Little Hawks climb; West slips

 Iowa City High has moved in. Iowa City West has moved down.

The Little Hawks' 14-7 triumph over West on Friday caused a slight shakeup in the Class 4A rankings in The Gazette's football poll this week.

Only three unbeatens remain in 4A -- top-rated West Des Moines Dowling, No. 2 Pleasant Valley and No. 3 Ames.

City High (6-1) moved into the 4A list; the Little Hawks are tied for eighth. West slid four notches to No. 6.

All six of the No. 1 teams remain the same from last week. Sioux City Heelan is tops in 3A, as are Waukon (2A), Iowa City Regina (1A), BGM (Class A) and Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (8-Man).

Regina won its 49th consecutive game Friday, 48-27 over then-No. 4 Wilton. The Beavers slipped to a tie for sixth.

If the Regals win out, they will break the state record for consecutive wins (55), set by Waterloo East. And they'll match East's 56-game unbeaten streak. Regina is home against Wapello this week. 

THE GAZETTE WEEKLY FOOTBALL POLL

Week 7, Oct. 14

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Class 4A

W-L

Pts

Last

1. West Des Moines Dowling (4)

7-0

40

1

2. Pleasant Valley

7-0

35

3

3. Ames

7-0

30

4

4. Cedar Rapids Xavier

6-1

29

5

5. Waukee

6-1

21

6

6. Iowa City West

6-1

15

2

7. Bettendorf

6-1

12

7

8. Davenport Assumption

6-1

10

8

(tie) Iowa City High

6-1

10

--

(tie) West Des Moines Valley

5-2

10

9T

Dropped out: Sioux City East (9), Urbandale (9).Others receiving votes: Urbandale 8. 

Class 3A

W-L

Pts

Last

1. Sioux City Heelan (4)

7-0

40

1

2. Decorah

7-0

35 

2

3. Clear Lake

7-0

32 

3

4. Pella

7-0

28 

4

5. Boone

7-0

21 

5

6. Spencer

6-1

18 

6

7. Washington

6-1

17 

7

8. Harlan

6-1

15

9

9. Webster City

6-1

9

10

10. Carroll

5-2

3

8

Dropped out: None.Others receiving votes: Solon 1, Williamsburg 1. 

Class 2A

W-L

Pts

Last

1. Waukon (3)

7-0

39

1

2. Carroll Kuemper (1)

7-0

37

2

3. West Marshall

7-0

32 

3

4. Albia

7-0

28

4

5. Mediapolis

7-0

20

5

6. New Hampton

7-0

19

6

7. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

6-1

18

7

8. Spirit Lake

6-1

14

8

9. Cascade

6-1

7

9

10. Central Lyon-GLR

6-1

3 

--

Dropped out: Garner-Hayfield/Ventura (10).Others receiving votes: North Polk 2, Dyersville Beckman 1. 

Class 1A

W-L

Pts

Last

1. Iowa City Regina (4)

7-0

40

1

2. Dike-New Hartford

7-0

35

2

3. Council Bluffs St. Albert

7-0

33

3

4. North Fayette Valley

7-0

25

5T

5. Maquoketa Valley

7-0

23

5T

6. Van Meter

7-0

18

7

(tie) Wilton

6-1

18 

4

8. Fort Dodge St. Edmond

7-0

16 

8

9. Mount Ayr

6-1

6

10

10. South Winneshiek

5-2

3

9

Dropped out: None.Others receiving votes: Clayton Ridge 2, Ogden 1. 

Class A

W-L

Pts

Last

1. BGM (3)

7-0

39

1

2. West Lyon (1)

7-0

37

2

3. Wapsie Valley

7-0

31

3

4. Ackley AGWSR

8-0

29

4

5. Avoca AHST

7-0

23

6

6. Pekin

6-1

19

9

7. Lisbon

5-2

18

7T

8. Algona Garrigan

5-2

10

10

9. Montezuma

6-1

9 

5

10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck

5-2

3 

--

Dropped out: Lawton-Bronson (7).Others receiving votes: Lawton-Bronson 2. 

Eight Man

W-L

Pts

Last

1. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (4)

7-0

40

1

2. Don Bosco

8-0

34 

2

3. Newell-Fonda

7-0

31

3

4. Adair-Casey

7-0

26

4

(tie) Springville

7-0

26

5

6. West Bend-Mallard

8-0

23

6

7. Glidden-Ralston

6-1

16 

7

8. HLV

7-1

9

9

9. Janesville

6-1

7

10

(tie) Marcus MMC

6-1

7

--

Dropped out: River Valley (8).Others receiving votes: River Valley 1.