Iowa girls state BB tourney results....refreshing

[Seth53]

https://www.weareiowa.com/article/s...nter/524-a7df9661-0bfa-43ea-9724-40466ef69a29

Non-parochial schools won championships in all five classes.

5A--no parochial school made the finals. Dowling lost in semi's.
4A--same. Champ Carlisle, a #5 seed, took out #1 SC Bishop Heelan in the semi's.
3A--same. Both parochials lost in the semi's.
2A--same. Regina lost in the quarters.
1A--Bishop Garrigan made the finals. Lost to Newell-Fonda. BG was a #1 seed.

As discussd in other threads, Parochial's have a distinct advantage in Iowa HS sports, especially football.
I'm not anti-parochials per se as they apparently offer an educational prowess.
But when it comes to sports...go public programs!!

 

[Fryowa]

RSM sure found out what it's like to be a 1A public school this year. Bare cupboard and small numbers. I don't feel bad about it because they had plenty of "imports" from all over the place until now.

They didn't even play a full season of football and I heard a radio interview with someone who'll remain nameless whining incessantly about how it was because of injuries, etc. Gimme a BREAK dude. You think literally every other 8 man and 1A team doesn't have numbers problems? The only thing unequal about the playing field is your private school, not the other way around. GTFO. With your resources compared to like GTRA or Harris-Lake Park you should have a full cupboard ready to rock. GTRA went 8-1 and they don't have a bunch of richie rich support from anywhere.