Tony’s Top Ten for CISN.TV – Football Rankings for Week 2 – 2015

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Tony Atzeni likes to put together rankings. It is a good starting point and provides good water cooler chatter. Enjoy and look for these each week during the 2015 Iowa High School Football season.

Tony’s Top Ten

Iowa High School Football

Class 4A
1. West Des Moines Valley

2. Cedar Rapids Washington
2. Dowling Catholic
4. Cedar Falls
5. Bettendorf
6. Lewis Central (Council Bluffs)
7. Waukee
8. Ankeny
9. Urbandale
10. Johnston

Class 3A
1. Pella
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier
3. Dallas Center-Grimes
4. West Delaware (Manchester)
5. Davenport Assumption
6. Webster City
7. Norwalk
8. Harlan

9. Solon
10. Carroll

Class 2A
1. North Fayette Valley

2. Central Lyon/George Little Rock
3. Albia
4. Beckman Catholic (Dyersville)
5. Union (LaPorte City)
6. Collins-Maxwell-Baxter
7. Spirit Lake
8. Mediapolis
9. Hampton-Dumont
10. Mount Vernon

Class 1A
1. Iowa City Regina
2. Hinton
3. Pella Christian
4. West Branch
5. Dike-New Hartford
6. Panorama (Panora)

7. Saint Ansgar
8. Emmetsburg

9. IKM-Manning

10. Madrid

Class A
1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
2. South O’Brien (Paulina)
3. B-G-M (Brooklyn)
4. Logan-Magnolia
5. Audubon

6. Belmond-Klemme
7. Pekin
8. Bishop Garrigan (Algona)
9. St. Albert (Council Bluffs)
10. West Sioux (Hawarden)

Class 8-Player
1. Newell-Fonda
2. Coon Rapids-Bayard
3. H-L-V (Victor)
4. Janesville
5. Glidden-Ralston
6. Don Bosco (Gilbertville)
7. Fremont-Mills (Tabor)
8. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
9. Colo-Nesco

10. Central (Elkader)

10. West Bend-Mallard

2015 football season is almost here

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The Iowa State Fair is in full swing which means so is the return of Iowa High School Football.

Our team previews will begin publishing Tuesday as we get you ready for kickoff and the teams we’ll be covering on the Central Iowa Sports Network.

This year we will again feature video and audio coverage of games from around the metro and look for some other additions to our coverage.
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Tigers Tame Trojans in Home Opener, 27-6

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Drew Gray ran all over the Iowa City West Trojans Friday night as the senior running back led the Valley Tigers to their first win of the season.

The senior running back is now the featured cog in the Gary Swenson offense. He finished with 2 touchdowns and 195 yards rushing.

The Tigers improved to 1-1 as the Trojans evened their record with the the  loss at Valley Stadium.

Valley only scored three points in the second half, but by then, the game was in hand. The Tigers led 24-7 at the break behind a hug offensive line surge the kept the Trojan defense on the field for most of the first half.

QB Rocky Lombardi seemed more poised under center this week for the Tigers. The sophomore finished with 10-23 passing for 177 yards and one TD and 3 interceptions. Dominique Dafney 6 catches for 85 yards and Carlo Marble hauled in 2 passes for 52 yards including a 4 yard TD catch.

Lombardi graded his performance a B in his postgame interview on the Central Iowa Sports Network.

Valley out rushed West 281 to 42. And if it wasn’t for a 53 yard pass play late the 4th quarter, the passing yards would have been even more lopsided. Aaron Bleil called his own number late in the 4th quarter for the Trojan’s only score.

Valley kicker Cole Hahn added two field goals of 26 and 29 yards.

The Trojans go on the road again next week to play Cedar Rapids Washington. The Tigers head east for a big game with Southeast Polk.

Iowa Sports Spotlight Top Ten

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uly 24, 2014 by Iowa Sports Spotlight | 0 comments

DES MOINES, Iowa – Listed below are how the Iowa Sports Spotlight Top-10 in each of the five Iowa high school softball classes have fared during the state tournament run.  Those teams in bold remain alive in their drive to Harlan Rodgers Park in Fort Dodge and hopes of bringing home a state championship.

The state championship tournament will be played from July 21-25 in Fort Dodge.  Following the state tournament look for the Iowa Sports Spotlight 2014 Iowa High School Softball All-State Teams which once again will include each of the five classes Player, Pitcher and Coach of the Year and all based on the regular season performances.

Iowa Sports Spotlight Iowa High School Softball Rankings
Updated: Thursday, July 24th

Class 5A 
1-Johnston (Beat #10 Waukee, 12-6 in State Quarterfinals)
2-Dowling Catholic (Beat #7 Pleasant Valley, 4-1 in State Quarterfinals)
​3-Cedar Rapids Jefferson (Beat #10 Waukee, 2-0 in 7th Place Consolations)
4-Muscatine (Beat #7 Pleasant Valley, 8-0 in 5th Place Consolations)
5-West Des Moines Valley (Beat #4 Muscatine, 3-0 in State Quarterfinals)
6-Southeast Polk (Beat #3 Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 2-0 in State Quarterfinals)
7-Pleasant Valley (Lost to #4 Muscatine, 8-0 in 5th Place Consolations)
8-Iowa City West (Lost to Davenport West, 7-1 in Regional Semifinals)
9-Ottumwa (Lost to #4 Muscaitne, 11-0 in Regional Finals)
10-Waukee (Lost to #3 Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 2-0 in 7th Place Consolations)
10-Cedar Rapids Prairie (Lost to #7 Pleasant Valley, 9-8 in Regional Semifinals)

Class 4A 
1-Dallas Center-Grimes (Beat #10 Norwalk, 9-0 in State Semifinals)
2-Solon (Beat Clear Creek-Amana, 15-4 in State Quarterfinals)
3-Carlisle (Beat #7 Oskaloosa, 7-2 in State Quarterfinals)
4-Cedar Rapids Xavier (Lost to Clear Creek-Amana, 2-0 in Regional Semifinals)
5-Fort Dodge (Lost to LeMars, 3-2 in Regional Finals)
6-Ballard (Huxley) (Lost to #10 Norwlak, 7-3 in Regional Finals)
7-Oskaloosa (Beat #8 West Delaware, Manchester, 7-2 in 5th Place Consolations)
8-West Delaware (Manchester) (Lost to #7 Oskaloosa, 7-2 in 5th Place Consolations)
9-Davenport Assumption (Lost to Washington, 6-2 in Regional Semifinals)
10-Fairfield (Lost to #7 Oskaloosa, 6-0 in Regional Finals)
10-Norwalk (Lost to #1 Dallas Center-Grimes, 9-0 in State Semifinals)

Class 3A
1-East Marshall (LeGrand) (Beat Mid-Prairie, Wellman, 4-3 in State Quarterfinals)
2-Benton Community (Van Horne) (Lost to Mid-Prairie, Wellman, 6-5 in Regional Finals)
3-Clarke (Osceola) (Beat Spirit Lake, 13-0 in State Quarterfinals)
4-Sioux Center (Lost to Grrene County, 12-3 in Regional Finals)
5-Interstate 35 (Truro) (Lost to PCM-Monroe, 11-1 Regional Semifinals)
6-Bondurant-Farrar (Beat West Burlington/Notre Dame, 9-4 in State Quarterfinals)
7-Mount Vernon (Lost to #8 Center Point-Urbana, 8-5 Regional Finals)
8-Center Point-Urbana (Lost to Mid-Prairie, Wellman, 7-5 in 5th Place Consolations)
9-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (Lost to Spirit Lake, 3-2 in Regional Semifinals)
10-A-D-M (Adel) (Lost to #3 Clarke, Osceola, 4-3 Regional Finals)
Unranked-Greene County (Beat #8 Center Point-Urbana, 2-0 in State Quarterfinals)

Class 2A 
1-Highland (Riverside) (Lost to #5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 6-2 in State Semifinals)
2-Woodbury Central (Moville) (Lost to #3 Earlham, 3-2 in State Semifinals)
3-Earlham (Beat #2 Woodbury Central, Moville 3-2 in State Semifinals)
4-St. Edmond (Fort Dodge) (Lost to #3 Earlham, 5-2 in Regional Finals)
5-Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Beat #1 Highland, Riverside, 6-2 in State Semifinals)
6-Durant (Lost to North Cedar, Stanwood, 3-0 in Regional Semifinals)
7-North Union (Lost to Belmond-Klermme, 2-1 in Regional Quarterfinals)
8-Central Springs (Manly) (Lost to North Butler, Greene, 1-0 in Regional Semifinals)
9-Alta/Aurelia (Lost to Emmetsburg, 1-0 in Regional Quarterfinals)
10-BCLUW (Conrad) (Lost to #5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 10-2 in Regional Finals)

Class 1A 
1-Akron-Westfield (Beat #4 Martensdale-St. Marys, 3-2 in State Semifinals)
2-New London (Lost to #10 Marquette Catholic, Bellevue, 3-0 in Regional Finals)
3-Lynnville-Sully (Beat #7 Wayne, Corydon, 2-1 in 9 innings in in 5th Place Consolations)
4-Martensdale-St. Marys (Lost to #1 Akron-Westfield, 3-2 in State Semifinals)
5-AGWSR (Ackley) (Lost to Kee, Lansing, 3-1 in State Semifinals)
6-Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (Lost to #4 Martensdale-St. Marys in Regional Finals)
7-Wayne (Corydon) (Lost to #3 Lynnville-Sully, 2-1 in 9 innings in 5th Place Consolations)
8-Newman Catholic (Mason City) (Lost to Kee, Lansing, 12-0 in Regional Finals)
9-Charter Oak-Ute (Lost to Glidden-Ralston, 4-0 in Regional Quarterfinals)
10-Marquette Catholic (Bellevue) (Beat Glidden-Ralston, 13-0 in 7th Place Consolations)
Unranked-Kee (Lansing) (Beat #5 AGWSR, Ackley, 3-1 in State Semifinals)

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