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Playoff pairings will be set as high school football regular season comes to a close

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Todd Tharp

The offices of the Iowa High School Athletic Association in Boone will be busy on Friday night as officials determine the qualifiers and set the pairings for the high school football playoffs. Todd Tharp of the IHSAA says the first chore will be to gather scores and determine the 96 qualifiers. They hope to release the teams that are in by midnight.

“So we will list each class and who the district champion was in each district and who the district runner-up was”, said Tharp. “In classes 3A, 2A, 1A and A we will also list the at-large qualifiers.”

Tharp says the qualifiers will be placed on a map and then they will go to work on the pairings which they hope to release at 2:00a.m. on Saturday and for the second straight year a complete bracket will be released for all six classes.

“That was brought back by popular demand from our football coaches and from our friends in the media”, added Tharp. “Spectators also liked the idea of the bracket and seeing who they will be playing throughout and so we respected those wishes.”

The opening round of the playoffs is October 27.

Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/16/17

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Class 4A
1. Iowa City West (8-0), LW #2 @ Ottumwa
2. Dowling Catholic (7-1), LW #1 vs Ames
3. WDM Valley (7-1), LW #3 @ Marshalltown
4. Bettendorf (7-1), LW #4 @ Davenport Central
5. Cedar Rapids Prairie (7-1), LW #5 vs CR Kennedy
6. Johnston (7-1), LW #6 @ Sioux City East
7. Cedar Falls (7-1), LW #7 vs Waterloo East
8. North Scott (7-1), LW #9 vs Davenport West
9. S.E. Polk (5-3), LW #10 @ Fort Dodge
10.Ankeny Centennial (6-2), LW (X) vs Sioux City West

Class 3A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (8-0), LW #1 vs South Tama
2. Solon (8-0), LW #2 vs Fairfield
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (8-0), LW #3 vs Storm Lake
4. Dallas Center-Grimes (8-0), LW #4 @ Gilbert
5. Pella (7-1), LW #5 vs Nevada
6. Harlan (7-1), LW #6 @ Atlantic
7. Webster City (7-1), LW #8 @ Boone
8. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-1), LW #9 @ Charles City
9. Davenport Assumption (6-2), LW #10 vs Marion (Thur)
10.Carlisle (7-1), LW (X) vs Norwalk

Class 2A
1. Cascade (8-0), LW #1 vs #9 Union
2. Mount Vernon (7-1), LW #2 vs #6 Williamsburg
3. Waukon (7-1), LW #3 vs North Fayette Valley
4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-1), LW #4 vs Central Lyon/GLR
5. Clear Lake (7-1), LW #5 vs New Hampton
6. Williamsburg (7-1), LW #6 @ #2 Mount Vernon
7. South Central Calhoun (7-1), LW #8 vs East Sac County
8. PCM (Monroe) (7-1), LW #9 @ Clarke (Osceola)
9. Union (LaPorte City), LW #10 @ #1 Cascade
10.Aplington-Parkersburg (7-1), LW (X) vs Saydel

Class 1A
1. West Lyon (8-0), LW #1 @ Emmetsburg
2. Pella Christian (8-0), LW #2 @ Woodward-Granger
3. Van Meter (8-0), LW #3 vs Madrid
4. Iowa City Regina (6-2), LW #4 @ Louisa-Muscatine
5. AHSTW (Avoca) (8-0), LW #5 @ Missouri Valley
6. West Branch (8-0), LW #6 @ Clayton Ridge
7. Western Christian (Hull) (6-2), LW #8 @ Sibley-Ocheyedan
8. Bellevue (7-1), LW #9 vs #10 Maquoketa Valley
9. Denver (7-1), LW #10 vs Central Springs
10.Maquoketa Valley (7-1), LW (X) @ #8 Bellevue

Class A
1. Lynnville-Sully (7-0), LW #1 @ Montezuma
2. West Sioux (8-0), LW #2 vs Akron-Westfield
3. Hudson (8-0), LW #3 @ Belle Plaine
4. Algona Garrigan (8-0), LW #4 vs Fort Dodge St. Edmond
5. Wapsie Valley (8-0), LW #5 vs North Linn
6. Saint Ansgar (8-0), LW #6 vs Rockford
7. Southwest Valley (8-0), LW #7 vs Riverside (Oakland)
8. Council Bluffs St. Albert (7-1), LW #8 @ Griswold
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (7-1), LW #9 @ Calfax-Mingo
10.East Buchanan (7-1), LW #10 @ Starmont

8-Man
1. Don Bosco (8-0), LW #1 vs #5 Tripoli
2. Audubon (8-0), LW #2 vs AR-WE-VA
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (8-0), LW #3 vs Clay Central-Everly
4. Sidney (8-0), LW #4 @ Clarinda Academy
5. Tripoli (8-0), LW #5 @ #1 Don Bosco
6. Newell-Fonda (7-1), LW #6 @ Collins-Maxwell
7. Riceville (7-1), LW #7 vs Dunkerton
8. Stanton (7-1), LW #8 vs Bedford
9. Baxter (7-1), LW #9 @ Easton Valley
10.Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayshire (5-2), LW #10 vs West Bend-Mallard

Coe College dedicates new athletic facility

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Coe College’s new athletic facility.

Coe College in Cedar Rapids is showing off its new gym and athletic facility today.

The $21 million project, launched in 2015 and funded primarily by donations, was the largest capital project in Coe College history.

Coe President Dave McInally told KCRG-TV it’s already paying off. “It’s helped us increase our enrollment and bring more people to our community,” McInally said.

Dave McInally

The project includes 200,000 square feet of new and renovated athletic facilities, including a 1,600 seat arena and a new wrestling room, the largest of its kind out of all NCAA Division-III schools. McInally call it an investment for the college that goes far beyond the campus.

“It’s a time of growth for Coe, it’s a time of growth for Cedar Rapids,” McInally said. “So we feel as if this building is an investment not only in our campus but in the whole community and we want to be a part of that progress.” Coe College welcomed 446 new full-time students this fall, the largest incoming class in its history. Total enrollment at the college this fall is 1,348.

Coe College Secretary Rod Pritchard told KCRG-TV the new facilities were needed to keep attracting students. “It makes us highly competitive, we’ve become the fastest growing college in the state. We think this will help attract a lot of new Kohawks to Coe College, whether they’re student athletes or just students who like to use the fitness facilities,” Pritchard said.

A dedication ceremony is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today and the facilities will be open to the public Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. This is homecoming weekend at Coe.

 

Iowa and UNI to play in 2020

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The University of Iowa has added a home date with Northern Iowa to complete its 2020 football schedule. The Hawkeyes and Panthers will open the season Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Kinnick Stadium.

With the addition of Northern Iowa , Iowa has also announced the movement of the 2020 nonconference game against Northern Illinois from September 5 to September 26, also at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes also host Iowa State on September 12, as part of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa opens Big Ten play at Minnesota on Sept. 19, 2020.

Both Northern Illinois and Northern Iowa are also on Iowa’s 2018 nonconference schedule. Iowa holds a 16-1 series advantage over Northern Iowa, including a 31-23 decision in 2014 in the most recent meeting. The Hawkeyes lead the series with Northern Illinois 8-1, with NIU winning 30-27 in 2013 when the teams last met.

 

Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/10/17

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Class 4A
1. Dowling Catholic (7-0), LW #1 vs Ankeny Centennial
2. Iowa City West (7-0), LW #2 vs Linn-Mar
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #3 @ Newton
4. Bettendorf (6-1), LW #4 vs Iowa City High
5. Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-1), LW #5 @ Burlington
6. Johnston (6-1), LW #6 @ #8 Waukee
7. Cedar Falls (6-1), LW #7 vs CR Jefferson
8. Waukee (5-2), LW #8 vs #6 Johnston
9. North Scott (6-1), LW #10 @ Dubuque Senior
10.S.E. Polk (4-3), LW (X) vs Marshalltown

Class 3A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-0), LW #1 @ Vinton-Shellsburg
2. Solon (7-0), LW #2 vs West Burlington
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (7-0), LW #3 @ Spirit Lake
4. Dallas Center-Grimes (7-0), LW #4 vs Boone
5. Pella (6-1), LW #5 @ North Polk
6. Harlan (6-1), LW #6 vs Denison-Schleswig
7. West Delaware (6-1), LW #9 @ Marion
8. Webster City (6-1), LW #10 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
9. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #8 vs South Tama
10.Davenport Assumption (5-2), LW (X) @ Clear Creek-Amana

Class 2A
1. Cascade (7-0), LW #2 @ Waterloo Columbus
2. Mount Vernon (6-1), LW #3 @ West Liberty
3. Waukon (6-1), LW #5 vs Oelwein
4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (6-1), LW #6 @ #7 Sioux Center
5. Clear Lake (6-1), LW #7 @ Crestwood
6. Williamsburg (6-1), LW #1 vs N.E. (Goose Lake)
7. Sioux Center (7-0), LW #8 vs #4 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
8. South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW #9 @ Red Oak
9. PCM (Monroe) (6-1), LW #10 @ Davis County
10.Union (LaPorte City) (5-2), LW #4 vs North Fayette Valley

Class 1A
1. West Lyon (7-0), LW #1 vs Sibley-Ocheyedan
2. Pella Christian (7-0), LW #2 vs Central Decatur
3. Van Meter (7-0), LW #4 vs Panorama
4. Iowa City Regina (5-2), LW #6 vs Columbus Jct.
5. AHSTW (Avoca) (7-0), LW #7 vs Logan-Magnolia
6. West Branch (7-0), LW #8 vs Tipton
7. Pleasantville (6-1), LW #5 vs Woodward-Granger
8. Western Christian (Hull) (5-2), LW #3 vs Unity Christian
9. Bellevue (6-1), LW #9 vs Jesup
10.Denver (6-1), LW #10 @ BCLUW

Class A
1. Lynnville-Sully (7-0), LW #3 Idle
2. West Sioux (7-0), LW #4 @ Woodbury Central
3. Hudson (7-0), LW #6 vs Grand View Christian
4. Algona Garrigan (7-0), LW #5 @ HMS Hartley
5. Wapsie Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ Postville
6. Saint Ansgar (7-0), LW #8 @ West Hancock
7. Southwest Valley (7-0), LW #10 @ S.E. Warren
8. Council Bluffs St. Albert (6-1), LW #2 vs Riverside (Oakland)
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-1), LW #1 vs Belle Plaine
10.East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 @ Edgewood-Colesburg

8-Man
1. Don Bosco (7-0), LW #1 @ Central City
2. Audubon (7-0), LW #2 vs Collins-Maxwell
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #3 vs Heartland Christian
4. Sidney (7-0), LW #4 vs Essex
5. Tripoli (7-0), LW #6 vs Dunkerton
6. Newell-Fonda (6-1), LW #6 @ West Bend-Mallard
7. Riceville (6-1), LW (X) vs North Iowa
8. Stanton (7-1), LW (X) Idle
9. Baxter (6-1), LW (X) vs Springville
10.Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire (4-2), LW (X) @ Harris-Lake Park

 

Lanning and Kempt earn weekly honors from Big-12

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Joel Lanning (ISU photo)

The Big 12 Conference announced today that Iowa State senior linebacker Joel Lanning and senior quarterback Kyle Kempt were named Big 12 Defensive and Offensive Players of the Week, respectively.

Lanning was sensational in Iowa State’s 38-31 upset win over No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday. Playing on both sides of the ball, Lanning totaled 78 snaps (57 on defense, 13 on offense, eight on special teams).

Lanning, a native of Ankeny, Iowa, recorded eight tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery deep inside ISU territory to halt an OU scoring drive.

On offense, Lanning rushed for 35 yards (nine carries) and threw for 25 yards (2-of-3).

He currently ranks sixth nationally in tackles per game at 10.8, recording the most tackles in a game by a Big 12 player this season with 20 vs. Texas.

In his first career start, Kempt completed 18 of his 24 attempts through the air for 343 yards. He led four Iowa State touchdown drives that were 70 yards or more, including a 94-yard march.

Kempt, a native of Massillon, Ohio, had three touchdown passes were, all in the second half, helping ISU erase an 11-point deficit.

Iowa defense will face new look Illinois offense

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The Iowa defense is preparing to face multiple quarterbacks this week when they host Illinois. Jeff George junior will get his first start for the Illini after Chayce Crouch started the first four games of the season. Hawkeye linebacker Josey Jewell says while Crouch was more of a running threat George is a classis pocket passer.

“You have to be ready for either one of them”, said Jewell. “With a running quarterback you usually want to keep eyes on him in zone coverage and with a guy that is going to stay and pass you want to keep your eyes out of the wide receivers. You have to be ready for a bunch of different stuff.”

George has played in one game this season. He came on in relief of Crouch in a 47-23 loss at South Florida and completed 12 of 22 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns. He also had an interception. Iowa linebacker Ben Niemann says the change at quarterback has forced the Hawkeyes to adjust their game plan.

“It changes your preparation”, said Niemann. “I think it is good we found out early in the week versus on game day.”

Illinois coach Lovie Smith hopes the change will jump start an Illinois passing game that managed only 99 yards in a 28-6 loss to Nebraska.

“We are not a passing team but we need to be able to pass the ball”, said Smith. “You need to be able to run the football but there is a reason the forward pass is a part of it and we need to be able to do that.”

Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/2/17

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Class 4A
1. Dowling Catholic (6-0), LW #1 @ C.B. Abe Lincoln
2. Iowa City West (6-0), LW #2 vs C.R. Kennedy
3. WDM Valley (5-1), LW #3 vs Indianola
4. Bettendorf (5-1), LW #4 @ Davenport North (Thurs)
5. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-1), LW #5 @ Linn-Mar
6. Johnston (5-1), LW #6 vs Sioux City North
7. Cedar Falls (5-1), LW #7 @ Waterloo West
8. Waukee (4-2), LW #8 @ DSM East
9. Pleasant Valley (5-1), LW #9 # #10 North Scott
10.North Scott (5-1), LW (X) vs #9 Pleasant Valley

Class 3A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-0), LW #1 vs #8 Waverly-Shell Rock
2. Solon (6-0), LW #2 @ Mount Pleasant
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (6-0), LW #3 vs Humboldt
4. Dallas Center-Grimes (6-0), LW #5 @ Iowa Falls-Alden
5. Pella (5-1), LW #7 vs Norwalk
6. Harlan (5-1), LW #8 @ Winterset
7. Boone (6-0), LW #9 vs Ballard
8. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-0), LW (X) @ #1 C.R. Xavier
9. West Delaware (5-1), LW (X) vs Dubuque Wahlert
10.Webster City (5-1), LW #6 @ Perry

Class 2A
1. Williamsburg (6-0), LW #1 vs West Liberty
2. Cascade (6-0), LW #2 vs Dyersville Beckman
3. Mount Vernon (5-1), LW #3 vs Mediapolis
4. Union (LaPorte City), (5-1), LW #4 vs #5 Waukon
5. Waukon (5-1), LW #5 @ #4 Union
6. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (5-1), LW #6 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
7. Clear Lake (5-1), LW #7 vs Clarion-Goldfield-Dows/CAL
8. Sioux Center (6-0), LW #8 vs Sheldon
9. South Central Calhoun (5-1), LW #9 @ Underwood
10.PCM (Monroe) (5-1), LW #10 vs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

Class 1A
1. West Lyon (6-0), LW #1 vs #3 Western Christian
2. Pella Christian (6-0), LW #2 @ #5 Pleasantville
3. Western Christian (5-1), LW #3 @ #1 West Lyon
4. Van Meter (6-0), LW #4 @ West Central Valley
5. Pleasantville (6-0), LW #5 vs #2 Pella Christian
6. Iowa City Regina (4-2), LW #6 vs Van Buren
7. AHSTW (Avoca) (6-0), LW #7 @ OA-BCIG
8. West Branch (6-0), LW #8 @ North Cedar
9. Bellevue (5-1), LW #9 @ Clayton Ridge
10.Denver (5-1), LW (X) vs MFL MarMac

Class A
1. Gladbrook-Reiunbeck (6-0), LW #1 vs #6 Hudson
2. Council Bluffs St. Albert (6-0), LW #2 vs #10 Southwest Valley
3. Lynnville-Sully (6-0), LW #3 @ New London
4. West Sioux (6-0), LW #4 vs Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto
5. Algona Garrigan (6-0), LW #5 vs Ridge View
6. Hudson (6-0), LW #6 @ #1 Gladbrook-Reinbeck
7. Wapsie Valley (6-0), LW #7 vs Starmont
8. Saint Ansgar (6-0), LW #9 vs Mason City Newman
9. East Buchanan (5-1), LW #10 vs Alburnett
10.Southwest Valley (6-0), LW (X) @ #2 St. Albert

8-man
1. Don Bosco (6-0), LW #1 vs West Central (Maynard)
2. Audubon (6-0), LW #2 @ Glidden-Ralston
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (6-0), LW #3 @ Kingsley-Pierson
4. Sidney (6-0), LW #4 @ Woodbine
5. Harris-Lake Park (4-1), LW #5 @ #8 Newell-Fonda
6. Tripoli (6-0), LW #7 vs North Iowa
7. AR-WE-VA (Westside) (6-1), LW #8 @ Boyer Valley
8. Newell-Fonda (5-1), LW #9 vs #5 Harris-Lake Park
9. Colo-Nesco (5-1), LW (X) @ HLV (Victor)
10.Janesville (5-1), LW (X) vs Riceville

Texas holds off Iowa State 17-7

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Texas jumped out to a 14-0 lead at halftime then held off Iowa State in the second half to claim a 17-7 victory in a mistake filled Big 12 opener in Jack Trice Stadium. It was a struggle all night for the Iowa State defense. Quarterback Jacob Park was intercepted three times and the Cyclones managed only 10 yards of rushing.

“I thought our kids played outstanding in terms of attitude and effort”, said Iowa State coach Matt Campbell. “In a game like this you have got to make critical plays and I thought defensively we were able to do that for most of the evening. Offensively at times we made some really good plays we just could not get the consistency we needed to win the game.”

The Iowa State defense was outstanding. The Cyclones limited Texas to 312 yards of offense, including only 126 in the second half and the Longhorns were also penalized seven times in the second half.

Park finished 24 of 49 for 246 yards but for the game ISU only had 256 yards of total offense.

“There was never a rhythm to what we wanted to do or needed to do to be successful”, added Campbell. “To be able to cash in on some opportunities you need to have a rhythm and we never caught a rhythm throughout the entire game.”

Iowa State falls to 2-2 and next up visits Oklahoma.

Iowa State unveils new helmet logo for Texas game

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The Iowa State Athletic Department unveiled a new logo for Cyclone football team helmets late today.

The logo is being used for the first time as ISU hosts Texas in Jack Trice Stadium in a nationally televised game on ESPN.

The Athletic Department says it is the latest step in Coach Matt Campbell’s transformation of the Cyclone football identity. The new Cyclone logo was created by Joe Bosack & Co. this summer to serve as a nickname logo for the athletics department.

The I-State mark will continue to be Iowa State’s primary athletic mark. The athletic department will also continue to include logos of Cy as a mascot mark in its portfolio.