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Wolves 2, Warriors 5 ahead of clash
New Gazette rankings sets up Top-5 area showdown; Columbus moves back into Top 10
Andy Krutsinger
Sep. 5, 2023 12:37 pm, Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 1:17 pm
The Cedar Rapids Gazette’s Iowa high school football rankings were released on Monday and the Union area continues to push teams into the respective Top-10 polls.
After being tied at No. 2 and No. 5 in the previous Class 8-Player rankings, Winfield-Mount Union and WACO are now No. 2 and No. 5 alone heading into the clash this weekend in Winfield.
WMU knocked off New London 78-16 on Friday. WACO beat another Top-10 team, beating then 10th-ranked Iowa Valley 46-22.
Columbus and Sigourney-Keota were knocked out of their respective polls after Week 1, but both the Wildcats and Cobras are on the way back up after wins this week.
Columbus is now No. 10 in Class A, following a 49-6 blasting of Wapello. The Wildcats will take host a Lisbon team this week that received one vote.
Sigourney-Keota is still one vote away from No. 10 in the Class 1A poll. The Cobras shut down a ranked Class 2A team in Mediapolis in Week 2, and will face Mid-Prairie at home on Friday night.
The Gazette’s post-Week 2 Iowa high school football poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
CLASS 5A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Southeast Polk (5) 2-0 59 1
2. West Des Moines Dowling (1) 2-0 55 2
3. Cedar Rapids Prairie 2-0 44 7
4. Linn-Mar 2-0 39 6
5. Bettendorf 2-0 33 9
6. Cedar Falls 1-1 27 —
7. Waukee Northwest 1-1 15 —
T-8. Ankeny 1-1 13 5
T-8. Johnston 1-1 13 3
10. West Des Moines Valley 0-2 12 4
Dropped out: Cedar Rapids Kennedy (8), Waukee (9).
Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial 10, Waukee 5, Pleasant Valley 4, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 1.
CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Adel ADM (4) 2-0 58 2
2. North Scott (2) 2-0 54 4
3. Western Dubuque 2-0 44 6
4. North Polk 2-0 43 5
5. Cedar Rapids Xavier 1-1 32 1
6. Bondurant-Farrar 1-1 24 8
7. Glenwood 2-0 22 7
8. Lewis Central 1-1 20 2
9. Norwalk 2-0 19 10
10. Gilbert 2-0 8 —
Dropped out: Indianola (9).
Others receiving votes: Le Mars 4, Indianola 2.
CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Williamsburg (5) 2-0 58 2
2. Mount Vernon (1) 2-0 54 1
3. Harlan 1-1 36 3
4. Nevada 2-0 35 4
5. Webster City 2-0 33 5
6. Creston 2-0 28 9
7. Davenport Assumption 2-0 21 7
8. Humboldt 2-0 19 6
9. Clear Lake 2-0 17 8
T-10. Hampton-Dumont/CAL 2-0 7 10
T-10. Sioux City Heelan 2-0 7 —
Others receiving votes: Independence 5, Fort Madison 4, Sioux Center 4, Benton Community 2.
CLASS 2A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Van Meter (3) 2-0 57 1
2. Central Lyon-GLR (3) 2-0 55 2
3. Western Christian 2-0 46 4
4. West Lyon 2-0 45 5
5. Monticello 1-1 29 7
6. Spirit Lake 1-1 25 3
7. Monroe PCM 1-1 18 6
8. Greene County 1-1 15 9
T-9. Cherokee 2-0 8 —
T-9. Clarinda 2-0 8 —
Dropped out: Mediapolis (8), Carroll Kuemper (9).
Others receiving votes: Osage 7, Southeast Valley 6, West Burlington-Notre Dame 5, Carroll Kuemper 2, Northeast 2, Sheldon 1.
CLASS 1A W-L Pts Pvs
1. Grundy Center (6) 2-0 60 1
2. MFL MarMac 2-0 53 2
3. Underwood 1-1 49 3
4. Waterloo Columbus 2-0 33 5
5. Avoca AHSTW 2-0 32 4
6. Pella Christian 2-0 27 9
7. South Hamilton 2-0 26 6
8. Iowa City Regina 2-0 24 7
9. Sumner-Fredericksburg 2-0 9 —
10. Denver 2-0 5 —
Dropped out: Aplington-Parkersburg (8), Ida Grove OABCIG (10).
Others receiving votes: Sigourney-Keota 4, Dike-New Hartford 3, Wilton 2, Pleasantville 1, Treynor 1.
CLASS A W-L Pts Pvs
1. West Hancock (5) 2-0 59 1
2. Lynnville-Sully 2-0 51 2
3. Woodbury Central (1) 2-0 45 2
4. East Buchanan 1-1 40 5
5. Saint Ansgar 2-0 36 4
T-6. Madrid 2-0 17 7
T-6. South Central Calhoun 2-0 17 —
8. Nashua-Plainfield 2-0 14 8
9. Maquoketa Valley 2-0 11 10
T-10. Columbus Community 1-1 9 —
T-10. North Linn 2-0 9 9
Dropped out: Southwest Valley (6).
Others receiving votes: Lake Mills 6, Logan-Magnolia 6, Mount Ayr 5, Guthrie Center ACGC 4, Lisbon 1.
8-PLAYER W-L Pts Pvs
1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4) 2-0 57 1
2. Winfield-Mount Union 2-0 49 2
3. Anita CAM (1) 2-0 46 2
4. Lenox 2-0 39 4
5. WACO 2-0 34 5
T-6. Central City 1-1 29 7
T-6. Remsen St. Mary’s (1) 2-0 29 5
8. Bedford 2-0 22 9
9. Ruthven GTRA 2-0 6 10
T-10. Don Bosco 1-1 4 —
T-10. Lansing Kee 2-0 4 —
Dropped out: Montezuma (8), Iowa Valley (10).
Others receiving votes: Edgewood-Colesburg 3, East Union 3, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 3, Moravia 2, Clarksville 1, Montezuma 1.