Iowa High School Football Playoffs

[Clone83]

Audubon HS used to be bigger, but I believe Audubon County was particularly hard hit by the farm crisis in the 1980s. It was a big cattle feeding area.

I recall exactly where I was when I heard this (and, that it was so long ago is the only reason I have to believe my memory could be off, that is — could certainly be sufficient). But I recall a Paul Harvey radio commentary in the 1970s where he said there was a higher concentration of millionaires in Audubon County than any other county in the United States. That is, not more millionaires than any other county, but the most millionaires per capita. In the 1970s you would mentally associate Audubon with nearby Atlantic as to sports prowess. Today the population is more comparable to towns such as Avoca or Oakland to the west. Physically, in square miles, Iowa counties are almost all pretty close. But, at a glance, Audubon County appears to be one of the smallest.

As late as the 1950s, local Audubon County producers would hire a special train to haul cattle to market in Chicago. Today there is a T-Bone trail bike path, previously a rail spur between Atlantic and Audubon.

FYI (assorted links, among the many)

Albert the Bull statue
http://www.worldslargestthings.com/iowa/albertfactsheet.htm

http://www.auduboncounty.com/tourism/attractions.aspx

https://sillyamerica.com/blog/albert-the-bull-worlds-largest-bull-audubon-iowa/

T-bone Trail bike path
http://www.auduboncounty.com/webres/File/tbone-trail-brochure.pdf

https://www.mycountyparks.com/County/Audubon/Park/T-Bone-Recreational-Trail-Audubon-Trailhead.aspx

I heard yesterday that this was Audobon's first playoff appearance since the late 80s...when they were in class 3A. . . .

False. I think that stat it was their first dome trip or semi final appearance since then. I think they’ve made playoffs most if not every year of the past 5 or so years.

 

[Clone83]

The link below has state playoff appearances by school. Playoffs started in 1972, I believe (before, there wasn’t a state champion).

https://sites.google.com/site/iahsa...football-schools-by-state-playoff-appearances

Audubon made the playoffs 7 times before this year:
1977 3A
1989 2A
1998 1A
1999 1A
2013 A
2016 (8p)
2017 (8p)

Atlantic made it 8 times before this year, from 1973-2002, all 3A.

 

[BigJCy]

 

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[Clone83]

There’s got to be a lot more information on Audubon’s cattle train shipments to Chicago, and on Operation T-Bone, available online or electronically.

A simple search on “operation t-bone chicago tribune”, though, produced this highly informative 3-page pdf with much more detail, including photos:

Tales of How Operation T-Bone Got Started
http://www.auduboniowa.org/newImages/Events/tBoneHistory.pdf

 

[clonedude]

Who's excited about a Valley vs Dowling rematch??

Not me... won't watch. Can't stand either one.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Who's excited about a Valley vs Dowling rematch??

Not me... won't watch. Can't stand either one.

Like, what a hater. Go Tigers.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Who's excited about a Valley vs Dowling rematch??

Not me... won't watch. Can't stand either one.

Des Moines Recruiters vs the disadvantaged public school! Go Tigers!

 

[BigJCy]

Championship games start up today at 10:00 a.m. (8-Man, Class A, Class 3A).

 

[BigJCy]

 

[TexCyted]

I would think they would do well against most teams through 2A. First team in state history to have three backs in the same year rush for over 1,000 yards. After today the full back is over 2,000 the wing back and half back are just over 1,000. Pretty impressive.

Not true, Aplington-Parkersburg had three over 1000 in 2008. HB had over 2000, FB with 1200, WB had 1100, QB with 700. First 3 were over in the regular season. I follow both schools pretty close.

 

[harimad]

The link below has state playoff appearances by school. Playoffs started in 1972, I believe (before, there wasn’t a state champion).

https://sites.google.com/site/iahsa...football-schools-by-state-playoff-appearances

Audubon made the playoffs 7 times before this year:
1977 3A
1989 2A
1998 1A
1999 1A
2013 A
2016 (8p)
2017 (8p)

Atlantic made it 8 times before this year, from 1973-2002, all 3A.

Ugh. Poor Davenport North has STILL never made the playoffs?

 

[BigJCy]

 

[IASTATE07]

I would think they would do well against most teams through 2A. First team in state history to have three backs in the same year rush for over 1,000 yards. After today the full back is over 2,000 the wing back and half back are just over 1,000. Pretty impressive.

Does the Iowa HS Assoc have this info on their website? I'm curious how close Pekin was to accomplishing this on their state title team around '98.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[heitclone]

Does the Iowa HS Assoc have this info on their website? I'm curious how close Pekin was to accomplishing this on their state title team around '98.

That Pekin team was crazy good. They stuck it to a team from our area (Bedford) who had a really good run of teams during that time.

 

[IASTATE07]

That Pekin team was crazy good. They stuck it to a team from our area (Bedford) who had a really good run of teams during that time.

They had a big line for their class, but would have been a good sized line for most classes.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

That Pekin team was crazy good. They stuck it to a team from our area (Bedford) who had a really good run of teams during that time.

Yep, watched that team in the dome and they were really good.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

What pisses me off about this picture is that almost no other 8 man teams have numbers this strong. Don't tell me that the small private schools don't have a huge advantage.