Preseason football notes from IHSAA

Some notes, courtesy Bud Legg of the IHSAA:

NEW RECLASSIFICATIONThis fall marks the first year of a new two-year re-classification of districts. These changes occur to take into account changes in school enrollment, sharing programs, whole grade sharing, etc. All told from the 2008 scheme, there are 56 total changes, which include two new programs (Meskwaki Settlement School, which played a schedule last year in 8-Player, and Woodward Academy, which is fielding a Class 1A team).There are 47 schools in Class 4A; 64 teams in each 3A, 2A, and 1A; 51 teams in Class A and 65 in 8-Player for a total of 355. The total represent a decrease of one in 4A (Newton goes to 3A); the number in classes 3A, 2A and 1A remain the same; a decrease of seven is in Class A, and there is an increase of six in 8-player over the 2009 to this fall.

PROGRAM/NAME CHANGES

Alta-Aurelia is sharing football and will compete in Class 1A. Alta was in Class A last year ago and Aurelia in 8-Player. They will be the Warriors. The two schools shared in baseball this summer.

EHK-Exira is the designation for Elk Horn Kimballton-Exira. The played eight-player a year ago but enrollment moved the Spartans to Class A.

Meskwaki Settlement School helped complete several eight-player schools' schedules last fall and the Warriors play continue in eight-player.

Nishnabotna started during track with the sharing of the Farragut and Hamburg programs. They remain in 8-player and are called the Blue Devils.

Ridge View is the official name of what used to be Buffalo Ridge and still represents Galva-Holstein and Schaller-Crestland. The team mascot/nickname is Raptors and they are in Class 1A.

South Central Calhoun is a merger of the Southern Cal and Rockwell City-Lytton programs. Both schools were in Class A last year, but their combined enrollment moves them to Class 2A. The new program has adopted the mascot/nickname of Titans.

Woodward Academy is fielding its first football team. The Knights are in Class 1A.

LONGEST CURRENT WINNING STREAKS – GOING INTO 2010Strk-Team Last Loss41 – Solon (2A) 16-7 to Central Lyon/G-LR, Nov. 18, 2006 (finals)14 – Iowa City, City (4A) 27-3 Xavier, Nov. 3, 200814 – Harlan Community (3A) 38-21 to Bishop Heelan, SC, Nov. 7, 200814 – St. Albert, Co. Bluffs (1A) 28-21 to West Lyon, Inwood, Nov. 7, 200813 – Southern Cal (A to 2A) 23-13 to Prairie Valley, Aug. 28. 20099 – Armstrong-Ringsted (8P) 30-28 to North Sentral Kossuth, Sept. 25, 2009

ALL-TIME UNBEATEN STREAKS 56 – Waterloo East (next to last game in 1965 (tie); last game of '65 thru '71: 56 without a loss; 55 all wins)49 – Harlan, first game 2003 – 2006 (to quarterfinals of play-offs)47 – West Des Moines Dowling, last 3 games of 1966 to the final (ninth game) of 1971 (one tie)47 – Anamosa, 1937 through 1945 (need the exact dates)44 – Ankeny, last four games 1932 through first game in 193841 – Solon, 2007 season to present40 – Mount Pleasant, 1957 (third game) – 1961 (seventh game)39 – Crestland, Early, last 2 games of 1967 through the first game of 197238 – Roland-Story, second game in 1979 through the 1982 play-offs.38 – Central Lyon, from fourth game 1974 through second game 197837 – Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 1963-67 (2 ties)36 – West Branch, first game 1991 to quarterfinals of play-offs 199336 – Bettendorf, first game 1987 to semifinals of play-offs 198934 – Wapsie Valley, 1986-1988

8-Player (25 or more)25 – Stanton, 2007 to the 2008 semifinals25 – Adair-Casey, last three regular season games of 2000 to play-offs semifinals of 2002