Sports : Iowa High School Athletic Association releases football district assignments

Teams in the eight-player division through Class 4A are assigned to districts and Class 5A teams are separated into groups. Assignments are on a two-year cycle.

Schedules for the 2023 and 2024 seasons will be released in April, according to the IHSAA. Week one games will be played the week of Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

Group and district assignments for 2023-2024:

Class 1A Districts (48 teams)

District 1

• Hinton
• Lawton-Bronson
• MVAOCOU
• OABCIG
• Ridge View
• West Sioux, Hawarden

District 2

• Eagle Grove
• East Sac County
• Emmetsburg
• Manson Northwest Webster
• Pocahontas Area
• Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids

District 3

• Aplington-Parkersburg
• Central Springs
• Denver
• Dike-New Hartford
• MFL MarMac
• Sumner-Fredericksburg

District 4

• Alburnett
• Columbus Catholic, Waterloo
• East Marshall, LeGrand
• Grundy Center
• Hudson
• South Hardin

District 5

• Beckman Catholic, Dyersville
• Cascade
• Durant
• Regina, Iowa city
• West Branch
• Wilton

District 6

• Cardinal, Eldon
• Colfax-Mingo
• Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
• Pella Christian
• Pleasantville
• Sigourney-Keota

District 7

• Grand View Christian
• Nodaway Valley
• Ogden
• South Hamilton, Jewell
• West Central Valley, Stuart
• Woodward-Granger

District 8

• AHSTW, Avoca
• Missouri Valley
• Red Oak
• Shenandoah
• Treynor
• Underwood

Class 2A Districts (48 teams)

District 1

• Central Lyon/George-Little Rock
• Cherokee
• Sheldon
• Unity Christian, Orange City
• West Lyon, Inwood
• Western Christian, Hull

District 2

• Okoboji, Milford
• Spirit Lake
• Estherville Lincoln Central
• Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
• Forest City
• Clarion-Goldfield-Downs

District 3

• Crestwood, Cresco
• New Hampton
• North Fayette Valley
• Oelwein
• Osage
• Waukon

District 4

• Anamosa
• Camanche
• Monticello
• Northeast, Goose Lake
• Tipton
• West Liberty

District 5

• Albia
• Central Lee, Donnellson
• Davis County, Bloomfield
• Mediapolis
• Mid-Prairie, Wellman
• West Burlington/Notre Dame

District 6

• Iowa Falls-Alden
• Jesup
• PCM, Monroe
• Union, La Porte City
• Vinton-Shellsburg
• West Marshall, State Center

District 7

• Centerville
• Chariton
• Clarinda
• Clarke, Osceola
• Interstate 35, Truro
• Van Meter

District 8

• Des Moines Christian
• Greene County
• Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
• Roland-Story, Story City
• Saydel
• Southeast Valley

Class 3A (36 teams)

District 1

• Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City
• Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
• Carroll
• MOC-Floyd Valley
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton
• Sioux Center

District 2

• Algona
• Charles City
• Clear Lake
• Hampton-Dumont-CAL
• Humboldt
• Webster City

District 3

• Center Point-Urbana
• Central DeWitt
• Independence
• Maquoketa
• Wahlert Catholic, Dubuque
• West Delaware, Manchester

District 4

• Davenport Assumption
• Fort Madison
• Keokuk
• Mount Pleasant
• Mount Vernon
• Washington

District 5

• Benton Community
• Fairfield
• Grinnell
• Solon
• South Tama County
• Williamsburg

District 6

• Atlantic
• Creston
• Harlan
• Knoxville
• Nevada
• Perry

Class 4A Districts (36 teams)

District 1

• Denison-Schleswig
• Fort Dodge
• LeMars
• Sioux City, West
• Spencer
• Storm Lake

District 2

• Decorah
• Epworth, Western Dubuque
• Marion
• Mason City
• Waterloo, East
• Waverly-Shell rock

District 3

• Burlington
• Clear Creek-Amana
• Clinton
• North Scott, Eldridge
• Oskaloosa
• Xavier, Cedar Rapids

District 4

• Bondurant-Farrar
• Carlisle
• Des Moines Hoover
• Gilbert
• Newton
• Pella

District 5

• ADM (Adel)
• Ballard
• Boone
• Des Moines North
• Indianola
• North Polk, Alleman

District 6

• Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
• Dallas Center-Grimes
• Glenwood
• Lewis Central
• Norwalk
• Winterset

Class 5A Groups (36 teams)

Group 1

• Ankeny Centennial
• Des Moines East
• Des Moines Roosevelt
• Dowling Catholic
• Sioux City North
• Urbandale

Group 2

• Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
  
• Des Moines Lincoln
• Johnston
• Sioux City East
• Southeast Polk
• Waukee

Group 3

• Bettendorf
• Cedar Rapids Kennedy
• Dubuque Hempstead
• Davenport North
• Davenport Central
• Iowa City High

Group 4

• Ames
• Marshalltown
• Ottumwa
• Waukee Northwest
• Waterloo West
• West Des Moines Valley

Group 5

• Cedar Falls
• Davenport West
• Dubuque Senior
• Linn-Mar, Marion
• Muscatine
• Pleasant Valley

Group 6

• Ankeny
• Cedar Rapids Prairie
• Cedar Rapids Washington
• Cedar Rapids Jefferson
• Iowa City West
• Iowa City Liberty

Class A Districts (58 teams(

District 1

• Akron-Westfield
• Alta-Aurelia
• Gehlen Catholic, LeMars
• Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
• MMCRU
• Sibley-Ocheyedan
• South O'Brien, Paulina

District 2

• Belmond-Klemme
• Lake Mills
• Newman Catholic, Mason City
• North Union
• Saint Ansgar
• West Fork, Sheffield
• West Hancock, Britt

District 3

• AGWSR, Ackley
• BCLUW, Conrad
• Nashua-Plainfield
• North Butler, Greene
• North Tama, Traer
• South Winneshiek, Calmar
• Wapsie Valley, Fairbank

District 4

• Bellevue
• Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg
• East Buchanan, Winthrop
• Maquoketa Valley, Delhi
• North Cedar, Stanwood
• North Linn, Troy Mills
• Postville
• Starmont

District 5

• Columbus Community, Columbus Junction
• Danville
• Highland, Riverside
• Lisbon
• Louisa-Muscatine
• Pekin
• Van Buren County
• Wapello

District 6

• Central Decatur, Leon
• Lynnville-Sully
• Madrid
• Martensdale-St. Marys
• Mount Ayr
• North Mahaska, New Sharon
• Wayne, Corydon

District 7

• ACGC
• Earlham
• IKM-Manning
• Panorama, Panora
• Riverside, Oakland
• South Central Calhoun
• Southwest Valley

District 8

• Kingsley-Pierson
• Logan-Magnolia
• St. Albert, Council Bluffs
• Tri-Center, Neola
• West Monona, Onawa
• Westwood, Sloan
• Woodbury Central, Moville

Eight-Player District (69 teams)

District 1

• Ar-We-Va, Westside
• Boyer Valley, Dunlap
• Newell-Fonda
• Siouxland Christian
• St. Mary's, Remsen
• West Harrison, Mondamin
• Woodbine

District 2

• Bishop Garrigan, Algona
• Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
• Harris-Lake Park
• North Iowa, Buffalo Center
• Northwood-Kensett
• Rockford
• West Bend-Mallard

District 3

• Central, Elkader
• Don Bosco, Gilbertville
• Kee, Lansing
• Riceville
• Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
• Waterloo Christian
• West Central, Maynard

District 4

• Dunkerton
• Clarksville
• Gladbrook-Reinbeck
• GMG, Garwin
• Janesville
• Meskwaki Settlement School
• Tripoli

District 5

• Calamus-Wheatland
• Central City
• Easton Valley
• Edgwood-Colesburg
• Lone Tree
• Midland, Wyoming
• Springville

District 6

• English Valleys, North English
• HLV, Victor
• Iowa Valley, Marengo
• New London
• Tri-County, Thornburg
• WACO, Wayland
• Winfield-Mount Union

District 7

• Belle Plaine
• BGM, Brooklyn
• Melcher-Dallas
• Montezuma
• Moravia
• Twin Cedars, Bussey

District 8

• Bedford
• East Union, Afton
• Lamoni
• Lenox
• Mormon Trail, Garden Grove
• Murray
• Southeast Warren, Liberty Center

District 9

• Audubon
• Baxter
• Collins-Maxwell
• Colo-Nesco
• Coon Rapids-Bayard
• Glidden-Ralston
• St. Edmond, Fort Dodge

District 10

• CAM, Anita
• East Mills
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
• Fremont-Mills, Tabor
• Griswold
• Sidney
• Stanton/Essex