Sigourney-Keota, WACO stay in place in football rankings

There was little change for the area’s football teams in the Week 5 Gazette football poll. Two Union coverage area teams were ranked at the beginning of the week, and both have stayed put.

Sigourney-Keota continues to be the top-ranked area team. The Cobras sit at No. 5 in Class 1A. WACO is No. 10 in Class 8-Player for the second week in a row

Sigourney-Keota is coming off a monster win over Pella Christian. The Eagles were previously ranked No. 7 in The Gazette poll, but the Cobras knocked them back to No. 10 in the new rankings.

WACO defeated New London, a team that had been in the rankings for most of the year. The Warriors handed the Tigers their second loss in two weeks.

The Cardinal Comets are still receiving votes in the Class 1A poll. The Comets picked up three votes, good enough to put them two spots out of the Top-10. Cardinal will play Sigourney-Keota on Friday.

This week’s rankings offer no changes at the No. 1 spots. Ankeny, North Scott, Harlan, Southeast Valley, Van Meter, West Hancock and Anita CAM were all voted into the top spots, just the same as a week ago.

THE GAZETTE FOOTBALL POLL

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 5A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Ankeny (6) 4-1 60 1

T-2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-0 45 2

T-2. Southeast Polk 4-1 45 3

4. West Des Moines Valley 4-1 43 4

5. Iowa City High 5-0 33 6

6. Urbandale 4-1 32 5

7. Cedar Falls 4-1 29 6

8. Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-1 21 8

9. Linn-Mar 5-0 13 9

10. Ankeny Centennial 3-2 6 10

Dropped out: West Des Moines Dowling (10).

Others receiving votes: West Des Moines Dowling 3.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs

1. North Scott (4) 5-0 58 1

2. Indianola (2) 5-0 56 2

T-3. Bondurant-Farrar 5-0 41 3

T-3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 4-1 41 4

5. Lewis Central 3-2 35 5

T-6. Waverly-Shell Rock 4-1 28 8

T-6. Winterset 4-1 28 6

8. Norwalk 4-1 21 10

9. Clear Creek Amana 4-1 8 —

10. Spencer 4-1 6 —

Dropped out: Fort Dodge (6), Newton (9).

Others receiving votes: Western Dubuque 4, Fort Madison 3, Pella 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Harlan (6) 5-0 60 1

2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 5-0 53 2

3. Humboldt 5-0 41 5

T-4. West Delaware 4-1 40 3

T-4. Solon 5-0 40 4

6. Independence 5-0 33 6

7. Nevada 5-0 26 7

8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4-1 19 8

T-9. Adel ADM 4-1 5 —

T-9. Creston 4-1 5 —

T-9. Davenport Assumption 3-2 5 10

Dropped out: Mount Vernon (9).

Others receiving votes: Benton Community 2, Algona 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Southeast Valley (5) 5-0 59 1

2. West Marshall (1) 4-1 48 4

3. Ida Grove OABCIG 4-1 47 6

4. Waukon 4-1 40 5

5. Spirit Lake 4-1 34 2

6. Estherville ELC 3-2 27 3

7. West Lyon 3-2 23 8

8. Greene County 4-1 20 7

9. Central Lyon-GLR 2-3 12 9

10. Unity Christian 4-1 7 10

Others receiving votes: Pocahontas Area 5, Monticello 3, North Fayette Valley 3, Williamsburg 2.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Van Meter (6) 5-0 60 1

2. Underwood 5-0 54 2

3. Iowa City Regina 5-0 43 3

4. Dike-New Hartford 5-0 38 4

5. Sigourney-Keota 5-0 33 5

T-6. Dyersville Beckman 5-0 25 7

T-6. West Sioux 4-1 25 6

8. Guthrie Center ACGC 5-0 19 9

9. Waterloo Columbus 4-1 11 10

10. Pella Christian 4-1 7 7

Others receiving votes: Denver 5, Cardinal 3, West Branch 3, MFL MarMac 2, South Central Calhoun 2.

CLASS A W-L Pts Pvs

1. West Hancock (5) 5-0 59 1

2. Grundy Center (1) 4-1 53 2

3. Woodbury Central 5-0 45 3

T-4. Lisbon 4-1 35 4

T-4. Logan-Magnolia 4-1 35 5

6. North Linn 5-0 31 6

7. North Tama 5-0 22 8

8. Hartley HMS 4-1 18 9

9. North Butler 5-0 15 —

10. Earlham 4-1 12 —

Dropped out: Oakland Riverside (7), Mason City Newman (10).

Others receiving votes: Mason City Newman 2, Oakland Riverside 2, South O’Brien 1.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts Pvs

1. Anita CAM (4) 5-0 58 1

2. Montezuma (1) 6-0 49 3

3. Remsen St. Mary’s 5-0 47 5

4. Easton Valley (1) 5-0 42 4

5. Audubon 4-1 35 2

6. Newell-Fonda 5-0 31 6

7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 5-0 20 8

8. Turkey Valley 5-0 18 9

9. Lenox 5-0 12 —

10. WACO 6-0 11 10

Dropped out: Janesville (7).

Others receiving votes: Lansing Kee 4, Ruthven GTRA 2, Janesville 1.