Prep Football- The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) released the week 7 rankings for classes 2A, 1A, A, and Eight-Player along with the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for classes 5A, 4A, and 3A and Mt. Pleasant kept their spot within the top 10.

Class 5A

#1 Waukee Northwest retained the crown after obliterating a top 10 ten team in Southeast Polk last Friday, 38-7. The undefeated Wolves still have two top 20 teams on their schedule, but an undefeated regular season appears likely.

A host of 6-1 teams make up the rest of the top 10, including Dowling Catholic, Valley, and Sioux City East as the #2, #3, and #4 teams, respectively.

The defending championship, holding a 4-3 record after their loss to the Wolves, still remain in the top 10 at #10 (tied with Dallas Center-Grimes) but the Rams have a far way to go to make it back to the Dome.

For a full look at the rankings, follow the link: Class 5A Week 7 RPI

Class 4A

There’s something to be said about subjectivity when it comes to the rankings as the purely numbers-based algorithm placed Burlington just ahead of Davenport North at #15, despite the Wildcats holding Keshawn Wyldon to just 56 yards in a 47-17 contest held at Bracewell Stadium.

Both teams, in the same district and leveled with 5-2 records, will most likely have it settled by the first round of the postseason but something to chew on until then.

Otherwise, #1 Xavier and #4 Gilbert remain as the only undefeated teams in the class, but Sergeant Bluff-Luton slid back from #5 to #2 after walloping Le Mars 35-7, bringing down their opponents’ record.

Decorah and North Polk moved into the #2 and #3 slots for Class 4A.

For a full look at the rankings and standings, follow the link: Class 4A Week 7 Standings and RPI

Class 3A

Take a deep breath Mt. Pleasant, week 7 is over and the Panthers survived a thriller in Keokuk to improve to 6-1 on the season and 3-0 in District 4. The district championship will be up for grabs when #3 Solon, who is undefeated and fresh off beating Washington 42-0, comes to town on Friday night.

Clear Lake and West Delaware remained at #1 and #2 in the rankings with perfect records. The stage is set for these two titans to meet at Lions Field for a week 9 showdown to decide the district champion. Clear Lake is allowing just five points per game, while West Delaware has knocked off last year’s champion.

Mt. Vernon was ousted from the top 10 after Central DeWitt’s high-flying offense stuck it to the Mustangs in a 33-24 final. The Sabers, who are ranked at #12 and has beaten Mt. Pleasant this season, are led by the duo of Hudson Krukow, an outstanding senior quarterback, and junior running back Cooper Small, as he gashed Mt. Vernon for 209 yards and two touchdowns.

For our other district four teams, Washington and Keokuk remain attached at the hip, but both teams tumbled back to #25 and #26, respectively. Fairfield’s one-sided victory over #34 Fort Madison actually moved the Trojans back to #29 in the RPI.

Still, the race for that automatic playoff bid is not over quite yet. Fairfield still has Keokuk and Mt. Pleasant on their schedule, the Trojans could get in via tiebreaker. Panthers are in the driver seat, but nothing is out of the realm of possibility.

For a full look at the rankings and standings, follow the link: Class 3A Week 7 Standings and RPI

Class 2A

Nothing changed in the top 10 with #1 Kuemper Catholic still touting an undefeated record followed by one-loss PCM and unbeaten Okoboji.

Mid-Prairie jumped Osage to #6 after scoring 62 points on Mediapolis last Friday as they secured their second consecutive district championship. The Golden Hawks’ one loss came against #8 Alburnett this season but two losses since then for the Pirates pits them under the nest of the Hawks.

Dropped from the top 10 was Western Christian as they fell to Cherokee Washington 56-36, bringing their season point differential average to -1. West Branch took over the unoccupied spot with a 5-2 record and those two losses coming narrowly against Regina Catholic and Alburnett.

Class 1A

West Lyon, Grundy Center, and Regina Catholic move into the final week of the season with perfect records and as the top three teams in the class. The top nine remained unchanged.

Interstate 35 was replaced by Ridge View after the Roadrunners were left as roadkill in a 43-0 shutout at the hands of West Marshall.

Class A

Much like Class 1A, the top three teams are undefeated in MMCRU, Saint Ansgar, and ACGC. Wapsie Valley and North Linn each leapfrogged up a spot in the rankings to #5 and #6, respectively, as both teams are ranked at #1 and #2 in the power rankings on Bound.

8-Player

The top eight is still the same with Bishop Garrigan on top of the standings and Iowa Valley back at #4. The top seven teams in the class are still undefeated.

Kingsley-Pierson was knocked out of the top 10 after losing 62-42 to GTRA. Replacing them was #10 Bedford. The Bulldogs have one loss on the season and have an average point differential of +50.

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Our local district standings will be listed below and for a full look at the top 10 for classes 2A, 1A, A, and Eight-Player, follow the link: Week 7 Rankings

Local District Standings

Eight-Player Local District Rankings

District 5

#4 Iowa Valley: 7-0 (4-0)

Belle Plaine: 3-4 (3-1)

WACO: 3-4 (2-2) Point Differential: 5.50

Winfield-Mt. Union: 2-4 (2-2) Point Differential: -4

English Valleys: 4-3 (2-3) Point Differential: -1.20

HLV/TC: 1-6 (0-5)

Class A District 5

Pekin: 7-0 (5-0)

Danville: 5-2 (4-1)

Columbus: 3-4 (3-2)

Wapello: 5-2 (3-2)

Van Buren County: 3-4 (2-3)

Class 2A District 6

#6 Mid-Prairie: 6-1 (4-0)

Wilton: 5-2 (3-1)

West Liberty: 3-4 (2-2)

Mediapolis: 3-4 (2-2)

West Burlington/Notre Dame: 3-4 (1-3)

Central Lee: 2-5 (0-4)

Class 3A District 4

#3 Solon: 7-0 (3-0)

#8 Mt. Pleasant: 6-1 (3-0)

Keokuk: 3-4 (1-2)

Fairfield: 2-5 (1-2)

Washington: 3-4 (1-2)

Fort Madison: 0-7 (0-3)

Class 4A District 3

Western Dubuque: 5-2 (3-0)

North Scott: 4-3 (2-1)

Davenport North: 5-2 (2-1)

Burlington: 5-2 (2-1)

Clinton: 3-4 (0-3)

Davenport West: 0-7 (0-3)

Prep Country- The Iowa Association of Track Coaches (IATC) released the penultimate team and individual rankings as our local teams gear up for their conference meets. As the number of meets slows down, runners were ousted from the rankings.

Class 3A

As one of our few local teams to have multiple meets last week, Washington’s Andrew Rees, whose reemergence into the top 25 allowed for his team to latch onto the top 20 last week, moved three spots into the top 20 up to #19.

Rees took home the gold medal at the Hillcrest Academy Invitational and secured a faster time at the Bob Mudd Lynx Invitational over the weekend for a 2^nd place time of 16 minutes and 34 seconds.

Akin to their top runner, the Demons pulled 1^st place at Hillcrest and narrowly fell to Solon for the silver medal at the Bob Mudd Invitational. The effort proved to not be enough to keep the team ranked as the Demons were left out of the top 20.

Unfortunately, Iris Dahl for the Washington girls’ team was knocked out of the individual rankings after not running at Hillcrest and grabbing 10^th place at their meet over the weekend with a time of 20 minutes and 24 seconds.

Staying on the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler collected another gold medal for her young career at the Mediapolis Invite, but her time of 20 minutes flat was slower than her typical marks, leading to the Panther being knocked down at spot from #6 to #7.

In the same tone, Fort Madison’s Avery Rump helped lead the Bloodhounds to a team victory at Centerville this past week with a 2^nd time of 19 minutes and 10 seconds. That time did result in Rump tumbling from #11 in the rankings to #13. The team consistency kept the Bloodhounds at #5 in the rankings.

The Fort Madison boys’ team took 1^st place as a team at Centerville, but the Bloodhounds backpedaled to #16 in the rankings, two spots back from where they started last week.

Class 2A

The Mediapolis boys’ team defended their home turf well as the Bulldogs not only won the meet by 21 points, but also had their top two runners finish within four seconds of one another for 1^st and 2^nd place.

#9 Simon Wendel stayed put in the rankings after claiming the gold with a time of 16 minutes and 34 seconds, while Will Schmidgall, with his best time of the season at 16 minutes and 38 seconds, leapfrogged up the rankings to #15 from #17.

The Bulldogs were awarded with a three-spot climb in the rankings to #13.

Class 1A

The WACO boys’ and girls’ teams continue to prove themselves to be the top brass of the conference. At the Mike Jay Invitational, the WACO boys’ team grabbed the victory with east as four of their top five runners finished within the top 10.

Anchoring the Warriors was Jude Dykstra’s mark of 16 minutes and 52 seconds, which was good enough for 1^st place and four step climb in the rankings from #10 to #6.

After getting Locken Henderson back after missing the first half of the season, the WACO boys’ team can be a squad that contends for the state championship as the IATC slots them at #4.

The Columbus boys’ team barely held onto their spot in the top 10 at #10 after claiming 2^nd place at the Mike Jay Invitational. The Wildcats lack a superstar, but their team consistency more than makes up for that.

WACO’s Josie Dykstra moved up on the girls’ side after clocking a time of 20 minutes and 51 seconds for 2^nd place at the Mike Jay Invitational. The Warrior is now ranked #23.

Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge was taken out of the top 30 as the Warriors did not have a scheduled meet and despite a 3^rd place finish at the Mediapolis meet, Alaina Gourley of Danville, who found her way into the rankings for the first time since September 1^st, was ousted from the top 30.

As stated in the previous paragraph, Van Buren County did see their team standings slide slightly after a week without a race with the boys’ team slinking back from #12 to #14 and the girls’ team moving back one spot to #8.