Today’s entry shows the records from 2000-2009 of the teams that combined to form 2A District Five the last two seasons. But there’s much more going on here than just that. This is a very interesting grouping of teams with a lot of different dynamics. Success and struggle in equal portions for the top and the bottom, and some fairly decent winning amongst the middle teams…
Overall Regular Season Record:
Solon 80-10 (six undefeated seasons)
Wilton 54-36 (one undefeated season)
Center Point-Urbana 51-39
Tipton 41-31 in 2A (one undefeated season), 11-7 in 1A…52-38 total
West Liberty 40-32 in 2A, 4-14 in 3A…44-46 total
North Cedar, Stanwood 24-48 in 2A, 8-10 in 1A…32-58 total
Camanche 18-74 *two ten-game seasons 2006, 2007
Iowa City Regina 16-2 in 2A, 50-21 in 1A (one undefeated season)…66-23 total *one eight-game season 2004
Solon is in the middle of one of the most impressive stretches of high school football in the history of the state of Iowa. Plain and simple. The Spartans are riding a string of excellence that is not limited to just this past decade, but it certainly has reached new heights during the last ten seasons. 2001 and 2004 are the only seasons of the decade in which Solon lost more than one game. They were 7-2 in 2004, and an uncharacteristic 3-6 in 2001. Eighty-plus wins in a decade is in our Uber-Elite Club, so congratulations to Solon. They are currently on a 41-game win streak, the best by far in the State. They have won 28 consecutive regular season games, as well. That is good for second most in the state, and leads all of 2A. They are 68-4 since the end of the 2001 season. Wow. Equally “impressive” and somewhat disturbing, Camanche has lost their last 37 games in a row and 46 of their last 47…Ouch. Amazingly, that is only the second longest current skid in the state, but it tops 2A by far. Their last win was against 1A Preston/East Central in Week “Zero” of 2006. P/EC was a 0-9 team that season that needed Camanche to fill their schedule. The extra game for Camanche got them off to a good start that year, after a 0-9 season in 2005. So, it could be 47 losses in a row had they not knocked off P/EC. Iowa City Regina was a 1A team until the last two years, but they are doing great, losing only to Solon both years. Regina hasn’t lost more than two games in a season since 2002. Wilton, Center Point-Urbana and Tipton have done rather well, and West Liberty was above water in 2A competition. Let’s see the district numbers…
Overall District Record:
Solon 63-7 (seven undefeated district seasons)
Center Point-Urbana 46-24
Wilton 43-27 (three undefeated district seasons)
Tipton 31-25 in 2A (one undefeated district season), 10-4 in 1A…41-29 total
West Liberty 30-26 in 2A, 3-11 in 3A…33-37 total
North Cedar 17-39 in 2A, 6-8 in 1A…23-47 total
Camanche 13-57
Iowa City Regina 12-2 in 2A, 41-14 in 1A (one undefeated district season)…53-16 total *one 6-game district season 2004
63-7…That’s just amazing. Seven losses in district play in a decade. Seven undefeated district seasons! They are 34-1 in the last five seasons, 53-3 the last eight. They have a 22-game district win streak right now, tops in 2A. Top it off with a 17-3 non-district record for the decade. They are pulling a “Harlan” on the rest of 2A. Center Point-Urbana had a decent district record, but a 5-15 non-district total kept them down. Wilton had their three undefeated district seasons all in a row. They had a nice run from 2004 (6-1) to 2008 (5-2), with the three 7-0 seasons in the middle. Other than their 7-0 district record in 2007, Iowa City Regina has had only one district loss in each of the other six seasons dating back to 2003. And then there’s Camanche…They have not picked up a district win since the 2004 season. Five years of futility. Let’s all hope 2010 is the year this madness comes to an end. On to the postseason…
Overall Postseason/Playoff Record:
Substate record, playoff record, years qualified
Solon 2-0, 23-5, 8 (six semifinals, six finals, THREE TITLES 2007, 2008, 2009)
Iowa City Regina 2-0, 1-2, 2 in 2A…x-x, 9-3, 4 in 1A (three semifinals, two finals, ONE TITLE IN 1A 2005)
Center Point-Urbana 0-1, 1-3, 3
Tipton 0-1, 1-3, 3 in 2A…x-x, 0-1, 1 in 1A
Wilton 1-0, 0-5, 5
North Cedar 0-1
Solon has won the last three 2A state championships and played in the last four. They have won 12 consecutive playoff games and 14 straight postseason games, counting substate. They are 15-1 in the playoffs from 2006-2009. Six finals appearances in the decade pencil the Spartans in the history books. Heck, lose the pencil and use a permanent marker. They are the only 2A team to win three in a row, and one of three total teams in all classes to accomplish the feat. Their seniors this season played in eight UNI-Dome playoff games in their careers, and only experienced 2 losses in 54 total games. Coach Ed Hansen was in charge of that 2000 team that made the finals before losing to Emmetsburg, 21-3. That was his 13th playoff team at Solon, and last. Kevin Miller, his quarterback on the 1988 state champion team, took over the helm and has guided the Spartans to seven playoffs and five finals. Truly amazing. Iowa City Regina did their playoff damage in 1A during the decade. From 2003 to 2007, they were one of the toughest 1A programs in the state. They reached the semis in 2004 before knocking off Algona-Garrigan, 19-8 to win the 2005 1A title. They almost nabbed another trophy in 2007, losing to Council Bluffs Saint Albert, 7-6 in the final game. 10-5 in the playoffs for the decade is not a bad record. From 2004 through 2008, Wilton won and won and won. Only, once they got to the playoffs, they went one-and-done…Five straight times. West Liberty somehow managed not to qualify once during the decade, despite four seasons with six or more wins.
