2010-11 Iowa High School Football Schedules Released

by Jeff Fisher
Iowa High School Football Huddle

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the 2010 and 2011 from every classification except 4A.

The 2010-2011 schedules can be accessed here through the Iowa High School Athletic Association website.

Iowa High School Athletic Association Relaxes Rules for Shared High School Football Program

by Jeff Fisher
Iowa High School Football Huddle

Share football programs in Iowa will no longer be penalized for outgrowing their classification.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has struck down a rule that disqualified combined teams from making the playoffs, if their new shared enrollment surpassed their original classifications.

Iowa currently realigns its schools every two years.  Under the old rule, a combined program couldn't play in the post-season until its received realignment.  The new rule is that if the two combined football teams do it between alignment periods, they will play the schedule of the larger school.

Becker Found Guilty of Murder in Killing of Aplington-Parkersburg Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Iowa High School Football Huddle

It took 25 hours, but the jury handed down a guilty verdict Tuesday in Mark Becker's murder trial.

Becker, who had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of Aplington-Parkersburg head football coach Ed Thomas, will get the verdict automatically appealed because the first-degree murder is a Class A felony with a mandatory life prison sentence.

Below is video from Becker's mother after the verdict was read.

Joan Becker said, "Ed Thomas was a victim of a victim."

Still No Verdict in Becker Murder Trial

by Jeff Fisher
Iowa High School Football Huddle

The jury in the Mark Becker murder trial was sent home after six-and-a-half hours of deliberating on Monday. No verdict was reached.

Jurors will return tomorrow morning to continue debating the fate of Becker, who is charged with first degree murder in the killing of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas.

Becker Murder Trial Deliberations to Resume Today

by Jeff Fisher
Iowa High School Football Huddle

Deliberations are scheduled to resume in the Mark Becker murder trial.

Becker is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas. The jury began deliberating last Wednesday. On Thursday, the judge sent jurors home after they said they were "at a stalemate".

The jury didn't deliberate over the weekend.

Becker has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.