High School Football

[AntiSnob]

from what i heard Newton is moving down to 3A once Ankeny builds a new high school. Then the conferences will go as follows:

Metropolitan Athletic Conference (this conference existed 20 years ago)
Dowling
Valley
Ames
North
Hoover
East
Lincoln
Roosevelt

Central Iowa Conference (same as the old CIC of 20 years ago but with additional teams)
Ankeny High
Ankeny North
Urbandale
Indianola
SE Polk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa

Western Athletic Conference
Waukee
Fort Dodge
Johnston
SC East
SC West
SC North
CB Lincoln
CB Jefferson

 

[Cycofan1]

Yeah I play on the B team, the kid in front of me is one of those kids that is good at every sport he plays. He also plays on the All-Iowa Attack with Harrison Barnes.

 

[LeSchmick]

from what i heard Newton is moving down to 3A once Ankeny builds a new high school. Then the conferences will go as follows:

Metropolitan Athletic Conference (this conference existed 20 years ago)
Dowling
Valley
Ames
North
Hoover
East
Lincoln
Roosevelt

Central Iowa Conference (same as the old CIC of 20 years ago but with additional teams)
Ankeny High
Ankeny North
Urbandale
Indianola
SE Polk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa

Western Athletic Conference
Waukee
Fort Dodge
Johnston
SC East
SC West
SC North
CB Lincoln
CB Jefferson

If true, this makes absolutely no sense. Johnston in with CB and SC teams? Please no.

 

[clonefreek]

Ottumwa 21 SE Polk 10...otown looked good solid running game

 

[CyDude16]

Ottumwa 21 SE Polk 10...otown looked good solid running game

oh wow, is SEP that down this year?

 

[clonefreek]

oh wow, is SEP that down this year?

because ottumwa is never good? ottumwa is what i would consider a top program in the State not to many teams can blow by them... granted we play in the metro but until recently teams like valley and dowling have beat us but back in 2000-2005 we only lost 4 regular season games

 

[CyDude16]

because ottumwa is never good? ottumwa is what i would consider a top program in the State not to many teams can blow by them... granted we play in the metro but until recently teams like valley and dowling have beat us but back in 2000-2005 we only lost 4 regular season games

Wasnt necessarily saying ottuma is never good, recently they havent had much success, especially compared to SEP. So I was surprised by the scoreline...

 

[CyDude16]

from what i heard Newton is moving down to 3A once Ankeny builds a new high school. Then the conferences will go as follows:

Metropolitan Athletic Conference (this conference existed 20 years ago)
Dowling
Valley
Ames
North
Hoover
East
Lincoln
Roosevelt

Central Iowa Conference (same as the old CIC of 20 years ago but with additional teams)
Ankeny High
Ankeny North
Urbandale
Indianola
SE Polk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa

Western Athletic Conference
Waukee
Fort Dodge
Johnston
SC East
SC West
SC North
CB Lincoln
CB Jefferson

That's just stupid, the WAC part is at least. Traveling that far for games is not fun. My junior year we played at Souix City West, at council bluffs TJ, and at fort dodge. It takes a lot out of the players having to travel that far.

 

[aeroclone]

from what i heard Newton is moving down to 3A once Ankeny builds a new high school. Then the conferences will go as follows:

Metropolitan Athletic Conference (this conference existed 20 years ago)
Dowling
Valley
Ames
North
Hoover
East
Lincoln
Roosevelt

Central Iowa Conference (same as the old CIC of 20 years ago but with additional teams)
Ankeny High
Ankeny North
Urbandale
Indianola
SE Polk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa

Western Athletic Conference
Waukee
Fort Dodge
Johnston
SC East
SC West
SC North
CB Lincoln
CB Jefferson

This would never ever happen. Waukee, Johnston, and Fort Dodge being placed with the SC and CB schools? The amount of travel and the expense involved would just be far too much. And it would just be too much of a toll on the athletes. The SC and CB schools will never get tied into a conference with the central Iowa schools. Just playing a couple out of conference games with them each season is more than enough.

 

[clonefreek]

Wasnt necessarily saying ottuma is never good, recently they havent had much success, especially compared to SEP. So I was surprised by the scoreline...

yes since i have graduated seems like our football program isnt up to the normal par for ottumwa...they obviously make it to the playoffs but when your playin the inner city schools where all of their good players get "scholarships" to play at dowling or their parents find "jobs" in West Des Moines its hard to lose to those schools. But SEP has had a lot of success recently they beat us a few times now its definitely a good match up for ottumwa. I am anxious to see what they can do against ankeny this year i think this could be a year where ottumwa gets back to its normal status.

 

[cyhiphopp]

from what i heard Newton is moving down to 3A once Ankeny builds a new high school. Then the conferences will go as follows:

Metropolitan Athletic Conference (this conference existed 20 years ago)
Dowling
Valley
Ames
North
Hoover
East
Lincoln
Roosevelt

Central Iowa Conference (same as the old CIC of 20 years ago but with additional teams)
Ankeny High
Ankeny North
Urbandale
Indianola
SE Polk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa

Western Athletic Conference
Waukee
Fort Dodge
Johnston
SC East
SC West
SC North
CB Lincoln
CB Jefferson

I agree with others that this makes no sense. Hoove, Johnston and Urbandale, all withing a 10 minute drive, would all be in different conferences? That would be weird. Also, I would think that Waukee would stay in a conference with Valley and Dowling, considering they are basically in West Des Moines and are starting to field comparable teams.

 

[aeroclone]

I agree with others that this makes no sense. Hoove, Johnston and Urbandale, all withing a 10 minute drive, would all be in different conferences? That would be weird. Also, I would think that Waukee would stay in a conference with Valley and Dowling, considering they are basically in West Des Moines and are starting to field comparable teams.

Waukee and Valley aren't in the same conference as Dowling today.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Waukee and Valley aren't in the same conference as Dowling today.

You are correct. My bad.

 

[cycloneman003]

Drop the Metro or make them their own thing, then split the CIML into 2 like this....

Valley, Waukee, Dowling, Urbandale, Fort Dodge, Mason City

Ankeny, SEP, Johnston, Ames, Marshalltown, Indianola

 

[aeroclone]

You are correct. My bad.

Though I do agree with you in the idea that maybe they should be. The geography makes sense, and I think as Waukee continues to grow rivalries with Valley and Dowling would only seem natural. I think the seeds have already been planted with Valley and they just need to get over the hump and beat them a couple of times to really light the fire. But there doesn't seem to be much going on with Dowling since they don't play each other as much.

 

[kcclone33]

Drop the Metro or make them their own thing, then split the CIML into 2 like this....

Valley, Waukee, Dowling, Urbandale, Fort Dodge, Mason City

Ankeny, SEP, Johnston, Ames, Marshalltown, Indianola

Why couldn't you just change the iowa and central to this and keep the metro the way it is, if you wanna go that path. I really dont see any reason to change them.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Though I do agree with you in the idea that maybe they should be. The geography makes sense, and I think as Waukee continues to grow rivalries with Valley and Dowling would only seem natural. I think the seeds have already been planted with Valley and they just need to get over the hump and beat them a couple of times to really light the fire. But there doesn't seem to be much going on with Dowling since they don't play each other as much.

I was just thinking about this and I wonder if they put Valley and Dowling in seperate parts of the conference so that they each could automatically get into the playoffs. In the same division, only one would have that chance. Just a thought.

 

[gocubs2118]

Iowa has high school football

Anyway, not that you guys care or anything but high school is ranked #7 in Illinois.

 

[clonefreek]

Iowa has high school football

Anyway, not that you guys care or anything but high school is ranked #7 in Illinois.

I would like to see your illinois team play a small town iowa team and see what the outcome is...we have some pretty tough kids. You go to school play football and work on a farm and see how tough you are. I think you all would be surprised on how good our teams can be.

 

[gocubs2118]

I would like to see your illinois team play a small town iowa team and see what the outcome is...we have some pretty tough kids. You go to school play football and work on a farm and see how tough you are. I think you all would be surprised on how good our teams can be.

I wasn't making fun Iowa football, at all. Illinois has 8 classes for football, twice as many as Iowa. I'm sure the top teams in Iowa could beat a lot of teams from Illinois.