{"id":8075,"date":"2016-11-18T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=8075"},"modified":"2016-11-18T21:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T03:21:12","slug":"all-private-faceoff-for-1a-football-championship-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2016\/11\/all-private-faceoff-for-1a-football-championship-again\/","title":{"rendered":"All-private faceoff for 1A football championship, again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Class 1A title game is a a rematch from last year, and it’s Iowa City Regina against Western Christian. In six years, only two public schools have played in the 1A final: St. Ansgar, which won in 2011, the last year before Regina went to 1A; and West Lyon, which lost to Regina in 2014.\u00a02016 is only Western Christian’s 13th season of football<\/a>, but it’s made the playoffs in eight of the past nine years.<\/p>\n

Private schools account for five of the 12 football state finalists this year, and that’s after Regina and Pella Christian, the 1-2 teams in 1A, were pitted against each other in the quarterfinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The same type of thing happened in volleyball, where three of the four Class 2A semifinalists were private schools (Western Christian won it all, so it has a chance at a two-fer) and<\/em> three of the four Class 4A semifinalists were private schools.<\/p>\n

PS: The IHSAA put out a statement<\/a> regarding the Big Ten’s attention grab of Friday night games. I read it as saying in as diplomatic a way possible that Rosemont should be burned to the ground for the very idea.<\/p>\n

PPS: Virtually everyone in Iowa west of I-35 and south of IA 92, and even many inside that area,\u00a0are no longer able to watch the playoffs on TV<\/a>\u00a0because all state football, wrestling, and boys’ basketball coverage has moved to Comcast Sports Net Chicago. Previously, the games were on a collection of over-the-air broadcast stations and ESPN3, but now you have to have a cable system with CSN or Dish.<\/p>\n

PPPS: CSN Chicago pre-empted the Class 3A championship game for the Bulls and the Class 4A championship game for the Blackhawks. Heck of a TV contract, IHSAA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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