by Jeff Fisher
Iowa High School Football Huddle
Iowa has unveiled its new class alignments for the 2010 and 2011 high school football seasons. In all, 54 teams have either moved up or down. Three-time defending 2-A champ
Solon, which is riding a 41-game win streak, is moving up to 3-A next season. Class A champ
Southern Cal will be merging with
Rockwell City-Lyton and moves-up to 2-A.
Here are the new classifications...
Class 4-AAmes, Ankeny, Bettendorf, Burlington, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Clinton, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, Davenport Assumption, Davenport Central, Davenport North, Davenport West, D.M. East, D.M. Hoover, D.M. Lincoln, D.M. North, D.M. Roosevelt, Dubuque Hempstead, Dubuque Senior, Dubuque Wahlert, Fort Dodge, Indianola, Iowa City High, Iowa City West, Johnston, Linn-Mar (Marion), Marshalltown, Mason City, Muscatine, North Scott, Ottumwa, Pleasant Valley, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West, Southeast Polk, Urbandale, Waukee, Waterloo East, Waterloo West, W.D.M. Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. Valley
Class 3-ADISTRICT 1Atlantic, Carroll, Creston, Glenwood, Harlan, Lewis Central, Red Oak, Winterset
DISTRICT 2Denison-Schleswig, LeMars, MOC-FV (Orange City), Rock Valley/Boyden-Hull, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Sioux City Heelan, Spencer, Storm Lake
DISTRICT 3Algona, Ballard (Huxley), Boone, Clear Lake, Hampton-Dumont, Humboldt, Nevada, Webster City
DISTRICT 4Charles City, Crestwood (Cresco), Decorah, Independence, Oelwein, Waukon, Waverly-Shell Rock, West Delaware
DISTRICT 5Anamosa, Center Point-Urbana, Central (DeWitt), Maquokata, Marion, Union (LaPorte City), Vinton-Shellsburg, Western Dubuque
DISTRICT 6Benton (Van Horne), Clear Creek-Amana, Grinnell, Mount Vernon, Solon, South Tama, Washington, Williamsburg
DISTRICT 7Centerville, Chariton, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Pella
DISTRICT 8ADM (Adel), Carlisle, Dallas Center-Grimes, Knoxville, Newton, Norwalk, Perry, Saydel
Class 2-ADISTRICT 1Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, Estherville, Okoboji (Milford), Sheldon, Sioux Center, Spirit Lake, Unity Christian (Orange City), Western Christian (Hull)
DISTRICT 2Carroll Kuemper, Cherokee, East Sac; JSPC (Jefferson), Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto, Missouri Valley, Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove, Southern Cal (Lake City/Rockwell City-Lytton
DISTRICT 3Central Springs, Clarion-Goldfield, Denver, Forest City, Iowa Falls-Alden, New Hampton, Osage, Waterloo Columbus
DISTRICT 4Beckman (Dyersville), Cascade, Jesup, MFL Mar-Mac, Monticello, North Fayette, South Winneshiek, Sumner-Fredericksburg
DISTRICT 5Camanche, Columbus Junction, Durant-Bennett, Iowa City Regina, Louisa-Muscatine (Letts), Tipton, West Liberty, Wilton
DISTRICT 6Albia, Central Lee, Davis County, Eddyville-Blakesburg, Mediapolis, Mid-Prairie (Wellman), Sigourney-Keota, West Burlington
DISTRICT 7Collins-Maxwell/Baxter, East Marshall, Fort Dodge St. Edmond, Gilbert, North Polk, Roland-Story, South Hardin, West Marshall
DISTRICT 8Bondurant-Farrar, Clarinda, Clarke (Osceola), Colfax-Mingo, Interstate 35 (Truro), PCM (Monroe), Pella Christian, Shenandoah
Class 1-ADISTRICT 1Hinton, IKM-Manning, Lawton-Bronson, Manson-Northwest Webster, Prairie Valley (Gowrie), Ridge View (Holstein), West Monona, Westwood (Sloan)
DISTRICT 2Alta/Aurelia, Emmetsburg, HMS (Hartley), Pocahonta Area, Sibley-Ocheyedan, Sioux Central (Sioux Rapids), South O'Brien, West Lyon
DISTRICT 3AGWSR (Ackley), Aplington-Parkersburg, Dike-New Hartford, Garner-Hayfield, Lake Mills, Nashua-Plainfield, St. Ansgar, West Fork (Sheffield)
DISTRICT 4BCLUW (Conrad), Eagle Grove, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Hudson, Ogden, South Hamilton, Woodward Academy, Woodward-Granger
DISTRICT 5Bellevue, Clayton Ridge (Guttenberg), Maquoketa Valley (Delhi), Northeast (Goose Lake), North-Linn, Starmont (Arlington), Turkey Valley (Jackson Junction), Wapsie Valley (Fairbank)
DISTRICT 6Alburnett, Cardinal (Eldon), Highland (Riverside), North Cedar, Pekin (Packwood), Van Buren (Keosauqua), Wapello, West Branch
DISTRICT 7Central Decatur, D.M. Christian, Mount Ayr, Nodaway Valley (Greenfield), Panorama (Panora), Pleasantville, Wayne (Corydon), West Central Valley (Stuart)
DISTRICT 8Audubon, Clarinda Academy, Council Bluffs St. Albert, Griswold, Logan-Magnolia, Treynor, Tri-Center (Neola), Underwood
Class ADISTRICT 1Akron-Westfield, Clay Central-Everly, LeMars Gehlen, MMC (Marcus), West Sioux, Woodbury Central
DISTRICT 2Algona Garrigan, Belmond-Klemme, North Iowa (Buffalo Center), Northwood-Kensett, Southeast Webster-Grand (Burnside), West Hancock
DISTRICT 3Cedar Falls Northern University, Colo-Nesco, GMG (Garwin), Grundy Center, Mason City Newman, North Butler, Rockford
DISTRICT 4Central (Elkader), Don Bosco (Gilbertville), East Buchanan, Edgewood-Colesburg, North Tama, Postville, Valley (Elgin)
DISTRICT 5Danville, English Valleys (North English), Lisbon, Lone Tree, New London, WACO (Wayland), Winfield-Mount Union
DISTRICT 6Belle Plaine, BGM (Brooklyn), HLV (Victor), Iowa Valley (Marengo), Lynnville-Sully, Montezuma, North Mahaska
DISTRICT 7Earlham, Guthrie Center, Madrid, Martensdale-St. Marys, Southeast Warren, Van Meter
DISTRICT 8AHST (Avoca), Bedford, Corning, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira, Riverside (Oakland), West Harrison
Eight PlayerDISTRICT 1Kingsley-Pierson, Laurens-Marathon, Newell-Fonda, Remsen-Union, Remsen St. Mary, River Valley (Correctionville), Spalding (Granville), Whiting
DISTRICT 2Armstrong-Ringsted, CWL (Corwith), Graettinger-Terril, Harris-Lake Park, North Sentral Kossuth, Ruthven-Ayrshire, Twin River Valley (Bode), West Bend-Mallard
DISTRICT 3CAL (Latimer), Clarksville, Janesville, Northeast Hamilton, Riceville, Tripoli, Ventura, Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka
DISTRICT 4Central City, Dunkerton, East Central (Miles), Kee (Lansing), Midland (Wyoming), Olin, Preston, Springville, West Central (Maynard)
DISTRICT 5Grandview Park Baptist, Harmony (Farmington), Melcher-Dallas, Meskwaki, Moravia, Seymour, Tri-County (Thornburg), Twin Cedars (Bussey)
DISTRICT 6Adair-Casey, Ankeny Christian, CAM (Anita), East Union, Lamoni, Lenox, Mormon Trail (Garden Grove), Murray
DISTRICT 7Ar-We-Va (Westside), Boyer Valley (Dunlap), Charter Oak-Ute, Coon Rapids-Bayard, East Greene, Glidden-Ralston, Walnut, Woodbine
DISTRICT 8East Mills, Essex, Fremont-Mills (Tabor), Hamburg/Farragut, Sidney, South Page, Stanton, Villisca