State News

4 Metro teams in IGHSAU hoops polls

Washington and Kennedy are ranked in the top 10, and Xavier and Linn-Mar are in the top 15 in this week's Class 4A girls basketball poll released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Washington (1-0) is ranked No. 7 and Kennedy (1-0) is No. 10.  Xavier (3-1) is No. 12 and Linn-Mar (2-1) is No. 14.

Iowa City West (2-0) is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A. The other top-ranked teams are Williamsburg (3-0) in 3A, OA-BCIG (4-0) in 2A and North Mahaska (2-0) in 1A.

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Henry, Atwater make Register elite football team

DES MOINES - Linn-Mar High School seniors Andy Henry and Mark Atwater were named to the Des Moines Register Elite All-State Football Team Sunday morning.

Henry made the Elite Offense at wide receiver after catching 53 passes with 18 touchdowns. Atwater was named to the Elite Defense after starring at linebacker.

Atwater also excelled as a quarterback for the Lions, but Blake Gimbel of Marshalltown and Kyle Starcevich of Southeast Polk were honored as the top quarterbacks in the state.

Cedar Rapids Washington senior Sean Bredl and Xavier senior William Wright were named to the Class 4A Second Team Offense as linemen. Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Logan LeTellier was honored on the Class 4A Second Team Defense as a lineman.

Marion High School senior Jake McDonald was named to the Class 3A First Team Defense at linebacker.

You can see all of the Register's all-state football selections at www.dmregister.com.

Western Iowa 4A football going to divisions

CEDAR FALLS - Changes are coming to Class 4A football - at least on one side of the state.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association will introduce a hybrid model of district football to the state's largest classification next fall when the 23 teams in the western side of the state divide into four divisions.

Thus, the CIML, as a football conference, is history.

"Western Iowa football as we've known it is done," Johnston athletic director Gary Ross said Saturday morning after the IHSAA's monthly board of control meeting.

Ross, the board's vice chairperson, co-chaired a sub-committee last month that organized a Nov. 3 summit in Boone. The meeting was spurred by an IHSAA survey that revealed 25 of the 47 schools playing 4A football favored a switch to district play.

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Washington 7th in 1st girls basketball poll

Cedar Rapids Washington is ranked seventh and Xavier and Kennedy are 11th and 12th, respectively, in the Class 4A preseason girls basketball poll released Friday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Washington lost four starters from last year's state tournament qualifier, but the Warriors return their second-leading scorer, Jazz Royster.

Kennedy is the only team ranked in the top 15 that had a losing record last year. The Cougars were 9-14, but return third team all-stater Courtney Strait, who averaged 15.7 points per game.

Xavier returns two starters -- seniors Annie Dale and Emily Walvoord -- from last year's team that lost to Linn-Mar in the regional final.

Iowa City West is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A. The Women of Troy lost in last year's state championship game to Des Moines East.

The other top-ranked teams are Williamsburg in Class 3A, OA-BCIG in 2A and North Mahaska in 1A. OA-BCIG is the defending champ in 2A.

IGHSAU PRESEASON GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL
(2010-11 record in parentheses)

CLASS 4A
1. Iowa City West (23-3)
2. SE Polk (23-3)
3. Ankeny (20-4)
4. Mason City (19-6)
5. Waukee (19-6)
6. Ames (13-8)
7. CR Washington (19-4)
8. WDM Dowling (18-5)
9. Muscatine (13-10)
10. Lewis Central (20-3)
11. CR Xavier (15-8)
12. CR Kennedy (9-14)
13. Iowa City High (17-6)
14. WDM Valley (13-9)
15. Ottumwa (14-9)

CLASS 3A
1. Williamsburg (20-4)
2. South Tama (22-3)
3. Dubuque Wahlert (15-8)
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (23-3)
5. Davenport Assumption (25-2)
6. Benton Community (20-5)
7. MOC-Floyd Valley (25-1)
8. Glenwood (16-6)
9. Washington (18-6)
10. SC Heelan (15-9)
11. Union (16-7)
12. Bondurant-Farrar (20-3)
13. Spirit Lake (15-7)
14. Waverly-Shell Rock (20-4)
15. Centerville (16-7)

CLASS 2A
1. OA-BCIG (26-0)
2. Estherville-Lincoln Central (23-5)
3. Carroll Kuemper (20-5)
4. IKM-Manning (19-5)
5. West Hancock (25-2)
6. Monticello (25-2)
7. Pella Christian (20-5)
8. Panorama (20-3)
9. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (17-3)
10. Lawton-Bronson (18-7)
11. Manson NW Webster (21-3)
12. Mediapolis (17-4)
13. Western Christian (19-5)
14. Van Buren (21-3)
15. West Burlington (19-3)

CLASS 1A
1. North Mahaska (23-3)
2. Bedford (21-5)
3. Ar-We-Va (24-3)
4. North Butler (19-3)
5. North Tama (20-4)
6. Tripoli (23-2)
7. LeMars Gehlen (16-6)
8. Newell-Fonda (14-11)
9. West Sioux (17-8)
10. Lynnville-Sully (20-5)
11. Adair-Casey (18-4)
12. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (18-6)
13. Central Lyon (17-6)
14. Iowa Christian Academy (14-7)
15. Martensdale-St. Marys (26-2)