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J-Hawks Start Season at No. 11 on USA Today’s Super Sports 25
Several other CIML teams also made the elite list of the top football powerhouses in Iowa.
The Urbandale J-Hawks are ranked No. 11 in pre-season rankings in USA Today’s Super Sports 25, a listing of expected high school football powerhouses in the season that begins later this month.
Other Central Iowa Metro League teams earning mention include No. 1 Ankeny, No. 2 Southeast Polk, No. 3 Dowling Catholic, No. 15 Waukee, No. 19 Johnston
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The J-Hawks started practice Monday and open the 2013-2014 football season Aug. 30 against Fort Dodge at Frerichs Field.
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The USA Today rankings group all classes.
Here’s the full Iowa list:
1. Ankeny
2. Southeast Polk
3. Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines)
4. Decorah
5. Rock Valley
6. West Des Moines Valley
7. Xavier (Cedar Rapids)
8. Spirit Lake
9. Regina Catholic (Iowa City)
10. Bishop Heelan (Sioux City)
11. Urbandale
12. Mediapolis
13. Emmetsburg
14. Union
15. Waukee
16. Grinnell
17. West Delaware
18. Sioux City East
19. Johnston
20. Iowa City West
21. Kuemper Catholic (Carroll)
22. Central Clinton (DeWitt)
23. Beckman (Dyersville)
24. Aplington Parkersburg (Parkersburg)
25. Marshalltown
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