IHSAA did good job with football districts
Some of us are quick to criticize the Iowa High School Athletic Association when they do something that appears slightly askew, so it's only fair to applaud them when they do something right.
And when it comes to the new assignments for district football, the IHSAA got it right.
The state association treated our Metro teams very fairly with the district assignments that were announced this past week. And even though the playoff field has been cut in half for the 2016 and 2017 campaign, most of our teams should have a good shot at making the postseason tournament.
There are no head-shakers in the assignments and no districts where it's obvious that somebody got a raw deal.
Let's start with District 8 in Class 4A, where the Kennedy Cougars were rewarded for their remarkable season this fall when they marched all the way to the state finals and finished with a 13-1 record.
Nobody else in District 8 had a winning record in 2015, although several teams came close. Ottumwa went 4-5, Prairie and Linn-Mar finished 4-6, Iowa City West went 4-7 and Burlington was 1-8. Read more...
