For the second time in two school years, 2020-related asterisks notwithstanding, a state tournament for Iowa’s smallest class has involved five private schools. An entire side in the Class 1A baseball tournament was a private playoff, with Mason City Newman coming out of there in its 12th straight season of state baseball in search of a fourth title in a row. Don Bosco upset one team and took advantage of an upset on the other side of the bracket in its fourth state appearance in five years.
Now, we have an all-private title game, evening the score at 29-29 for private-public Class 1A championship participants since the end of Norway baseball. The IHSAA does not consider this to be a problem.