Daniel Tillo has the North Stars 7-0 at the break (photo courtesy of Sioux City Journal)
I know, I know….I said I would do this thing often, just have not had the time. Well now that we are at the holiday break I have some time to dedicate to this. I promise to make a better effort in the new year, kind of a New Years resolution I suppose. So lets get to it. Again this rankings are my opinion
Class 4A
- Sioux City North (7-0)
- Iowa City West (6-0)
- Bettendorf (5-0)
- Dubuque Senior (5-0)
- Ankeny Centennial (7-0)
- Des Moines North (7-0)
- Sioux City East (5-1)
- North Scott (7-0)
- Des Moines Roosevelt (4-2)
- Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-1)
Class 3A
- Harlan (5-0)
- Carroll (5-0)
- Clear Lake (6-0)
- Central Clinton, Dewitt (5-0)
- Solon (4-1)
- Grinnell (4-1)
- Bishop Heelan Catholic (3-1)
- Dallas Center-Grimes (6-1)
- LeMars (4-2)
- Pella (5-2)
Class 2A
- Western Christian (6-0)
- West Fork (5-0)
- New Hampton (4-0)
- Kuemper Catholic (4-1)
- IKM-Manning (7-0)
- Treynor (6-1)
- Fort Dodge St. Edmond (6-0)
- East Sac County (4-1)
- North Cedar (4-2)
- Cascade (4-0)
Class 1A
- West Lyon (6-0)
- Dunkerton (5-0)
- Keota (6-0)
- Newell-Fonda (7-0)
- Belmond-Klemme (6-0)
- Lamoni (7-0)
- Nodaway Valley (6-0)
- Iowa Mennonite (5-0)
- Ankeny Christian Academy (4-1)
- Jesup (5-0)
Deep Thoughts…..
I fully understand that I am probably the only person in the state who has SC North #1 in 4A, I also fully understand that Iowa City West has passed every single test and plays an outrageous schedule featuring top notch schools from around the midwest. Finally we are seeing a year where 4A has more than 1 or 2 really good teams. So far it looks like there may be 4 or 5 teams who could all contend for the 4A crown.
Lots of moving around in the 3A poll from the one I published a couple weeks ago. Harlan far and away the best team in 3A right now.
In 2A, the West Fork/New Hampton game was postponed, as far as I know there has not been a make-up date set for that yet.
In 1A, Belmond-Klemme is expected to get senior Elijah Kinseth back in their lineup maybe midway through January. Kinseth suffered a traumatic leg injury in football. B-K weathered the storm without him to start 6-0, They are good now…and when he comes back they improve even more in the paint. Big game right out of the holiday break when they face Forest City.
