Washington Evening Journal
111 North Marion Avenue
Washington, IA 52353
319-653-2191
Sigourney-Keota, WACO stay in place
Cobras No. 5, Warriors No. 7 in latest Gazette football rankings
Andy Krutsinger
Oct. 19, 2021 8:49 am
It’s different week same story for the Union area schools in the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s high school football poll.
Sigourney-Keota and WACO stayed put in the latest rankings. The Cobras remain No. 5 in the Class 1A poll, and WACO is still settled in at No. 7 in Class 8-Player.
Just one No. 1 spot in the poll was relinquished this week. In Class 2A, previously top-ranked Southeast Valley suffered its first loss, opening the door for a new No. 1; West Marshall.
THE GAZETTE FOOTBALL POLL
(First-place votes in parentheses)
CLASS 5A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5) 8-0 59 1
2. Southeast Polk (1) 7-1 54 2
3. Ankeny 6-2 43 4
4. Urbandale 7-1 35 5
5. West Des Moines Dowling 5-3 33 9
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 6-2 30 6
7. West Des Moines Valley 6-2 25 3
8. Iowa City High 7-1 20 7
9. Linn-Mar 7-1 17 8
10. Pleasant Valley 6-2 14 10
Dropped out: Cedar Falls (10).
Others receiving votes: None.
CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs
1. North Scott (6) 8-0 60 1
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-1 53 2
T-3. Indianola 7-1 38 8
T-3. Lewis Central 6-2 38 4
5. Waverly-Shell Rock 7-1 36 6
6. Winterset 7-1 33 7
7. Bondurant-Farrar 7-1 26 3
T-8. Decorah 6-2 16 10
T-8. Webster City 6-2 16 9
10. Norwalk 6-2 14 5
Others receiving votes: None.
CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Harlan (6) 8-0 60 1
2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 8-0 53 2
3. Solon 8-0 43 4
4. Humboldt 8-0 42 5
4. West Delaware 7-1 42 3
6. Independence 7-1 25 6
7. Benton Community 7-1 24 8
8. Nevada 7-1 19 7
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6-2 15 9
10. Adel ADM 6-2 7 10
Dropped out: Algona (10).
Others receiving votes: None.
CLASS 2A (Final) W-L Pts Pvs
1. West Marshall (2) 7-1 50 2
2. Ida Grove OABCIG (1) 7-1 49 3
T-3. Southeast Valley (2) 7-1 43 1
T-3. Waukon (1) 7-1 43 4
5. Spirit Lake 6-2 34 7
6. West Lyon 6-2 32 5
7. Greene County 7-1 27 5
T-8. Central Lyon-GLR 5-3 20 7
T-8. Estherville ELC 5-3 20 9
10. North Fayette Valley 7-1 7 —
Dropped out: Williamsburg (10).
Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 5.
CLASS 1A (Final) W-L Pts Pvs
1. Van Meter (6) 8-0 60 1
2. Underwood 8-0 54 2
3. Iowa City Regina 8-0 44 3
4. Dike-New Hartford 8-0 39 4
5. Sigourney-Keota 8-0 38 5
6. Dyersville Beckman 8-0 28 6
7. West Sioux 7-1 27 6
8. Pella Christian 7-1 19 9
9. Guthrie Center ACGC 7-1 9 8
10. Waterloo Columbus 6-2 6 10
Others receiving votes: Denver 5, South Central Calhoun 1.
CLASS A (Final) W-L Pts Pvs
1. West Hancock (5) 8-0 59 1
2. Grundy Center (1) 7-1 54 2
3. North Linn 8-0 42 3
T-4. Lisbon 7-1 41 4
T-4. Logan-Magnolia 7-1 41 5
6. Woodbury Central 7-1 24 7
7. East Buchanan 7-1 18 9
8. North Butler 7-1 14 6
T-9. Hartley HMS 6-2 10 —
T-9. Lynnville-Sully 7-1 10 —
Dropped out: Belle Plaine (8), Southwest Valley (10).
Others receiving votes: Wapsie Valley 7, Mason City Newman 5, Mount Ayr 3, Tri-Center 2.
8-PLAYER (Final) W-L Pts Pvs
1. Anita CAM (4) 8-0 58 1
2. Montezuma (1) 9-0 51 2
3. Remsen St. Mary’s 8-0 46 3
4. Easton Valley (1) 8-0 43 4
5. Audubon 7-1 39 5
6. Turkey Valley 8-0 28 6
7. WACO 8-0 22 7
8. Lenox 8-0 20 8
9. Lansing Kee 7-1 14 9
10. Don Bosco 6-2 3 10
Others receiving votes: Janesville 2, Newell-Fonda 2, Baxter 1, Ruthven GTRA 1.
Sigourney-Keota’s Levi Crawford dashes toward the end zone during his punt return touchdown against Cardinal on Oct. 1. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)