We rejoin our look back at the decade that was in Iowa high school football by examining the teams that made up Class 1A, District Two the past two seasons.  We have a couple of teams that were mainly 2A throughout the decade and a couple more that were not only 1A, but A and 2A as well.  We also have a school that was created by two programs combining.  Let’s take a look at the numbers…

Overall Regular Season Record:

Saint Ansgar 59-31 (one undefeated season)

Lake Mills 39-51

Ft Dodge St Edmond 33-21 in 1A, 18-20 in 2A (one undefeated season in 2A)…51-41 total *played 10-game schedules in 2004-2005

West Hancock, Britt 22-14 in 1A (one undefeated season in 1A), 15-3 in 2A, 32-4 in A (one undefeated season in A)…69-21 total

Emmetsburg 18-0 in 1A (two undefeated seasons in 1A), 59-13 in 2A (one undefeated season in 2A)…77-13 total

Belmond-Klemme 10-26 in 1A, 11-7 in A, 25-11 in 2A (one undefeated season in 2A)…46-44 total

Garner-Hayfield 10-8 in 1A, 26-48 in 2A…36-56 total *played ten-game schedules in 2004-2005

West Fork 3-15

This was a mess.  These teams were all over the place.  West Fork was formed for 2008 by the combination of Rockwell-Swaledale and SCMT, Sheffield.  I will post those individual school’s numbers later in this series of posts.  Emmetsburg is the big team here, with West Hancock close behind.  Eighty percent of the E-Hawks’ numbers for the decade are from 2A, and they were good.  Five one-loss seasons and a perfect 2003 season.  They have yet to lose a game in 1A, and they are currently riding a 19-game regular season win streak.  Their 77 wins puts them firmly in the ‘Elite’ group for the decade.  Just outside of that group is West Hancock, which put up great numbers for eight of the ten years.  Along with Belmond-Klemme, they are the rare school which has been in three different classifications.  Here are the district totals…

Overall District Record:

Saint Ansgar 45-23 (one undefeated district season) *two six-game district schedules 2002-2003

Lake Mills 32-38

Ft Dodge St Edmond 25-17 in 1A, 13-15 in 2A (one undefeated district season in 2A)…38-32 total

West Hancock, Britt 17-11 in 1A (one undefeated district season), 11-3 in 2A, 26-3 in A (two undefeated district seasons in A)…54-17 total *two eight-game district schedules 2004-2005 & one six-game district schedule 2007

Emmetsburg 14-0 in 1A (two undefeated district seasons in 1A), 49-7 in 2A (four undefeated district seasons in 2A)…63-7 total

Belmond-Klemme 8-20 in 1A, 8-5 in A, 19-9 in 2A (one undefeated district season in 2A)…35-34 total *one six-game district schedule 2007

Garner-Hayfield 8-6 in 1A, 23-23 in 2A…31-39 total

West Fork 1-13

Another messy story, but the moral once again is that Emmetsburg is pretty good…three of their paltry seven district losses were in 2007, so they dominated the rest of the decade.  Six undefeated district records and two one-loss seasons for the E-Hawks.  They have won 15 district games in a row since losing to Eagle Grove in 2A in a 35-28 overtime battle in 2007.  Their 14-6 non-district record was second only to West Hancock’s 15-4 mark.  Let’s get to the postseason numbers…

Overall Postseason/Playoff Record:

Substate record, playoff record, number of appearances

Emmetsburg 2-0, 4-1, 2 in 1A (one semifinal, one final, ONE 1A TITLE, 2008), x-x, 15-4, 7 in 2A (four semifinals, three finals, THREE 2A TITLES 2000, 2002, 2003)

Saint Ansgar 1-1, 3-5, 5 (one semifinal)

West Hancock, Britt x-x, 1-2, 2 in 1A;  x-x, 1-1, 1 in 2A; x-x, 5-3, 3 in A (two semifinals in A)

Lake Mills 0-1, 0-1, 1

Ft Dodge St Edmond 1-1, 0-2, 2 in 1A; x-x, 1-2, 2 in 2A

Garner-Hayfield 0-1 in 1A; x-x, 0-1, 1 in 2A

Belmond-Klemme x-x, 0-1, 1 in 2A

Four state titles in two classes for Emmetsburg.  Not bad.  Three of them were 3pt wins, so they threw in a little flair for the dramatic for good measure.  West Hancock and Saint Ansgar both reached semifinals at the UNI-Dome, but the other schools did not enjoy much postseason success.  It might be drawn out, but we will get all the classes and every school covered before the next decade of football starts.