Don Bosco climbs to top in 8-man football

It has taken seven weeks, but Don Bosco has returned to the summit of eight-man football in Iowa.

The defending state champion Dons are a unanimous No. 1 in the Gazette/KCRG/KGYM rankings, released Monday.

Don Bosco improved to 7-0 on Friday with a 66-0 whipping of Colo-Nesco, its 21st straight victory. The Dons' climb to the top was aided by Newell-Fonda's 54-15 upset of previous No. 1 Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton.

The other top teams remain the same. Cedar Rapids Washington is on top of Class 4A for the second straight week, moving to 7-0 with a 28-6 defeat of Cedar Rapids Prairie. The Warriors received six of seven first-place votes and tallied 69 points, compared to 64 for No. 2 Bettendorf.

Pella (3A), Clear Lake (2A), Fort Dodge St. Edmond (1A) and Maquoketa Valley (Class A) are the top teams in the other classes. All are 7-0.

Linn-Mar (6-1) jumped back into the 4A poll at No. 7 after holding Cedar Falls to minus-26 rushing yards in a 22-14 victory at Linn-Mar Stadium.

West Delaware (7-0) remains No. 2 in Class 3A. Solon (6-1) and Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-2) are fourth and fifth.

Xavier hosts 1A No. 2 Iowa City Regina (6-1) this week.

THE GAZETTE/KCRG/KGYM FOOTBALL POLL

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Cedar Rapids Washington (6) 7-0 69 1

2. Bettendorf (1) 7-0 64 2

3. West Des Moines Dowling 6-1 53 3

4. West Des Moines Valley 6-1 49 4

5. Waukee 6-1 45 5

6. Ankeny Centennial 6-1 35 7

7. Linn-Mar 6-1 24 -

8. Ankeny 5-2 18 9

9. Johnston 5-2 10 6

(tie) Lewis Central 6-1 10 -

Dropped out: Cedar Falls (8), Sioux City East (10).

Others receiving votes: Fort Dodge 4, Cedar Falls 3, North Scott 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Pella (6) 7-0 69 1

2. West Delaware (1) 7-0 64 2

3. Sioux City Heelan 6-1 55 4

4. Solon 5-1 44 5

5. Cedar Rapids Xavier 5-2 42 6

6. Carroll 6-1 32 3

7. Humboldt 6-1 25 7

8. Dallas Center-Grimes 6-1 22 8

9. Clear Creek Amana 6-1 21 9

10. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 6-1 5 -

Dropped out: Davenport Assumption (10).

Others receiving votes: Western Dubuque 4, Carlisle 2.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Clear Lake (5) 7-0 68 1

2. Spirit Lake (2) 7-0 64 2

3. Williamsburg 7-0 52 4

4. Hampton-Dumont 7-0 42 5

5. North Fayette Valley 6-1 35 6

6. New Hampton 6-1 30 7

7. Baxter CMB 7-0 25 -

8. Cascade 6-1 22 9

9. Sioux Center 6-1 21 8

10. Albia 6-1 20 3

Dropped out: Mediapolis (10).

Others receiving votes: Mediapolis 5, Clarinda 1.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (4) 7-0 66 1

2. Iowa City Regina (3) 6-1 62 2

3. South Winneshiek 7-0 59 3

4. West Branch 7-0 48 4

5. IKM-Manning 7-0 42 6

6. Saint Ansgar 7-0 36 7

7. West Lyon 6-1 28 8

8. Ogden 6-1 22 5

9. North Cedar 6-1 14 10

10. Hinton 6-1 7 -

Dropped out: Dike-New Hartford (9).

Others receiving votes: Dike-New Hartford 1.

CLASS A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Maquoketa Valley (6) 7-0 69 1

2. Logan-Magnolia (1) 7-0 61 2

3. Pekin 7-0 55 4

4. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6-1 50 5

5. Montezuma 7-0 43 6

6. Nashua-Plainfield 6-1 30 7

7. Ackley AGWSR 6-1 28 2

8. Mount Ayr 6-1 23 9

9. BGM 6-1 12 10

10. South O'Brien 6-1 6 -

Dropped out: Westwood (8).

Others receiving votes: Algona Garrigan 5, Woodbury Central 2, Bedford 1.

EIGHT-MAN W-L Pts Pvs

1. Don Bosco (7) 7-0 70 2

2. Janesville 7-0 57 3

3. Glidden-Ralston 7-0 50 5

4. Fremont-Mills 7-0 49 4

5. Elkader Central 7-0 47 6

6. HLV 6-1 26 9

7. Lamoni 7-0 23 8

8. Marcus MMC 6-1 19 10

9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-1 17 7

10. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 6-1 16 1

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Ruthven GTRA 6, Turkey Valley 5.

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