Iowa High School State Semifinal Matchups

[Blair Sanderson]

State semifinals are Wednesday-Saturday this week.

Who are you picking?

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CLASS 5A​

Friday, November 11
4:00— #14 Valley, West Des Moines (7-4) vs. #1 Dowling Catholic, WDM (10-1)
7:00— #6 Johnston (8-3) vs. #2 Southeast Polk (10-1)
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CLASS 4A​

Thursday, November 10
4:00— #5 Carlisle (10-1) vs. #3 Lewis Central (11-0)
7:00—#6 North Scott (9-2) vs. #1 Xavier, Cedar Rapids (11-0)
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CLASS 3A​

Saturday, November 12
4:00— #4 ADM (10-1) vs. #1 Harlan (10-1)
7:00—#3 Humboldt (10-1) vs. #2 Mount Vernon (11-0)
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CLASS 2A​

Saturday, November 12
10:00— #4 Wahlert Catholic, Dubuque (9-2) vs. #1 Williamsburg (11-0)
1:00— #3 OABCIG (10-1) vs. #2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (11-0)
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CLASS 1A​

Friday, November 11
10:00— #4 West Branch (11-0) vs. #1 Van Meter (10-1)
1:00— #3 Underwood (11-0) vs. #2 West Sioux, Hawarden (10-1)
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CLASS A​

Thursday, November 10
10:00— #4 Lynnville-Sully (11-0) vs. #1 West Hancock, Britt (11-0)
1:00— #3 Woodbury Central, Moville (11-0) vs. #2 Grundy Center (11-0)
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EIGHT-PLAYER​

Wednesday, November 9
1:00—Newell-Fonda (10-1) vs. WACO, Wayland (12-0)
4:00—Lenox (11-0) vs. St. Mary’s, Remsen (11-0)

 

[squeezebox]

It was pretty easy to pick out the d1 player as Cody Fox last week for the Grundy Center game. There is some talent down in class A this year.

 

[IAROY]

Here we go:

Dowling/SEP
Lewis Central/CR Xavier
Harlan/Mt. Vernon
W'Burg/CLGLR
VanMeter/W Sioux
West Hancock/Grundy Center
N. Fonda / Remsen stm

 

[ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAWK]

Wow class A has 4 undefeated teams left.

That could be an interesting final 4.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

State semifinals are Wednesday-Saturday this week.

Who are you picking?

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CLASS 5A​

Friday, November 11
4:00— #14 Valley, West Des Moines (7-4) vs. #1 Dowling Catholic, WDM (10-1)
7:00— #6 Johnston (8-3) vs. #2 Southeast Polk (10-1)
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CLASS 4A​

Thursday, November 10
4:00— #5 Carlisle (10-1) vs. #3 Lewis Central (11-0)
7:00—#6 North Scott (9-2) vs. #1 Xavier, Cedar Rapids (11-0)
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CLASS 3A​

Saturday, November 12
4:00— #4 ADM (10-1) vs. #1 Harlan (10-1)
7:00—#3 Humboldt (10-1) vs. #2 Mount Vernon (11-0)
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CLASS 2A​

Saturday, November 12
10:00— #4 Wahlert Catholic, Dubuque (9-2) vs. #1 Williamsburg (11-0)
1:00— #3 OABCIG (10-1) vs. #2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (11-0)
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CLASS 1A​

Friday, November 11
10:00— #4 West Branch (11-0) vs. #1 Van Meter (10-1)
1:00— #3 Underwood (11-0) vs. #2 West Sioux, Hawarden (10-1)
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CLASS A​

Thursday, November 10
10:00— #4 Lynnville-Sully (11-0) vs. #1 West Hancock, Britt (11-0)
1:00— #3 Woodbury Central, Moville (11-0) vs. #2 Grundy Center (11-0)
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EIGHT-PLAYER​

Wednesday, November 9
1:00—Newell-Fonda (10-1) vs. WACO, Wayland (12-0)
4:00—Lenox (11-0) vs. St. Mary’s, Remsen (11-0)

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Dowling and SEP
Xavier and CBLC
Harlan and MV
Williamsburg and OABCIG
West Branch and WSH
Britt and Grundy Center
Newell Fonda and SMR

 

[BlIIlken2]

Eastern Iowa big class represent. SMDH, wow we suck at high school football now.

 

[RothMatt]

Van Meter has outscored their two playoff opponents by almost 95 points and the only loss duri g the season was to number one rated class two A team. They've had an unreal five year stretch.
Go blue!!

 

[obfuscating]

Dowling/SEP
Lewis Central/CR Xavier
Harlan/Mt. Vernon
W'Burg/CLGLR
VanMeter/W Sioux
West Hancock/Grundy Center
N. Fonda / Remsen stm

 

[Niko13]

Eastern Iowa big class represent. SMDH, wow we suck at high school football now.

My school district, North Scott repping but that's about it. Eastern Iowa football has really fallen off over the last 5 or so years

 

[kceasthawk]

My school district, North Scott repping but that's about it. Eastern Iowa football has really fallen off over the last 5 or so years

I know I asked about that last year, what the hell happened to the Quad cities in football. When I played in the mid to late 70's Either West or Central was in the title game almost every year against a Des Moines school and Bettendorf was an up and coming school

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

My picks

5A
Dowling
SEP

4A
LC
Xavier

3A
Harlan
MV

2A
Williamsburg
OAGBIC

1A
Van Meter
Underwood

A
GC
West Hancock

8
NF
St Mary’s

Western Iowa representing!

Out of those teams, I’m most familiar with Woodbury Central, Underwood and Harlan. Harlan is ridiculously good. Their only loss was to 4A’s Lewis Central. Iowa commit Aiden Hall is a stud.

Woodbury Central. My son’s HS team took WC to overtime a few weeks ago. Tri-Center was a playoff team, but then lost in the first round to Gehlen Catholic. Either they had a poor performance against us, or quite possibly we have their number as we beat them in the regular season last year. Grundy Center won easily last year and I expect the same this year.

Underwood. Another team my Tri-Center team faced earlier this Fall. Their only loss was to 4A Lewis Central. Yes, that’s right, a 1A school played a 4A, semi final team. They only lost by 15. For a 1A school, they have a 3A/4A size line, veteran QB and speed at RB and WR. This is Underwood’s year.

 

[RothMatt]

My picks

5A
Dowling
SEP

4A
LC
Xavier

3A
Harlan
MV

2A
Williamsburg
OAGBIC

1A
Van Meter
Underwood

A
GC
West Hancock

8
NF
St Mary’s

Western Iowa representing!

Out of those teams, I’m most familiar with Woodbury Central, Underwood and Harlan. Harlan is ridiculously good. Their only loss was to 4A’s Lewis Central. Iowa commit Aiden Hall is a stud.

Woodbury Central. My son’s HS team took WC to overtime a few weeks ago. Tri-Center was a playoff team, but then lost in the first round to Gehlen Catholic. Either they had a poor performance against us, or quite possibly we have their number as we beat them in the regular season last year. Grundy Center won easily last year and I expect the same this year.

Underwood. Another team my Tri-Center team faced earlier this Fall. Their only loss was to 4A Lewis Central. Yes, that’s right, a 1A school played a 4A, semi final team. They only lost by 15. For a 1A school, they have a 3A/4A size line, veteran QB and speed at RB and WR. This is Underwood’s year.

Impressive!

 

[IAROY]

My picks

5A
Dowling
SEP

4A
LC
Xavier

3A
Harlan
MV

2A
Williamsburg
OAGBIC

1A
Van Meter
Underwood

A
GC
West Hancock

8
NF
St Mary’s

Western Iowa representing!

Out of those teams, I’m most familiar with Woodbury Central, Underwood and Harlan. Harlan is ridiculously good. Their only loss was to 4A’s Lewis Central. Iowa commit Aiden Hall is a stud.

Woodbury Central. My son’s HS team took WC to overtime a few weeks ago. Tri-Center was a playoff team, but then lost in the first round to Gehlen Catholic. Either they had a poor performance against us, or quite possibly we have their number as we beat them in the regular season last year. Grundy Center won easily last year and I expect the same this year.

Underwood. Another team my Tri-Center team faced earlier this Fall. Their only loss was to 4A Lewis Central. Yes, that’s right, a 1A school played a 4A, semi final team. They only lost by 15. For a 1A school, they have a 3A/4A size line, veteran QB and speed at RB and WR. This is Underwood’s year.

Grundy won last year at what? Definitely not the title game. They lost in brutal fashion with the clock running out when they were in the redzone.

 

[MepoDawg#]

Wow, everyone potentially sleeping on WACO in 8-man.

 

[RonaldMexico]

Van Meter has outscored their two playoff opponents by almost 95 points and the only loss duri g the season was to number one rated class two A team. They've had an unreal five year stretch.
Go blue!!

You mean the second string open enrollers from Waukee?

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

State semifinals are Wednesday-Saturday this week.

Who are you picking?

-

CLASS 5A​

Friday, November 11
4:00— #14 Valley, West Des Moines (7-4) vs. #1 Dowling Catholic, WDM (10-1)
7:00— #6 Johnston (8-3) vs. #2 Southeast Polk (10-1)
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CLASS 4A​

Thursday, November 10
4:00— #5 Carlisle (10-1) vs. #3 Lewis Central (11-0)
7:00—#6 North Scott (9-2) vs. #1 Xavier, Cedar Rapids (11-0)
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CLASS 3A​

Saturday, November 12
4:00— #4 ADM (10-1) vs. #1 Harlan (10-1)
7:00—#3 Humboldt (10-1) vs. #2 Mount Vernon (11-0)
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CLASS 2A​

Saturday, November 12
10:00— #4 Wahlert Catholic, Dubuque (9-2) vs. #1 Williamsburg (11-0)
1:00— #3 OABCIG (10-1) vs. #2 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (11-0)
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CLASS 1A​

Friday, November 11
10:00— #4 West Branch (11-0) vs. #1 Van Meter (10-1)
1:00— #3 Underwood (11-0) vs. #2 West Sioux, Hawarden (10-1)
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CLASS A​

Thursday, November 10
10:00— #4 Lynnville-Sully (11-0) vs. #1 West Hancock, Britt (11-0)
1:00— #3 Woodbury Central, Moville (11-0) vs. #2 Grundy Center (11-0)
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EIGHT-PLAYER​

Wednesday, November 9
1:00—Newell-Fonda (10-1) vs. WACO, Wayland (12-0)
4:00—Lenox (11-0) vs. St. Mary’s, Remsen (11-0)

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5A- Dowling vs Southeast Polk in a classic DSM suburb circle jerk

4A- Lewis Central vs CR Xavier

3A- Adel-Desoto-Minburn vs Humboldt

2A- Williamsburg vs Central Lyon/George-Little Rock

1A- Van Meter vs West Sioux in another 'we've seen these teams too many times before, enough is enough.....go away' circle jerk.........but also don't bring back Regina

A- West Hancock, Britt vs Grundy Center (see 1A)

8M- Remsen-St. Mary's vs doesn't matter

 

[Gonzo Bloor]

Don't sleep on Carlisle. I think that could be an interesting game v. LC.

 

[MepoDawg#]

You mean the second string open enrollers from Waukee?

Except pointed out in another thread that Van Meter closed open enrollment in 2017. Don’t know if that’s true, but someone else posted it.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

8-man Semifinals:
WACO, Wayland over Newell-Fonda 29-21.

Remsen-St. Mary's 42, Lenox 20


8M State Championship:
Remsen-St. Mary's (12-0) vs WACO, Wayland (13-0)

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Grundy won last year at what? Definitely not the title game. They lost in brutal fashion with the clock running out when they were in the redzone.

GC beat WC last year 28-7 In the playoffs.

 

[SoDakHawk]

Wait, when did they make a Class 5A? Used to be 4A was the largest class.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Wait, when did they make a Class 5A? Used to be 4A was the largest class.

Last year maybe?......

Worth it, but also it was never meant to really change things at the top.

Certain classes below 5A were just getting log-jammed with teams, and this just helps to balance things out a bit more, even if it might mean a little more traveling as well. And it also gets some of the smallest would-be 4A schools out from under the DSM suburb domination in 5A.

 

[Lisbon Hawk]

GC beat WC last year 28-7 In the playoffs.

Let's Go Woodbury Central!

 

[squeezebox]

Let's Go Woodbury Central!

That was one wild 1st half. Looked like it could be tied going into half, turn around 6 minutes later it's 28-7.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Eastern Iowa big class represent. SMDH, wow we suck at high school football now.

In 5A, yes. The rest are okay.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Don't sleep on Carlisle. I think that could be an interesting game v. LC.

They smoked our Liberty boys. That hadn't happened all year and Liberty played a few 5A schools who were ranked... but we beat both of them.

 

[cecilB]

It’s hard to believe Wahlert is 2A ?!?! Crazy enrollment through the years

 

[Gus is dead]

Carlisle goes down to LC. I can’t see Xavier losing in the championship.

 

[Gonzo Bloor]

Carlisle goes down to LC. I can’t see Xavier losing in the championship.

Yeah I really thought Carlisle would keep it closer. LC p*ss pounded them. Going to be another good one I'm sure between LC and Xavier.

 

[SBWarriorHawk]

Wait, when did they make a Class 5A? Used to be 4A was the largest class.

Who knows anymore there are 25 classes in Iowa high school football. UNI is klling on the rent payout.

 

[SBWarriorHawk]

5A- Dowling vs Southeast Polk in a classic DSM suburb circle jerk

4A- Lewis Central vs CR Xavier

3A- Adel-Desoto-Minburn vs Humboldt

2A- Williamsburg vs Central Lyon/George-Little Rock

1A- Van Meter vs West Sioux in another 'we've seen these teams too many times before, enough is enough.....go away' circle jerk.........but also don't bring back Regina

A- West Hancock, Britt vs Grundy Center (see 1A)

8M- Remsen-St. Mary's vs doesn't matter

This is just a cluster. How about 3/4 classes for some real competition.
Dowling will win it again yawn
Xavier recruits well yawn
Harlan will clock run everyone is 3A which is really 1A now yawn
Van Meter/Waukee JV yawn
Grundy Center yawn
Remsen 8 man two yawns make it three

 

[sellarsd]

Don't sleep on Carlisle. I think that could be an interesting game v. LC.

I haven't lived in Iowa in 13 years......how the hell is Carlisle a 4A school?! They were 1 or 2A when I left.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I haven't lived in Iowa in 13 years......how the hell is Carlisle a 4A school?! They were 1 or 2A when I left.

I'm assuming they're bottom of 4A.

 

[QChawks]

West Branch getting smoked

 

[Blair Sanderson]

I'm assuming they're bottom of 4A.

25th of 36 in 4A for enrollment. Also 36 schools in 5A of course too.

Classifications: Football

www.iahsaa.org

 

[RothMatt]

This is just a cluster. How about 3/4 classes for some real competition.
Dowling will win it again yawn
Xavier recruits well yawn
Harlan will clock run everyone is 3A which is really 1A now yawn
Van Meter/Waukee JV yawn
Grundy Center yawn
Remsen 8 man two yawns make it three

Well maybe those young men should have stayed there and made one of two teams from Waukee better. With two teams there now I don't think there is as much transferring done as you would think. Also, VM's rapidly growing population would make transferring all that easy anymore.

 

[natewantofbees]

How about those Valley Tigers ?? 14 seed moving on to the finals.

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

Dowling should start recruiting into Florida

 

[WWDMHawkeye]

How about those Valley Tigers ?? 14 seed moving on to the finals.

Go Tigers! Crazy -- they've had some incredible teams fall short of the finals, and now this most unlikely of groups actually makes it, with a wild comeback win over Dowling, of all people. Now let's go shock the world and win it all.

 

[KFSuperStar]

25th of 36 in 4A for enrollment. Also 36 schools in 5A of course too.

Classifications: Football

www.iahsaa.org

Remsen St Mary’s gonna roll with 2nd fewest kids (49) in the state.