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Pirates prove they can hang with big schools
Dec. 14, 2011 6:08 pm
The Alburnett Pirates proved to others what they have already known - no matter the size or ranking, they can compete with anyone.
The Class 1A program ranks 219th in the BEDS document, which uses enrollment from grades 9 through 11 from the previous year, but managed to beat two ranked 3A teams to finish seventh at Saturday's Five Seasons Duals.
The Pirates, fifth in the 1A tournament rankings by The Predicament, beat ninth-ranked Urbandale, 40-39, and No. 10 Mason City, 36-34. Mason City was 33rd on the BEDS list with 907 ninth-through-11th graders last year, one spot ahead of Urbandale with 883. Alburnett had 159.
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