Iowa prep football rankings: Changes at the top in Class A, 8-Player

There's a new No. 1 in 8-Player football, and a crowded scene at the top of Class A in the final Gazette rankings of the season.

Fremont-Mills takes over the top spot in the 8-Player game after former No. 1 Audubon suffered a 34-28 loss Friday at Ar-We-Va.

The Class A race has been close at the top all season, and it ends with a three-way tie for No. 1 among defending-champion Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Saint Ansgar and Algona Garrigan.

West Des Moines Valley, Pella, North Fayette Valley and Iowa City Regina remain on top in Class 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A, respectively.

Valley is a unanimous No. 1 and is followed by West Des Moines Dowling, Ankeny Centennial and Cedar Rapids Washington.

Pella has won 37 consecutive games. The Dutch received five first-place votes (No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier got the other). Carroll is third, followed by Creston/Orient-Macksburg.

North Fayette Valley is unanimous atop the 2A poll and the lone unbeaten in that class. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley is second, followed by Mount Vernon and Union.

Six-time defending champion Regina has been unanimous atop 1A all season. Pella Christian is No. 2, and those teams are on a collision course to play in a state quarterfinal next week.

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck held the top spot in Class A last week, but the defending-champion Rebels have company now. G-R received three first-place votes, Saint Ansgar two. No. 4 Council Bluffs St. Albert received the other one.

Fremont-Mills is followed by Turkey Valley in 8-Player. Turkey Valley hosts No. 4 Don Bosco in a first-round game Friday at Jackson Junction.

Three of the top 10 teams in 8-Player (No. 5 Coon Rapids-Bayard, No. 7 Lone Tree and No. 10 Graettinger GTRA) did not make the playoffs.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. West Des Moines Valley (6) 9-0 60 1

2. West Des Moines Dowling 8-1 54 2

3. Ankeny Centennial 8-1 47 3

4. Cedar Rapids Washington 8-1 42 4

5. Bettendorf 7-2 34 5

6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-1 29 7

7. Waukee 7-2 22 8

8. Waterloo West 8-1 18 6

9. Iowa City High 7-2 14 9

10. Ankeny 6-3 5 —

(tie) Iowa City West 7-2 5 10

Dropped out: none.

Others receiving votes: none.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Pella (5) 9-0 58 1

2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (1) 9-0 53 2

3. Carroll 9-0 51 4

4. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 8-1 34 3

5. Solon 8-1 33 5

(tie) Storm Lake 9-0 33 6

7. Norwalk 8-1 25 7

8. West Delaware 8-1 18 8

9. Glenwood 7-2 12 10

10. Webster City 8-1 10 —

Dropped out: Boone (8).

Others receiving votes: Davenport Assumption 2, Boone 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. North Fayette Valley (6) 9-0 60 1

2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 8-1 50 2

3. Mount Vernon 7-2 48 3

4. Union 8-1 39 4

5. Carroll Kuemper 8-1 35 5

6. Dike-New Hartford 7-2 25 8

7. New Hampton 8-1 24 7

8. Monroe PCM 8-1 21 10

9. Central Lyon-GLR 7-2 9 6

10. Crestwood 7-2 7 —

(tie) South Central Calhoun 7-2 7 —

Dropped out: Williamsburg (9).

Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 3, Southeast Valley 2.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Iowa City Regina (6) 8-1 60 1

2. Pella Christian 9-0 52 2

3. Van Meter 9-0 45 3

4. Denver 9-0 41 4

(tie) Western Christian 8-1 41 6

6. Hinton 8-1 25 7

(tie) Madrid 8-1 25 4

8. Bellevue 9-0 16 8

9. West Lyon 7-2 12 9

10. Logan-Magnolia 8-1 8 10

Dropped out: none.

Others receiving votes: Sigourney-Keota 4, Avoca AHSTW 1.

CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Algona Garrigan 9-0 52 2

(tie) Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3) 9-0 52 1

(tie) Saint Ansgar (2) 9-0 52 2

4. Council Bluffs St. Albert (1) 9-0 48 4

5. West Hancock 7-2 32 6

6. Lisbon 8-1 23 7

(tie) West Sioux 8-1 23 8

8. East Buchanan 7-2 21 9

9. Hudson 8-1 11 10

10. Lynnville-Sully 8-1 9 5

Dropped out: none.

Others receiving votes: Montezuma 7.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Fremont-Mills (5) 9-0 58 2

2. Turkey Valley (1) 9-0 51 3

3. Harris-Lake Park 9-0 44 4

4. Don Bosco 8-1 41 5

5. Coon Rapids-Bayard 8-1 36 5

6. Audubon 8-1 34 1

7. Lone Tree 8-1 15 8

8. Twin Cedars 9-0 12 10

9. Ar-We-Va 7-2 11 —

10. Ruthven GTRA 7-2 9 9

Dropped out: Midland (7).

Others receiving votes: Bedford 6, Newell-Fonda 5, Midland 4, Elkader Central 3, Iowa Valley 1.

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