Football rankings: WACO up to No. 2

The WACO Warriors are back at their old spot in The Gazette’s high school football rankings. After a dominant win over rival Winfield-Mount Union, the Warriors are back in their old position, one week after getting jumped by Don Bosco.

The Dons did knock off No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck last week, but only won by three. The pollsters decided WACO had the more impressive feat.

Sigourney-Keota and Columbus continue to flirt with the Top 10, as the Cobras earned six votes in the Class 1A poll and the Wildcats picked up five votes in the Class A poll.

Columbus will be playing in one of the most important games in the state of Iowa on Friday when they play No. 10 Alburnett for the district championship.

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 5A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Ankeny (2) 6-1 54 1

2. West Des Moines Dowling (2) 6-1 53 2

3. Pleasant Valley (2) 7-0 50 3

4. Southeast Polk 6-1 47 4

5. Cedar Falls 5-2 24 8

6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 6-1 22 9

(tie) Urbandale 5-2 22 10

8. Waukee Northwest 4-3 21 —

9. West Des Moines Valley 4-3 13 —

10. Cedar Rapids Prairie 5-2 12 5

Dropped out: Ankeny Centennial (5), Iowa City High (7).

Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial 10, Johnston 1, Linn-Mar 1.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Lewis Central (6) 7-0 60 1

2. Waverly-Shell Rock 7-0 52 2

3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-0 50 3

4. Carlisle 6-1 40 4

5. Iowa City Liberty 6-1 35 6

6. Bondurant-Farrar 6-1 30 7

7. Indianola 5-2 18 4

(tie) North Scott 5-2 18 10

9. Norwalk 5-2 17 9

10. Spencer 6-1 6 —

Dropped out: Newton (8).

Others receiving votes: Western Dubuque 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Harlan (6) 6-1 60 1

2. Humboldt 7-0 54 2

3. Mount Vernon 7-0 48 4

4. Adel ADM 6-1 33 3

5. Independence 7-1 31 7

(tie) Nevada 6-1 30 5

7. Solon 5-2 28 6

8. North Polk 5-2 24 8

9. Creston 6-1 14 9

10. MOC-Floyd Valley 5-2 4 10

Dropped out: Hampton-Dumont/CAL (10).

Others receiving votes: West Delaware 3, Benton Community 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Central Lyon-GLR (4) 7-0 58 1

2. Williamsburg (1) 7-0 53 2

3. Spirit Lake (1) 7-0 50 3

4. West Marshall 7-0 40 4

5. Ida Grove OABCIG 6-1 38 5

6. Greene County 6-1 20 7

(tie) West Lyon 5-2 20 6

8. Osage 5-2 19 8

9. New Hampton 6-1 17 9

10. Monticello 5-2 9 —

Dropped out: Clarion CGD (9).

Others receiving votes: Crestwood 3, Waukon 2, Dubuque Wahlert 1.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Van Meter (2) 6-1 53 1

2. West Sioux (1) 6-1 52 2

3. West Branch (2) 7-0 49 3

4. Underwood (1) 7-0 46 4

5. Carroll Kuemper 7-0 35 6

6. Aplington-Parkersburg 6-1 21 7

7. Pella Christian 6-1 16 8

8. Dike-New Hartford 5-2 9 5

(tie) MFL MarMac 6-1 9 9

10. Mediapolis 6-1 8 10

Dropped out: Guthrie Center ACGC (10).

Others receiving votes: Guthrie Center ACGC 7, Sigourney-Keota 6, Western Christian 6, Denver 4, South Hamilton 3.

CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. West Hancock (4) 7-0 57 1

2. Grundy Center 7-0 49 2

3. Lynnville-Sully (1) 7-0 47 4

4. Woodbury Central (1) 7-0 45 2

5. Avoca AHSTW 7-0 40 5

6. North Linn 6-1 24 6

7. Hartley HMS 5-2 18 7

8. East Buchanan 6-1 16 8

9. Le Mars Gehlen 6-1 13 9

10. Alburnett 6-1 9 10

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Wapsie Valley 6, Columbus Community 5, Mount Ayr 1.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Remsen St. Mary’s (6) 7-0 60 1

2. WACO 8-0 50 3

3. Don Bosco 7-0 48 2

4. Lenox 7-0 39 4

5. Easton Valley 5-1 37 4

6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6-1 26 6

7. West Harrison 7-0 23 7

8. Newell-Fonda 6-1 19 8

9. Fremont-Mills 6-1 12 —

10. Southeast Warren 7-1 11 —

Dropped out: Baxter (9), Harris-Lake Park (10).

Others receiving votes: Ruthven GTRA 4, Central City 1.