. M
BCLUW
East Marshall
AGWSR
South Hamilton
District 7
Earlham
Central Decatur
Mt. Ayr
Nodaway Valley
AHSTW
Riverside
AC/GC
Southwest Valley
District 8
Woodbine
Lo-Ma
IKM-Manning
Woodbury Central
Lawton-Bronson
Westwood
West Monona
St. Albert
Class 1A
Disrict 1
West Lyon
HInton
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta-Aurelia
Sioux Central
District 2
Eagle Grove
C-G-D
Poky
Emmetsburg
Central Springs
G-H-V
District 3
South Hardin
Grundy Center
Hudson
Aplington-Parkersburg
Waterloo Columbus
Union
District 4
Bellevue
Cascade
MFL Mar Mac
Beckman
Sumner-Fred
Jesup
District 5
Durant
NE, Goose Lake
Lisbon
Camanche
IC Regina
Louisa-Muscatine
District 6
E-B-F
Cardinal
I-35
Pleasantville
S-K
GVC
District 7
Manson-NWW
SCC
East Sac
Ogden
Panorama
WC Valley
District 8
Shenandoah
Treynor
Red Oak
Underwood
Missouri Valley
Tri-Center
Class A
District 1
West Sioux
Sibley-O
South O'Brien
Gehlen
H-M-S
Akron-Westfield
MMCRU
District 2
West Hancock
B-K
North Butler
St. Ansgar
MC Newman
Lake Mills
West Fork
District 3
N-P
Wapsie Valley
South Winn
Postville
East Buch
Starmont
Clayton Ridge
District 4
Maq. Valley
North Linn
North Cedar
Highland
Columbus Community
Midland
Wapello
District 5
New London
Danville
BGM
N. Mahaska
Van Buren
Pekin
L-S
District 6
Madrid
Colfax-Mingo
Mst. M
BCLUW
East Marshall
AGWSR
South Hamilton
District 7
Earlham
Central Decatur
Mt. Ayr
Nodaway Valley
AHSTW
Riverside
AC/GC
Southwest Valley
District 8
Woodbine
Lo-Ma
IKM-Manning
Woodbury Central
Lawton-Bronson
Westwood
West Monona
St. Albert
This is my update for 2A, 1A, and A. I just have a feeling that Grand View Christian might be a 2A. Truthfully of these classes A is the toughest, because no matter how you do it you're going to have a district with a bunch of travel.
2A
District 1
Central Lyon GLR
Western Christian
BH/RV
Cherokee
Sheldon
Unity Christian
District 2
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Esterville LC
Kuemper
OABCIG
Southeast Valley
District 3
Forest City
Osage
Crestwood
New Hampton
Waukon
NFV
District 4
Denver
Oelwein
Dike New Hartford
Vinton Shellsburg
Alburnett
Anamosa
District 5
Monticello
Mid Prairie
West Branch
West Liberty
Wilton
Tipton
District 6
Grad View Christian
South Tama
West Marshall
Hampton Dumont CAL
Woodward Granger
Roland Story
District 7
PCM
Pella Christian
Davis County
Central Lee
Mediapolis
West Burlington ND
District 8
Clarinda
Van Meter
Clarke
Chariton
Centerville
Albia
1A
District 1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton Bronson
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta Aurelia
District 2
Sioux Central
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Manson NW Webster
East Sac
SCC
District 3
Eagle Grove
GHV
CGD
Central Springs
AP
Grundy Center
District 4
Union
Hudson
Waterloo Columbus
Jesup
Sumner Fred
MFL MarMac
District 5
Beckman
Cascade
Bellevue
Lisbon
Camanche
NE Goose Lake
District 6
Durant
Regina
Louisa Muscatine
Cardinal
Sigourney Keota
Eddyville BF
District 7
Pleasantville
I35
West Central Valley
South Hardin
Odgen
Panorama
District 8
Missouri Valley
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Treynor
Underwood
Tri-Center
A
District 1
West Sioux
Akron Westfield
Gehlen
MMCRU
South O'Brien
HMS
Sibley Ocheyden
District 2
West Hancock
Lake Mills
Belmond Klemme
West Fork
Newman
North Butler
Saint Ansgar
District 3
Nashua Plainfield
Wapsie
East Buc
South Winn
Clayton Ridge
Postville
Starmont
District 4
North Linn
Highland
Columbus Community
Wapello
Maquoketa Valley
Midland
North Cedar
District 5
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin
North Mahaska
Lynnville Sully
Wayne
Central Decatur
District 6
East Marshall
AGWSR
BCLUW
South Hamilton
BGM
Colfax Mingo
Madrid
District 7
AC/GC
Earlham
Martendale St Marys
Nodaway Valley
Mount Ayr
Southwest Valley
Riverside
District 8
AHSTW
Saint Albert
IKM-Manning
LoMa
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central
2A
District 1
Central Lyon GLR
Western Christian
BH/RV
Cherokee
Sheldon
Unity Christian
District 2
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Esterville LC
Kuemper
OABCIG
Southeast Valley
District 3
Forest City
Osage
Crestwood
New Hampton
Waukon
NFV
District 4
Denver
Oelwein
Dike New Hartford
Vinton Shellsburg
Alburnett
Anamosa
District 5
Monticello
Mid Prairie
West Branch
West Liberty
Wilton
Tipton
District 6
Grad View Christian
South Tama
West Marshall
Hampton Dumont CAL
Woodward Granger
Roland Story
District 7
PCM
Pella Christian
Davis County
Central Lee
Mediapolis
West Burlington ND
District 8
Clarinda
Van Meter
Clarke
Chariton
Centerville
Albia
1A
District 1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton Bronson
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta Aurelia
District 2
Sioux Central
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Manson NW Webster
East Sac
SCC
District 3
Eagle Grove
GHV
CGD
Central Springs
AP
Grundy Center
District 4
Union
Hudson
Waterloo Columbus
Jesup
Sumner Fred
MFL MarMac
District 5
Beckman
Cascade
Bellevue
Lisbon
Camanche
NE Goose Lake
District 6
Durant
Regina
Louisa Muscatine
Cardinal
Sigourney Keota
Eddyville BF
District 7
Pleasantville
I35
West Central Valley
South Hardin
Odgen
Panorama
District 8
Missouri Valley
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Treynor
Underwood
Tri-Center
A
District 1
West Sioux
Akron Westfield
Gehlen
MMCRU
South O'Brien
HMS
Sibley Ocheyden
District 2
West Hancock
Lake Mills
Belmond Klemme
West Fork
Newman
North Butler
Saint Ansgar
District 3
Nashua Plainfield
Wapsie
East Buc
South Winn
Clayton Ridge
Postville
Starmont
District 4
North Linn
Highland
Columbus Community
Wapello
Maquoketa Valley
Midland
North Cedar
District 5
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin
North Mahaska
Lynnville Sully
Wayne
Central Decatur
District 6
East Marshall
AGWSR
BCLUW
South Hamilton
BGM
Colfax Mingo
Madrid
District 7
AC/GC
Earlham
Martendale St Marys
Nodaway Valley
Mount Ayr
Southwest Valley
Riverside
District 8
AHSTW
Saint Albert
IKM-Manning
LoMa
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central
Looks like my sources with Sioux Central were correct, somehow they had the in. What is the reasoning behind Woodbine being able to stay 8?
So they didn't use the waiver 2 years ago, so they can use a 1 time waiver as a current 8 man school to not move up, if in 2 years they are above the cutoff they would be forced up to 11 man, same with WACO. Midland used the waiver 2 years ago, so they are not able to.
Now I will say the state is following this time, in the past there have been some schools that they haven't enforced this upon.
Now I will say the state is following this time, in the past there have been some schools that they haven't enforced this upon.
So now that we have the classifications (although it did say they are not final). This is what I have for class A, trying to balance travel and balance out who I see as the top programs. In 7 of the 8 I have at least 2 teams that I view as top 20 for next year. The one I can't say that is the SE district, but it makes too much sense geographically.
A
District 1
West Sioux
Sioux Central
Gehlen
MMCRU
South O'Brien
HMS
Sibley Ocheyden
District 2
West Hancock
Lake Mills
Belmond Klemme
West Fork
Newman
AGWSR
Saint Ansgar
District 3
Nashua Plainfield
Wapsie
North Butler
South Winn
Clayton Ridge
Postville
Starmont
District 4
North Linn
Maquoketa Valley
Midland
North Cedar
East Buc
East Marshall
BCLUW
District 5
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin
New London
Highland
Columbus
Wapello
District 6
North Mahaska
Lynnville Sully
BGM
Colfax Mingo
Madrid
Martensdale St. Marys
Earlham
District 7
AC/GC
Nodaway Valley
Mount Ayr
Southwest Valley
Riverside
AHSTW
Central Decatur
District 8
Saint Albert
IKM-Manning
LoMa
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central
Akron Westfield
Here is my analysis and reasoning.
District 1 went from a nice neat close 7 teams district to 8 teams when Sioux Central showed up, so one teams got shipped south, I think it could also be Gehlen but went with AW because Gehlen is a returning district champ, so I left them in their NW Iowa District.
District 2 I thought about and possibly could have separated West Hancock and Saint Ansgar but I honestly think that his works the best, and with the state showing that they will try to get both to the dome I don't think that it is that big of deal. I did send North Butler east instead of AGWSR because I think that they will be better the next two years, and they are closer to the district 3 schools.
District 3/4 So there are a couple of different ways to break these districts up, essentially North/South or East/West. I went with this because overall it is the least amount of travel, and I think it splits up Maquoketa Valley, Wapsie, NP, and North Linn who I see as the top 4 teams in these two districts. You could however send East Marshall and BCLUW to district 3 and Starmont and Clayton Ridge to district 4, if that happened you might switch AGSWR and North Butler as well. But I like it this way overall, because it is less travel as a whole.
District 5 This district just makes too much sense geographically, you could split it but would lead to crazy travel. Like I said there is only one team Pekin that I view as a top 20 team, but it is what it is.
District 6 Is a nice Des Moines area district, there really isn't anything else I would do to change it.
District 7 Mount Ayr and Central Decatur have some travel, but honestly they are always going to have travel with where they are located.
District 8 is kind of the I29 district which I think allows for easier travel, like I said it could be Gehlen that gets sent south as well.
I will say that I started this map kind of in the NW part of the state, while also looking at the schools kind of on an island.
I'm working on the other classes, although I will say 8 man is tough to wrap my head around.
A
District 1
West Sioux
Sioux Central
Gehlen
MMCRU
South O'Brien
HMS
Sibley Ocheyden
District 2
West Hancock
Lake Mills
Belmond Klemme
West Fork
Newman
AGWSR
Saint Ansgar
District 3
Nashua Plainfield
Wapsie
North Butler
South Winn
Clayton Ridge
Postville
Starmont
District 4
North Linn
Maquoketa Valley
Midland
North Cedar
East Buc
East Marshall
BCLUW
District 5
Danville
Van Buren
Pekin
New London
Highland
Columbus
Wapello
District 6
North Mahaska
Lynnville Sully
BGM
Colfax Mingo
Madrid
Martensdale St. Marys
Earlham
District 7
AC/GC
Nodaway Valley
Mount Ayr
Southwest Valley
Riverside
AHSTW
Central Decatur
District 8
Saint Albert
IKM-Manning
LoMa
West Monona
Westwood
Woodbury Central
Akron Westfield
Here is my analysis and reasoning.
District 1 went from a nice neat close 7 teams district to 8 teams when Sioux Central showed up, so one teams got shipped south, I think it could also be Gehlen but went with AW because Gehlen is a returning district champ, so I left them in their NW Iowa District.
District 2 I thought about and possibly could have separated West Hancock and Saint Ansgar but I honestly think that his works the best, and with the state showing that they will try to get both to the dome I don't think that it is that big of deal. I did send North Butler east instead of AGWSR because I think that they will be better the next two years, and they are closer to the district 3 schools.
District 3/4 So there are a couple of different ways to break these districts up, essentially North/South or East/West. I went with this because overall it is the least amount of travel, and I think it splits up Maquoketa Valley, Wapsie, NP, and North Linn who I see as the top 4 teams in these two districts. You could however send East Marshall and BCLUW to district 3 and Starmont and Clayton Ridge to district 4, if that happened you might switch AGSWR and North Butler as well. But I like it this way overall, because it is less travel as a whole.
District 5 This district just makes too much sense geographically, you could split it but would lead to crazy travel. Like I said there is only one team Pekin that I view as a top 20 team, but it is what it is.
District 6 Is a nice Des Moines area district, there really isn't anything else I would do to change it.
District 7 Mount Ayr and Central Decatur have some travel, but honestly they are always going to have travel with where they are located.
District 8 is kind of the I29 district which I think allows for easier travel, like I said it could be Gehlen that gets sent south as well.
I will say that I started this map kind of in the NW part of the state, while also looking at the schools kind of on an island.
I'm working on the other classes, although I will say 8 man is tough to wrap my head around.
This is what I have for 1A
District 1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton Bronson
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta Aurelia
District 2
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Manson NW Webster
East Sac
SCC
Clarion Goldfield
District 3
GHV
Central Springs
AP
Grundy Center
Hudson
Waterloo Columbus
District 4
Union
Jesup
Sumner Fred
MFL MarMac
Beckman
Cascade
District 5
Lisbon
Camanche
NE Goose Lake
Regina
Durant
Louisa Muscatine
District 6
Cardinal
Sigourney Keota
Eddyville BF
Pleasantville
I35
West Central Valley
District 7
South Hardin
Odgen
Panorama
West Marshall
South Hamilton
Eagle Grove
District 8
Missouri Valley
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Treynor
Underwood
Tri-Center
Here is my analysis and reasoning.
District 1: West Lyon is actually kind of on an island, but I think Geographically it makes the most sense to put the other 5 with them. West Lyon, Hinton and Ridge View I think all should be tough, but that is NW Iowa football in 1A/2A.
District 2: Sioux Central actually dropping down did mess things up geographically but I think that this still works. The last two years this district has probably been the weakest, and it probably still is, but I do think adding SCC who is always well coached, and CGD who is a 2A drop down and very young last year makes this district stronger. You could put Eagle Grove instead of CGD but for balance this makes much more sense.
District 3: This district on paper may look a little weird, but the way the map came together, this made the most sense. You have the 4 schools on the western part of Waterloo, and the two Mason City area schools, overall travel isn't too bad. I also think Grundy separate from South Hardin and West Marshall which makes sense balance wise.
District 4: This is essentially the NE Iowa district. Jesup and Union would probably like to be with the other 4 Waterloo area schools, but on a map this makes the most sense, and Bellevue not being a 1A school kind of messes up district 4 and 5.
District 5: Unless the state moves Beckman and Cascade to this area instead of the NE part of the state, I don't see how this isn't a district. Plus I think with Regina and Lisbon you have 2 of the top 20 or so teams.
District 6: Again I think that this is a district that makes the most sense on a map. Sigourney and Cardinal to West Central Valley is a bit of a haul but mostly on 4 lane. Balance wise I don't maybe see any dome contenders but 3 or 4 teams that could win a playoff team. And losing Bellevue sent a team like SK west instead of east.
District 7: This was probably the last district I put together, I like it because of the balance it creates, I view South Hardin as a possible top 5 team, and separating them from Grundy creates balance, but there is still West Marshall and South Hamilton who are always strong.
District 8: If there is a district that I would bet my house on it would be this one. Geographically it is perfect. I do think that with Underwood, Treynor and Tri-Center you have three very strong teams but again I don't see how you separate them.
This map came together in this order 1,8,6,5,4. Then I was left with 18 schools to divide up, and I tried to separate the top teams while having travel that still makes sense. I do think there are some different things you could do mainly with the eastern part of the state, but this is what I went with for my best guess.
District 1
West Lyon
Hinton
Lawton Bronson
MVAOCOU
Ridge View
Alta Aurelia
District 2
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Manson NW Webster
East Sac
SCC
Clarion Goldfield
District 3
GHV
Central Springs
AP
Grundy Center
Hudson
Waterloo Columbus
District 4
Union
Jesup
Sumner Fred
MFL MarMac
Beckman
Cascade
District 5
Lisbon
Camanche
NE Goose Lake
Regina
Durant
Louisa Muscatine
District 6
Cardinal
Sigourney Keota
Eddyville BF
Pleasantville
I35
West Central Valley
District 7
South Hardin
Odgen
Panorama
West Marshall
South Hamilton
Eagle Grove
District 8
Missouri Valley
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Treynor
Underwood
Tri-Center
Here is my analysis and reasoning.
District 1: West Lyon is actually kind of on an island, but I think Geographically it makes the most sense to put the other 5 with them. West Lyon, Hinton and Ridge View I think all should be tough, but that is NW Iowa football in 1A/2A.
District 2: Sioux Central actually dropping down did mess things up geographically but I think that this still works. The last two years this district has probably been the weakest, and it probably still is, but I do think adding SCC who is always well coached, and CGD who is a 2A drop down and very young last year makes this district stronger. You could put Eagle Grove instead of CGD but for balance this makes much more sense.
District 3: This district on paper may look a little weird, but the way the map came together, this made the most sense. You have the 4 schools on the western part of Waterloo, and the two Mason City area schools, overall travel isn't too bad. I also think Grundy separate from South Hardin and West Marshall which makes sense balance wise.
District 4: This is essentially the NE Iowa district. Jesup and Union would probably like to be with the other 4 Waterloo area schools, but on a map this makes the most sense, and Bellevue not being a 1A school kind of messes up district 4 and 5.
District 5: Unless the state moves Beckman and Cascade to this area instead of the NE part of the state, I don't see how this isn't a district. Plus I think with Regina and Lisbon you have 2 of the top 20 or so teams.
District 6: Again I think that this is a district that makes the most sense on a map. Sigourney and Cardinal to West Central Valley is a bit of a haul but mostly on 4 lane. Balance wise I don't maybe see any dome contenders but 3 or 4 teams that could win a playoff team. And losing Bellevue sent a team like SK west instead of east.
District 7: This was probably the last district I put together, I like it because of the balance it creates, I view South Hardin as a possible top 5 team, and separating them from Grundy creates balance, but there is still West Marshall and South Hamilton who are always strong.
District 8: If there is a district that I would bet my house on it would be this one. Geographically it is perfect. I do think that with Underwood, Treynor and Tri-Center you have three very strong teams but again I don't see how you separate them.
This map came together in this order 1,8,6,5,4. Then I was left with 18 schools to divide up, and I tried to separate the top teams while having travel that still makes sense. I do think there are some different things you could do mainly with the eastern part of the state, but this is what I went with for my best guess.
Here is my 2A. I will say this is much harder to compile than A or 1A. There is Clarinda on an island, there is the 3 Lake Okoboji schools with no one that close, it was a pain. I will also say there is not great balance, but that is the way 2A has sort of been the last 2 years, so I would guess that will continue.
District 1
Central Lyon GLR
Western Christian
BH/RV
Cherokee
Sheldon
Unity Christian
District 2
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Esterville LC
Kuemper
OABCIG
Southeast Valley
District 3
Forest City
Osage
Crestwood
New Hampton
Waukon
NFV
District 4
Hampton Dumont
Dike New Hartford
Oelwein
South Tama
Vinton Shellsburg
Denver
District 5
Alburnett
Anamosa
Monticello
Bellevue
Wilton
Tipton
District 6
Mid Prairie
West Liberty
West Branch
Mediapolis
West Burlington Notre Dame
Central Lee
District 7
PCM
Pella Christian
Davis County
Centerville
Chariton
Albia
District 8
Clarinda
Van Meter
Clarke
Roland Story
Grand View Christian
Woodward Granger
My Analysis/Reasoning:
District 1 is about a certainty, geographically you have 5 teams within about 20 miles of one another and Cherokee is relatively close as well. It is a tough district but it is NW Iowa in 2A.
District 2 isn't my favorite, but the 3 lakes schools need a partner, Forest City is closest probably but they lost GHV and CGD so to me I don't send them west. I don't like sending Kuemper, OABCIG and SE Valley north because I think the 5th and 6th place team are going to be better than some teams that finish 2nd in other district but, I also think travel wise it is about what has to be done.
District 3 the NE Iowa district, again this is a where does Forest City go question, and while Oelwein and Denver are closer to Waukon this makes the most sense with the entire map.
District 4 is a district I don't care for because of the strength, DHH will be good, but lost a lot. Hampton Dumont might be ok dropping down, Denver maybe, but overall kind of a weak district.
District 5 is essentially a River Valley conference district so I see something like this happening. West Liberty or West Branch could also be part of this.
District 6 is sending 3 Iowa City area schools down to far SE Iowa, I could see those SE schools go with Ottumwa area schools, but to me sending the Iowa City schools makes the most sense.
District 7 is putting those Ottumwa area schools with Pella Christian and PCM which I thinks makes things more balanced.
District 8 this is basically a DSM area district with Clarinda. I figured change things up a bit from last time.
Again these are not perfect, but I don't know if there is a perfect solution with where the schools are.
District 1
Central Lyon GLR
Western Christian
BH/RV
Cherokee
Sheldon
Unity Christian
District 2
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Esterville LC
Kuemper
OABCIG
Southeast Valley
District 3
Forest City
Osage
Crestwood
New Hampton
Waukon
NFV
District 4
Hampton Dumont
Dike New Hartford
Oelwein
South Tama
Vinton Shellsburg
Denver
District 5
Alburnett
Anamosa
Monticello
Bellevue
Wilton
Tipton
District 6
Mid Prairie
West Liberty
West Branch
Mediapolis
West Burlington Notre Dame
Central Lee
District 7
PCM
Pella Christian
Davis County
Centerville
Chariton
Albia
District 8
Clarinda
Van Meter
Clarke
Roland Story
Grand View Christian
Woodward Granger
My Analysis/Reasoning:
District 1 is about a certainty, geographically you have 5 teams within about 20 miles of one another and Cherokee is relatively close as well. It is a tough district but it is NW Iowa in 2A.
District 2 isn't my favorite, but the 3 lakes schools need a partner, Forest City is closest probably but they lost GHV and CGD so to me I don't send them west. I don't like sending Kuemper, OABCIG and SE Valley north because I think the 5th and 6th place team are going to be better than some teams that finish 2nd in other district but, I also think travel wise it is about what has to be done.
District 3 the NE Iowa district, again this is a where does Forest City go question, and while Oelwein and Denver are closer to Waukon this makes the most sense with the entire map.
District 4 is a district I don't care for because of the strength, DHH will be good, but lost a lot. Hampton Dumont might be ok dropping down, Denver maybe, but overall kind of a weak district.
District 5 is essentially a River Valley conference district so I see something like this happening. West Liberty or West Branch could also be part of this.
District 6 is sending 3 Iowa City area schools down to far SE Iowa, I could see those SE schools go with Ottumwa area schools, but to me sending the Iowa City schools makes the most sense.
District 7 is putting those Ottumwa area schools with Pella Christian and PCM which I thinks makes things more balanced.
District 8 this is basically a DSM area district with Clarinda. I figured change things up a bit from last time.
Again these are not perfect, but I don't know if there is a perfect solution with where the schools are.
Here is what I have for 3A
3A
District 1
Heelan
Sioux Center
MOC FV
Harlan
Carroll
Greene County
District 2
Algona
Humboldt
Webster City
Clear Lake
Iowa Falls Alden
Charles City
District 3
Independence
West Delaware
Wahlert
Maquoketa
Central De Witt
Assumption
District 4
Solon
Washington
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Keokuk
District 5
Mount Vernon
Benton
CPU
Saydel
Williamsburg
Knoxville
District 6
Nevada
Des Moines Christian
Creston
Winterset
Atlantic
Perry
Obviously not much change since I originally posted this, with Grinnell going up to 4A and Williamsburg "coming down" to 3A and those schools being very close geographically.
Here are the biggest questions.
Who joins the 3 NW schools? I chose three schools from SW Iowa but it could also be Webster City, Algona and Humboldt. I went with SW IA because it allows for a clean district around Mason City of NCC teams, which to me makes a lot of sense.
Who gets sent with the SE schools? To me it could be Solon, Williamsburg or Assumption. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer I went with Solon but I could see either of the other two as well, that would have a impact on the other districts.
I also switched Saydel and Nevada for competitive balance, I think that Nevada can probably win the district they are in now, where they might have finished 4th in the one with Mt. Vernon, Williamsburg and Benton.
3A
District 1
Heelan
Sioux Center
MOC FV
Harlan
Carroll
Greene County
District 2
Algona
Humboldt
Webster City
Clear Lake
Iowa Falls Alden
Charles City
District 3
Independence
West Delaware
Wahlert
Maquoketa
Central De Witt
Assumption
District 4
Solon
Washington
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Keokuk
District 5
Mount Vernon
Benton
CPU
Saydel
Williamsburg
Knoxville
District 6
Nevada
Des Moines Christian
Creston
Winterset
Atlantic
Perry
Obviously not much change since I originally posted this, with Grinnell going up to 4A and Williamsburg "coming down" to 3A and those schools being very close geographically.
Here are the biggest questions.
Who joins the 3 NW schools? I chose three schools from SW Iowa but it could also be Webster City, Algona and Humboldt. I went with SW IA because it allows for a clean district around Mason City of NCC teams, which to me makes a lot of sense.
Who gets sent with the SE schools? To me it could be Solon, Williamsburg or Assumption. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer I went with Solon but I could see either of the other two as well, that would have a impact on the other districts.
I also switched Saydel and Nevada for competitive balance, I think that Nevada can probably win the district they are in now, where they might have finished 4th in the one with Mt. Vernon, Williamsburg and Benton.
Here is my 4A districts.
District 1
Denison Schleswig
Le Mars
SC West
Sergeant Bluff Luton
Storm Lake
Spencer
District 2
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Gilbert
Ballard
North Polk
District 3
Decorah
Waverly Shell Rock
Waterloo East
Marion
CR Washington
Xavier
District 4
Western Dubuque
North Scott
Clinton
Davenport North
Davenport West
Burlington
District 5
CCA
Grinnell
Pella
Oskaloosa
Newton
Bondurant Farrar
District 6
Carlisle
DSM North
ADM
Glenwood
CB TJ
Lewis Central
Again not much change, essentially switching Grinnell and Williamsburg.
To me the biggest questions are:
Does Denison go north or south? To me north makes more sense, if they get sent south Fort Dodge probably gets sent west and Mason City east. I like this because to me sending Fort Dodge and Mason City to the DSM area makes the most sense.
Who joins the old "MAC" schools? Clinton, North Scott, Davenport North, West and Burlington I think will probably go together, who is the 6th team. I have Western Dubuque, which I think adds the second playoff team. It could be Xavier, or CCA as well. I think Xavier could replace CCA in district 5 although I think CCA probably makes more sense, and Western Dubuque could join to CR schools East Waterloo, WSR and Decorah.
District 1
Denison Schleswig
Le Mars
SC West
Sergeant Bluff Luton
Storm Lake
Spencer
District 2
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Gilbert
Ballard
North Polk
District 3
Decorah
Waverly Shell Rock
Waterloo East
Marion
CR Washington
Xavier
District 4
Western Dubuque
North Scott
Clinton
Davenport North
Davenport West
Burlington
District 5
CCA
Grinnell
Pella
Oskaloosa
Newton
Bondurant Farrar
District 6
Carlisle
DSM North
ADM
Glenwood
CB TJ
Lewis Central
Again not much change, essentially switching Grinnell and Williamsburg.
To me the biggest questions are:
Does Denison go north or south? To me north makes more sense, if they get sent south Fort Dodge probably gets sent west and Mason City east. I like this because to me sending Fort Dodge and Mason City to the DSM area makes the most sense.
Who joins the old "MAC" schools? Clinton, North Scott, Davenport North, West and Burlington I think will probably go together, who is the 6th team. I have Western Dubuque, which I think adds the second playoff team. It could be Xavier, or CCA as well. I think Xavier could replace CCA in district 5 although I think CCA probably makes more sense, and Western Dubuque could join to CR schools East Waterloo, WSR and Decorah.
This is my best attempt at 8 man, with 69 teams I wonder if the state might consider 9 districts instead of 10 and go 6 districts of 8 and 3 of 7, but I went with the 10 like they have had the last few cycles.
District 1
Siouxland Christian
Kingsley Pierson
Remsen St. Mary's
St. Edmonds
Ar-We-Va
Newell Fonda
District 2
Harris Lake Park
GT/RA
West Bend Mallard
North Union
Garrigan
North Iowa
Northwood Kennsett
District 3
Rockford
Clarksville
Janesville
North Tama
Don Bosco
Waterloo Christian
Dunkerton
District 4
Riceville
Kee High
Turkey Valley
Tripoli
West Central
Central Elkader
Ed-Co
District 5
Springville
Central City
Easton Valley
Calmus Wheatland
Lone Tree
WACO
Winfield Mt Union
District 6
Gladbrook Reinbeck
GMG
Meskwaki
Belle Plaine
Iowa Valley
English Valleys
HLV
District 7
Colo Nesco
Baxter
Collins Maxwell
Montezuma
Twin Cedars
Melcher Dallas
Southeast Warren
District 8
Moravia
Seymour/MU
Wayne
Mormon Trail
Lamoni
Murray
East Union
District 9
Lenox
Bedford
Stanton
Griswold
East Mills
Fremont Mills
Sidney
District 10
Glidden Ralston
Coon Rapids Bayard
CAM
Exira EHK
Audubon
Boyer Valley
Woodbine
I am going to say I would have the least knowledge about how to put 8 man districts together, I did try to separate some schools like Don Bosco and GR, but overall this is all on geography.
District 1
Siouxland Christian
Kingsley Pierson
Remsen St. Mary's
St. Edmonds
Ar-We-Va
Newell Fonda
District 2
Harris Lake Park
GT/RA
West Bend Mallard
North Union
Garrigan
North Iowa
Northwood Kennsett
District 3
Rockford
Clarksville
Janesville
North Tama
Don Bosco
Waterloo Christian
Dunkerton
District 4
Riceville
Kee High
Turkey Valley
Tripoli
West Central
Central Elkader
Ed-Co
District 5
Springville
Central City
Easton Valley
Calmus Wheatland
Lone Tree
WACO
Winfield Mt Union
District 6
Gladbrook Reinbeck
GMG
Meskwaki
Belle Plaine
Iowa Valley
English Valleys
HLV
District 7
Colo Nesco
Baxter
Collins Maxwell
Montezuma
Twin Cedars
Melcher Dallas
Southeast Warren
District 8
Moravia
Seymour/MU
Wayne
Mormon Trail
Lamoni
Murray
East Union
District 9
Lenox
Bedford
Stanton
Griswold
East Mills
Fremont Mills
Sidney
District 10
Glidden Ralston
Coon Rapids Bayard
CAM
Exira EHK
Audubon
Boyer Valley
Woodbine
I am going to say I would have the least knowledge about how to put 8 man districts together, I did try to separate some schools like Don Bosco and GR, but overall this is all on geography.
I have not heard anything concrete on River Valley yet, but I do now KP cancelled on them. Not sure what their kids will do. I do not believe they can field an 8 man team.
For 3A that NW area is where it really starts and will dictate everything else. I personally think Humboldt and Algona have to go out there, either with Webster City or Carroll. To me WC makes the most sense, then you get a clump of 3 that are close and then another clump of 3 on the other side. Here's my prediction just for fun!
MOC-FV
Sioux Center
SC Heelan
Humboldt
Algona
Webster City
Clear Lake
Iowa Falls-Alden
Charles City
Independence
Benton
CPU
West Deleware
Wahlert
Mount Vernon
Maquoketa
Central Dewitt
Assumption
Solon
Washington
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Williamsburg
Knoxville
Nevada
Saydel
DMC
Winterset
Harlan
Atlantic
Carroll
Greene County
Perry
Creston
Not sure what you're looking at for directions, but Clear Lake to Benton Community HS is definitely not 3 hours and 5 minutes. More like 2 hours- 2hrs 15 mins max
You are correct, got my directions mixed up, good catch, that district does make sense then!
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