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isu_oak said:
Anyone notice 7 of the 12 teams in the finals are catholic schools (in bold below)? Can they recruit or give scholarships?

Thursday, November 21
Class 3A
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 47, Washington 14 - Final – Boxscore
Class A
West Lyon, Inwood 49, B-G-M, Brooklyn 7 – Final – Boxscore
Class 8-Player
Don Bosco, Gilbertville 18, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 14 – Final – Boxscore

Friday, November 22
Class 1A
Regina, Iowa City 35, St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 0 - Final – Boxscore
Class 2A
Waukon (12-1) vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (13-0) – 2:06 PM
Class 4A
Xavier, Cedar Rapids (12-1) vs. Dowling Catholic, WDM (13-0) – 7:06 PM
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I'm guessing that if you looked back on the records for most playoff / championship appearances it would be dominated by public schools.

Does Harlan recruit?
Applington-Parkersburg?
Solon?
Valley?
Bettendorf?

The answer is yes...sort of. Those programs recruit themselves because they're committed to football excellence. Are these Catholic schools listed somehow not supposed to otherwise be there? That's Heelan's sixth state championship and as far as I know those other schools like Kuemper, Dowling, St. Ed's etc. have had many, many good football teams. Some schools are football schools, nothing more, nothing less.
 
The private schools need their own class or they all need to play in 3A/4A. I know both sides of the argument as far as recruiting and kids who came up in their system. It's the same way every year for the state tournament in football, basketball, and baseball where half the field is private schools. They make up a small percentage of schools in Iowa, but seem to win half the titles. For the record I didn't ever play a private school while I was in high school. I just think the playing fields are a little uneven.
 
ISU42 said:
The private schools need their own class or they all need to play in 3A/4A. I know both sides of the argument as far as recruiting and kids who came up in their system. It's the same way every year for the state tournament in football, basketball, and baseball where half the field is private schools. They make up a small percentage of schools in Iowa, but seem to win half the titles. For the record I didn't ever play a private school while I was in high school. I just think the playing fields are a little uneven.
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Some states classify them with a higher enrollment total. I think it's 125% of enrollment in Wisconsin. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Does anyone read the Register? Bryce column today? Sorry to old I don't know how to link. P-L hs had a guy in 76 who claimed he lost his scholarship to Dowling when he blew out his knee. I did smoke a lot of pot with him though.
 
Here is a link for Bryce Miller's column in the DMR today. Disclosure: I attended Kuemper Catholic many years ago. Back then we were a basketball and baseball school.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/ar...ootball-programs-building-success-from-within
In the article, Miller asked Marv Cook (Iowa City Regina coach): "So, what changed?Cook wondered if Catholic school structure — such as dress codes and the small things that instill discipline at every turn — sharpen minds as successfully as muscles. I countered: Didn’t a lot of those things exist during the days when private schools failed to reach the football mountaintop?"
“Yeah, I suppose that’s true,â€￾ Cook said.
i would throw out there that the discipline and structure in the private has been maintained while it has possibly reduced somewhat in the public schools. This may be another factor in the athletic and academic success of these schools.
 
I went to Carroll high and graduated in 2000 and then Kuemper had a higher enrollment but by a slim margn. Carroll High is now the higher enrollment. Thr thing with Kuemper is they should be 3A school. They are on the border with enrollment so they are prolly the buggest or one one of the bigger 2A schools. They have have been 3A forever til the last couple years or so. Think its a bunch of bs that they are 2A but never been a fan of those spoon fed yuppies from the other side ot town.
 
Scott34 said:
I went to Carroll high and graduated in 2000 and then Kuemper had a higher enrollment but by a slim margn. Carroll High is now the higher enrollment. Thr thing with Kuemper is they should be 3A school. They are on the border with enrollment so they are prolly the buggest or one one of the bigger 2A schools. They have have been 3A forever til the last couple years or so. Think its a bunch of bs that they are 2A but never been a fan of those spoon fed yuppies from the other side ot town.
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You think its BS that the State decided they are a 2A school? You know they have no choice in the matter...
 
Anybody else going to watch the Dowling-Xavier game? It's on Ch. 23 (The CW) in Central Iowa. Starts in just a few minutes.
 
The Xavier kicker just drilled a 45-yard field goal right down the middle with at least 5 yards to spare... ATTN: Iowa State coaches
 
Offensive explosion here, two offensive plays and two 70+ yard TDs, one for each team.
 
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