Yes. There is a maximum BEDS number (enrollment) to be eligible to play 8-man, but every school under that number has the option to play 11-man football in Class A instead. It's their choice.
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Yes. There is a maximum BEDS number (enrollment) to be eligible to play 8-man, but every school under that number has the option to play 11-man football in Class A instead. It's their choice.
But at what point can they decide? Isn't it every two years? (Used to be)
Also does each school know what they're numbers will be like for kids actually out?
Yeah it's every two years I believe. I don't know any details about any particular school but if there is a school that consistently is getting 30 guys to go out then they would be able to give more of them opportunities to play by moving to Class A.
They lost their starting qb in the 2nd game of the year and then the sophmore backup had surgery this week so they started a Frosh against SE Polk.
West Lyon vs. Central Lyon/ George-Little Rock is a 17 minute drive. Rematch of the "Beef Bowl".
EIGHT-PLAYER QUARTERFINALS (Thursday)
Remsen St. Mary's (10-0) at Don Bosco (8-2)
Kee (9-1) at Easton Valley (10-0)
Audubon (9-1) at WACO (10-0)
Newell-Fonda (9-1) at CAM (10-0)
Remsen St. Mary's 50, Don Bosco 30 (end 3rd)
Easton Valley 67, Kee 22
Audubon 34, WACO 30
CAM 64, Newell-Fonda 13
Remsen St. Mary's (10-0) at Don Bosco (8-2)
Kee (9-1) at Easton Valley (10-0)
Audubon (9-1) at WACO (10-0)
Newell-Fonda (9-1) at CAM (10-0)
Remsen St. Mary's 50, Don Bosco 30 (end 3rd)
Easton Valley 67, Kee 22
Audubon 34, WACO 30
CAM 64, Newell-Fonda 13
Because the 8-man semis are Wednesday morning/afternoon. So they're going Friday-Thursday-Wednesday instead of Friday-Friday-Wednesday.
| CLASS 5A |
|---|
| (8) Dowling (7-3) at (1) Southeast Polk (9-1) |
| (7) Iowa City High (9-1) at (2) C.R. Kennedy (10-0) |
| (6) Pleasant Valley (8-2) at (3) WDM Valley (8-2) |
| (5) Ankeny (8-2) at (4) C.R. Prairie (8-2) |
| CLASS 4A |
|---|
| (7) Webster City (8-2) at (2) C.R. Xavier (9-1) |
| (5) Bondurant-Farrar (9-1) at (3) Waverly-Shell Rock (9-1) |
| (6) Lewis Central (8-2) at (4) Indianola (9-1) |
| (13) Decorah (7-3) at (8) Winterset (8-2) |
| CLASS 3A |
|---|
| (7) Sergeant Bluff-Luton (8-2) at (1) Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (10-0) |
| (8) Independence (9-1) at (2) Humboldt (10-0) |
| (6) Nevada (9-1) at (3) Harlan (10-0) |
| (5) Solon (10-0) at (4) West Delaware (9-1) |
| CLASS 2A |
|---|
| Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (7-3) at West Lyon (8-2) |
| OABCIG (9-1) at Southeast Valley (9-1) |
| Williamsburg (7-3) at West Marshall (9-1) |
| North Fayette Valley (9-1) at Waukon (9-1) |
| CLASS 1A |
|---|
| West Sioux (9-1) at Underwood (10-0) |
| ACGC (9-1) at Van Meter (10-0) |
| Sigourney-Keota (10-0) at Dike-New Hartford (10-0) |
| MFL MarMac (8-2) at Beckman Catholic (10-0) |
| CLASS A |
|---|
| Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (8-2) at West Hancock (10-0) |
| Logan-Magnolia (9-1) at Woodbury Central (9-1) |
| North Tama (8-2) at Grundy Center (9-1) |
| Wapsie Valley (8-2) at East Buchanan (9-1) |
Oh crap, that's right. Had the reseed in my head wrong. Reseed for semis not quarters.
I’m not commenting on whether a school should play 8 man or not, but I will say the number of kids on the team should not matter.
If Team A has 50 boys in 10-12 and 50 on the football team they should be treated the same as Team B with 50 boys but 20 on the team
One alum to another! *nods*Against my alma mater(Harlan)
Of course it should matter to the schools deciding whether to play 8-man or Class A 11-man. If some hypothetical school had 50 boys out for football year in and year out, they would be doing their students a huge disservice by choosing to play 8-man.
