Washington up one, New London out

The Demons continue to rise in the Cedar Rapids Gazette/KGYM Radio/Southeast Iowa Union football poll. Despite forfeiting their dominant Friday win over West Liberty (note that voting took place before the forfeiture), the Demons are up to seventh, tied with Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

District foe Solon rose to No. 4 in the poll, putting District 6 in good standing heading into league play. The Demons and Spartans are scheduled to play on Oct. 4, so if they can take care of their respective Lee County foes this weekend, it will set up one of the most hyped games in the class.

After its overtime loss to Lone Tree, New London dropped out of the Class 8-Man rankings. The Tigers are still getting votes, receiving seven points in the poll. District 4 foes Montezuma and Iowa Valley are also listed, with Montezuma coming in at No. 10, and Iowa Valley receiving four votes.

The Class 1A poll didn't move, which is bad news for a Sigourney-Keota team that stayed unbeaten with a 39-point win over Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. The Cobras received four votes.

Cardinal picked up two votes in the Class A poll. That came after a 49-12 shelling of North Mahaska last week. The Comets are also 4-0 as all the Class A through Class 4A teams head into district play.

THE GAZETTE/KGYM/UNION FOOTBALL POLL

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs

1. WDM Valley (6) 4-0 69 1

2. Cedar Falls (1) 4-0 61 2

3. WDM Dowling 3-1 59 4

4. Ankeny Centennial 3-1 38 3

5. Bettendorf 3-1 35 5

6. Southeast Polk 3-1 31 6

7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3-1 30 7

8. Fort Dodge 4-0 28 8

9. Ankeny 2-2 26 9

10. Johnston 2-2 4 -

Dropped out: Waukee (10).

Others receiving votes: Waukee 2, Dubuque Senior 1, Waterloo West 1.

CLASS 3A

1. Western Dubuque (6) 4-0 69 1

2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (1) 4-0 61 2

3. Lewis Central 4-0 56 4

4. Solon 4-0 48 5

5. Independence 4-0 36 6

6. North Scott 3-1 35 3

7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 3-1 26 7

(tie) Washington (Iowa) 4-0 26 8

9. Carlisle 3-1 15 10

10. Dallas Center-Grimes 3-1 4 -

Dropped out: Glenwood (9).

Others receiving votes: Iowa City Liberty 3, Norwalk 3, Davenport Assumption 2, Knoxville 1.

CLASS 2A

1. Waukon (7) 4-0 70 1

2. Clear Lake 4-0 60 2

3. Algona 4-0 53 3

4. Greene County 4-0 44 6

(tie) Waterloo Columbus 4-0 44 5

6. Benton Community 4-0 38 7

7. Des Moines Christian 4-0 30 10

8. Ida Grove OABCIG 4-0 15 -

9. Spirit Lake 3-1 11 4

10. Monticello 4-0 10 -

Dropped out: Crestwood (8), Southeast Valley (8).

Others receiving votes: Sioux Center 5, Monroe PCM 2, Southeast Valley 2, Nevada 1.

CLASS 1A

1. West Sioux (5) 4-0 64 1

2. Dike-New Hartford 4-0 59 2

3. Van Meter 4-0 52 3

4. West Branch (1) 4-0 50 4

5. West Lyon (1) 4-0 44 5

6. South Central Calhoun 4-0 43 6

7. Treynor 4-0 30 7

8. Mount Ayr 4-0 14 8

9. Underwood 4-0 11 9

10. Western Christian 4-0 9 -

Dropped out: Mediapolis (10).

Others receiving votes: Iowa City Regina 4, Sigourney-Keota 4, North Linn 1.

CLASS A

1. West Hancock (7) 4-0 70 1

2. Saint Ansgar 4-0 57 2

3. North Tama 4-0 54 4

4. Westwood 4-0 46 5

5. Wapsie Valley 3-1 40 6

6. South O'Brien 4-0 35 7

7. Grundy Center 4-0 26 8

8. BGM 4-0 19 9

(tie) Edgewood-Colesburg 3-1 19 3

10. MFL MarMac 4-0 13 10

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Alta-Aurelia 2, Cardinal 2, Algona Garrigan 1, Earlham 1.

8-PLAYER

1. Don Bosco (6) 4-0 69 1

2. Remsen St. Mary's (1) 4-0 61 2

3. Turkey Valley 4-0 56 3

4. Audubon 4-1 46 4

5. Lenox 5-0 32 6

6. Coon Rapids-Bayard 4-0 28 7

7. Harris-Lake Park 4-0 22 8

8. Anita CAM 4-0 19 8

9. Fremont-Mills 1-1 13 10

(tie) Montezuma 4-0 13 -

Dropped out: New London (5).

Others receiving votes: Easton Valley 10, New London 7, Newell-Fonda 5, Iowa Valley 4.