WACO still No. 2, trio of area teams get votes

The fifth edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s high school football rankings are out, and the WACO Warriors continue to occupy the No. 2 spot in Class 8-Man football.

WACO faced one of its toughest tests on Friday as New London came to town for the Warriors’ homecoming game. The Tigers couldn’t stop the WACO train from rolling, as the Warriors pulled out a 43-14 win.

WACO still sits behind Remsen, St. Mary’s in the Class 8-Player poll. Remsen has recorded three shutouts in a row, and has only given up 13 points all season.

The Union area has teams in the rankings or in ‘others receiving votes’ in four of the seven classes. Mid-Prairie is the next team off the Top-10 in Class 2A. Sigourney-Keota received one vote in Class 1A, and Columbus collected two votes in Class A.

Mid-Prairie shut down Central Lee 51-0, collecting its fourth win in five games. Sigourney-Keota knocked off previous No. 1 Pella Christian, bumping the Eagles back to the No. 10 spot in Class 1A. Columbus scored a 53-28 comeback win over Pekin.

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 5A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Ankeny (2) 4-1 54 1

2. WDM Dowling (2) 4-1 53 2

3. Pleasant Valley (2) 5-0 50 3

4. Southeast Polk 4-1 45 4

5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-0 38 5

6. Urbandale 4-1 25 6

7. Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-1 20 8

8. West Des Moines Valley 3-2 14 9

9. Ankeny Centennial 3-2 13 9

10. Iowa City High 3-2 7 —

Dropped out: Sioux City East (7).

Others receiving votes: Sioux City East 5, Iowa City West 4, Linn-Mar 2.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Lewis Central (6) 5-0 60 1

2. Waverly-Shell Rock 5-0 53 2

3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 5-0 49 3

4. Carlisle 4-1 36 5

5. Indianola 4-1 34 5

6. Norwalk 4-1 30 7

7. Bondurant-Farrar 4-1 21 3

(tie) Iowa City Liberty 4-1 21 9

9. Newton 5-0 12 10

10. Cedar Rapids Washington 2-3 7 —

Dropped out: North Scott (8).

Others receiving votes: North Scott 4, Le Mars 3, Spencer 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Harlan (5) 4-1 59 1

2. Humboldt (1) 5-0 53 2

3. Adel ADM 5-0 50 3

4. Mount Vernon 5-0 40 4

5. North Polk 4-1 34 5

6. Creston 5-0 28 6

7. Nevada 4-1 20 7

8. Independence 5-1 18 7

9. Solon 3-2 15 9

10. Hampton-Dumont/CAL 4-1 7 —

Dropped out: MOC-Floyd Valley (10).

Others receiving votes: Carroll 3, Davenport Assumption 2, Benton Community 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs

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

2. Williamsburg (1) 5-0 52 3

3. Spirit Lake 5-0 47 5

4. West Marshall 5-0 43 4

5. New Hampton 5-0 35 6

6. Ida Grove OABCIG 4-1 32 2

7. Dubuque Wahlert 4-1 26 7

8. West Lyon 3-2 13 10

9. Greene County 4-1 8 —

10. Estherville ELC 3-2 6 —

Dropped out: Red Oak (8), Crestwood (9).

Others receiving votes: Mid-Prairie 4, Clarion CGD 2, Crestwood 2, Monticello 1, Osage 1.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Van Meter (2) 4-1 51 2

2. West Sioux (1) 4-1 49 3

3. West Branch (2) 5-0 48 5

4. Underwood (1) 5-0 44 4

5. Aplington-Parkersburg 5-0 39 5

6. Dike-New Hartford 4-1 30 7

7. Durant 5-0 24 8

8. Carroll Kuemper 5-0 22 8

9. Dyersville Beckman 4-1 9 —

10. Pella Christian 4-1 8 1

Dropped out: Mediapolis (10).

Others receiving votes: Cascade 2, MFL MarMac 2, Sigourney-Keota 1, Western Christian 1.

CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. West Hancock (4) 5-0 57 1

2. Grundy Center 5-0 49 3

(tie) Woodbury Central (1) 5-0 49 2

4. Lynnville-Sully (1) 5-0 45 4

5. Hartley HMS 4-1 36 5

6. Avoca AHSTW 5-0 29 6

7. North Linn 4-1 20 7

8. East Buchanan 4-1 13 9

9. Le Mars Gehlen 4-1 12 8

10. Alburnett 4-1 6 —

(tie) Wapsie Valley 3-2 6 10

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Columbus Community 2, Mount Ayr 1.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Remsen St. Mary’s (6) 5-0 60 1

2. WACO 6-0 46 2

3. Don Bosco 5-0 45 3

4. Newell-Fonda 5-0 41 4

5. Lenox 5-0 36 5

6. Easton Valley 4-1 34 6

7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 5-0 24 7

8. Ruthven GTRA 5-0 20 8

9. West Harrison 5-0 12 9

10. Baxter 5-0 6 —

Dropped out: West Bend-Mallard (10).

Others receiving votes: Fremont-Mills 4, Southeast Warren 2.