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Lions ranked 3rd in AP football poll

Linn-Mar jumped two spots to No. 3 in the Associated Press Class 4A high school football poll released Monday.

The Lions (6-0) disposed of Dubuque Senior, 41-7, Friday night, their fifth straight game scoring 40 or more points. They moved up when previously-No. 2 Iowa City High was beaten by Cedar Rapids Washington, 27-24, and former No. 4 Ankeny fell to West Des Moines Dowling, 28-16.

Cedar Falls (6-0) is still ranked No. 1. West Des Moines Valley (6-0) moved up one spot to No. 2. Linn-Mar, Southeast Polk (5-1) and Iowa City High (5-1) round out the top five.

Linn-Mar plays Washington (4-2) Friday night at Kingston Stadium.

Iowa City West (5-1) remains ranked ninth. The Trojans play Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3-3) Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.

All the top-ranked teams in each class remain the same. They are Clear Lake (6-0) in 3A, Iowa City Regina (6-0) in 2A, Council Bluffs St. Albert (6-0) in 1A, LeMars Gehlen (6-0) in A and Armstrong-Ringsted (7-0) in 8-Man.

AP FOOTBALL POLLS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A
1. Cedar Falls (13), 6-0
2. WDM Valley (5), 6-0
3. Linn-Mar, 6-0
4. Southeast Polk, 5-1
5. Iowa City High. 5-1
6. Bettendorf, 5-1
7. Ankeny. 6-1
8. WDM Dowling, 5-2
9. Iowa City West, 5-1
10. Davenport Assumption, 5-1
Others receiving votes - DM Lincoln, North Scott, Muscatine, Waukee

CLASS 3A
1. Clear Lake (13), 6-0
2. Webster City (4), 6-0
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 6-0
4. Carroll, 6-0
5. Waverly-Shell Rock, 6-0
6. ADM, 6-0
7. Solon, 5-1
8. SC Heelan, 5-1
9. West Delaware, 5-1
10. Maquoketa, 5-1
Others receiving votes - Carlisle, Newton, Grinnell, Decorah, Western Dubuque, Norwalk, Pella, Oskaloosa, Williamsburg, Creston-Orient-Macksburg

CLASS 2A
1. Iowa City Regina (13), 6-0
2. West Marshall (4), 6-0
3. Spirit Lake, 6-0
4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 6-0
5. Mediapolis, 6-0
6. Monroe PCM, 6-0
7. Carroll Kuemper, 5-1
8. Dyersville Beckman, 5-1
9. South Winneshiek, 6-0
10. South Central Calhoun, 5-1
Others receiving votes - Osage, Forest City, O-A/BCIG, Unity Christian, North Fayette

CLASS 1A
1. CB St. Albert (10), 6-0
2. Emmetsburg (7), 6-0
3. Woodward-Granger, 6-0
4. Logan-Magnolia, 6-0
5. Aplington-Parkersburg, 5-1
6. Lawton-Bronson, 6-0
7. Panorama, 6-0
8. Wapsie Valley, 6-0
9. Alburnett, 6-0
10. Starmont, 6-0
Others receiving votes - Dike-New Hartford, West Lyon, Saint Ansgar, DM Christian, Nashua-Plainfield

CLASS A
1. LeMars Gehlen (12), 6-0
2. Lisbon (5), 6-0
3. Lone Tree, 6-0
4. Postville, 6-0
5. West Hancock, 5-1
6. Mason City Newman, 6-1
7. North Tama, 5-1
8. Lynnville-Sully, 5-1
9. WACO, 5-1
10. Bedford, 5-1
Others receiving votes - Don Bosco, EHK/Exira, Madrid, Algona Garrigan, BGM, Woodbury Central

8-MAN
1. Armstrong-Ringsted (15), 7-0
2. NE Hamilton (1), 6-0
3. Fremont-Mills (1), 6-0
4. West Bend-Mallard, 6-0
5. East Mills, 6-0
6. Newell-Fonda, 6-0
7. Clarksville, 6-1
8. Preston, 6-1
9. Moravia, 6-0
10. Janesville, 5-1
Others receiving votes - Lansing Kee, Melcher-Dallas, Adair-Casey, Kingsley-Pierson, Remsen-Union

Last Updated ( Monday, 03 October 2011 23:25 )  

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