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Mid-Prairie No. 9 in new rankings
Golden Hawks go down in Gazette poll, Pekin picking up votes
Andy Krutsinger
Sep. 10, 2025 12:43 pm
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The newest Gazette football rankings are out, and Mid-Prairie still is in the Class 2A rankings, at No. 9, in Class 2A. The Golden Hawks dropped five spots after Friday’s loss.
Pekin is getting votes as well. The Panthers had five votes in the Class 1A poll.
The Gazette’s post-Week 2 football poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
CLASS 5A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Waukee Northwest (6) 2-0 60 2
2. Iowa City Liberty 2-0 50 4
3. West Des Moines Valley 1-1 49 1
4. West Des Moines Dowling 1-1 42 2
5. Ankeny 1-1 28 7
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 2-0 27 9
7. Sioux City East 2-0 22 8
8. Southeast Polk 1-1 15 5
9. Johnston 1-1 14 6
10. Iowa City West 2-0 13 —
Dropped out: Waukee (10).
Others receiving votes: Cedar Falls 9, Dallas Center-Grimes 1.
CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5) 2-0 59 1
2. Pella 2-0 51 2
3. North Polk (1) 2-0 44 3
4. Decorah 2-0 41 3
5. Fort Dodge 2-0 33 6
6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1-1 30 8
7. Clear Creek Amana 2-0 24 7
8. Adel ADM 2-0 20 10
9. Newton 1-1 16 5
10. Gilbert 2-0 8 —
Dropped out: Lewis Central (9).
Others receiving votes: Lewis Central 2, Glenwood 1.
CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Mount Vernon (6) 2-0 60 1
2. Sioux City Heelan 2-0 52 3
3. Clear Lake 2-0 49 5
4. Solon 2-0 39 6
5. Dubuque Wahlert 2-0 35 7
6. Nevada 2-0 25 8
7. Algona 1-1 20 2
8. Independence 2-0 18 10
9. Des Moines Christian 2-0 13 —
10. MOC-Floyd Valley 2-0 8 —
Dropped out: Humboldt (4), Benton Community (9).
Others receiving votes: Humboldt 7, West Delaware 2, Benton Community 1, Central DeWitt 1.
CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Carroll Kuemper (6) 2-0 60 1
2. Ida Grove OABCIG 2-0 54 2
3. Monroe PCM 1-1 40 3
4. Cherokee 1-1 37 6
T-5. Osage 2-0 32 9
T-5. Van Meter 1-1 32 8
7. Alburnett 2-0 21 —
8. Woodward-Granger 2-0 19 —
T-9. Dike-New Hartford 2-0 10 —
T-9. Mid-Prairie 1-1 10 4
Dropped out: Central Lyon-GLR (5), Roland-Story (7), West Branch (10).
Others receiving votes: Central Lyon-GLR 5, Roland-Story 3, West Branch 3, Okoboji 2, Centerville 1, Grand View Christian 1.
CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Grundy Center (5) 2-0 59 1
2. West Lyon (1) 2-0 54 2
3. Iowa City Regina 2-0 49 3
4. South Hardin 2-0 40 4
5. Pleasantville 2-0 31 6
T-6. Tri-Center 1-1 27 5
T-6. Underwood 2-0 27 8
8. Emmetsburg 2-0 18 9
9. Treynor 1-1 16 7
10. Dyersville Beckman 2-0 8 —
Dropped out: Hinton (10).
Others receiving votes: Central Springs 1.
CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Saint Ansgar (4) 2-0 56 2
2. West Hancock (1) 2-0 51 3
3. Woodbury Central (1) 2-0 49 4
4. Marcus MMCRU 2-0 40 5
5. Guthrie Center ACGC 2-0 37 5
6. West Sioux 2-0 22 7
7. North Linn 2-0 20 —
8. Wapsie Valley 2-0 17 9
9. Maquoketa Valley 1-1 14 1
10. Madrid 1-1 12 9
Dropped out: South Winneshiek (7).
Others receiving votes: Pekin 5, Logan-Magnolia 4, Nashua-Plainfield 3.
8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Algona Garrigan (5) 2-0 59 1
2. Woodbine (1) 2-0 51 2
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2-0 45 3
T-4. Fremont-Mills 2-0 36 4
T-4. Iowa Valley 3-0 36 5
6. Audubon 2-0 27 6
7. Montezuma 2-0 24 7
8. Bedford 2-0 21 8
9. Edgewood-Colesburg 2-0 10 9
10. Easton Valley 2-0 9 10
Others receiving votes: Don Bosco 5, Ruthven GTRA 3, North Union 2, Southeast Warren 2.