WACO falls to No. 3 in Gazette poll

The WACO football team did everything it needed to do to hold on to its No. 2 ranking in this week’s Cedar Rapids Gazette high school football poll, but the Warriors were still jumped in the rankings.

Don Bosco impressed pollsters enough in an 85-8 victory against winless Garwin GMG to scoot past WACO for the second spot in Class 8-Player. The Warriors defeated Lone Tree 42-17.

WACO may not be the only Union area ranked team for very long. Both Columbus and Sigourney-Keota are rising in the ranks of their respective classes, and both teams are just outside of the Top-10.

Unbeaten Columbus received five votes in the Class A poll after a 71-14 crushing of North Mahaska. The Wildcats are the second team out of the Top 10 in Class A, and they are scheduled to play current No. 10 Alburnett in two weeks.

One week after taking out the No. 1 team in Class 1A, Sigourney-Keota topped Cardinal 56-3. The Cobras received three votes in the poll, one away from a pair of No. 10s.

Overall, The Gazette poll has just two unanimous number one teams. Council Bluffs Lewis Central was voted No. 1 in Class 4A, and Remsen St. Mary’s held the top spot in Class 8-Player.

The Gazette high school football poll, post-Week 6

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 5A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Ankeny (2) 5-1 54 1

2. West Des Moines Dowling (2) 5-1 53 2

3. Pleasant Valley (2) 6-0 50 3

4. Southeast Polk 5-1 47 4

5. Ankeny Centennial 4-2 30 9

(tie) Cedar Rapids Prairie 5-1 30 7

7. Iowa City High 4-2 19 10

8. Cedar Falls 4-2 15 —

9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-1 11 5

10. Urbandale 4-2 8 6

Dropped out: West Des Moines Valley (8).

Others receiving votes: West Des Moines Valley 5, Iowa City West 4, Davenport West 2, Waukee Northwest 2.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs

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

2. Waverly-Shell Rock 6-0 52 2

3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-0 50 3

4. Carlisle 5-1 37 4

(tie) Indianola 5-1 37 5

6. Iowa City Liberty 5-1 27 7

7. Bondurant-Farrar 5-1 23 7

8. Newton 6-0 17 9

9. Norwalk 4-2 13 6

10. North Scott 4-2 8 —

Dropped out: Cedar Rapids Washington (10).

Others receiving votes: Spencer 4, Cedar Rapids Washington 2.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Harlan (5) 5-1 59 1

2. Humboldt (1) 6-0 53 2

3. Adel ADM 6-0 50 3

4. Mount Vernon 6-0 41 4

5. Nevada 5-1 29 7

6. Solon 4-2 27 9

7. Independence 6-1 26 8

8. North Polk 4-2 25 5

9. Creston 5-1 10 6

10. Hampton-Dumont/CAL 4-2 3 10

(tie) MOC-Floyd Valley 4-2 3 —

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Algona 2, Benton Community 1, West Delaware 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Central Lyon-GLR (5) 6-0 59 1

2. Williamsburg (1) 6-0 53 2

3. Spirit Lake 6-0 49 3

4. West Marshall 6-0 40 4

5. Ida Grove OABCIG 5-1 38 6

6. West Lyon 4-2 23 8

7. Greene County 5-1 21 9

8. Osage 4-2 13 —

9. Clarion CGD 4-2 10 —

(tie) New Hampton 5-1 10 5

Dropped out: Dubuque Wahlert (7), Estherville ELC (10).

Others receiving votes: Monticello 8, Crestwood 3, Waukon 3.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Van Meter (2) 5-1 52 1

2. West Sioux (1) 5-1 50 2

3. West Branch (2) 6-0 49 3

4. Underwood (1) 6-0 46 4

5. Dike-New Hartford 5-1 36 6

6. Carroll Kuemper 6-0 31 8

7. Aplington-Parkersburg 5-1 25 5

8. Pella Christian 5-1 15 10

9. MFL MarMac 5-1 7 —

10. Guthrie Center ACGC 5-1 4 —

(tie) Mediapolis 5-1 4 —

Dropped out: Durant (7), Dyersville Beckman (9).

Others receiving votes: Durant 3, Sigourney-Keota 3, Western Christian 3, South Hamilton 2.

CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. West Hancock (4) 6-0 57 1

2. Grundy Center 6-0 49 2

(tie) Woodbury Central (1) 6-0 49 2

4. Lynnville-Sully (1) 6-0 46 4

5. Avoca AHSTW 6-0 38 6

6. North Linn 5-1 24 7

7. Hartley HMS 4-2 17 5

8. East Buchanan 5-1 16 8

9. Le Mars Gehlen 5-1 13 9

10. Alburnett 5-1 9 10

Dropped out: Wapsie Valley (10).

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

8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Remsen St. Mary’s (6) 6-0 60 1

2. Don Bosco 6-0 49 3

3. WACO 7-0 47 2

4. Easton Valley 4-1 37 6

(tie) Lenox 6-0 37 5

6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6-0 31 7

7. West Harrison 6-0 22 9

8. Newell-Fonda 5-1 14 4

9. Baxter 6-0 10 10

10. Harris-Lake Park 5-1 9 —

Dropped out: Ruthven GTRA (8).

Others receiving votes: Fremont-Mills 6, Ruthven GTRA 4, Southeast Warren 3, Tripoli 1.