Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) is the governing body for girls' junior and senior high school sports in the U.S. state of Iowa. The association promotes and regulates interscholastic sports among its member schools. Though its counterpart for boys sports in Iowa, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, is a full-time member of the National Federation of State High School Associations, the IGHSAU is only an affiliate member. It is headquartered at 5000 Westown Parkway, Suite 150,West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Sports currently overseen by the IGHSAU are basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, track and field, tennis, and volleyball.^[1]

Sports previously overseen by the IGHSAU were gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and indoor track and field.

Basketball

Classification guidelines

For 2011-2012, the 48 largest schools are in 4A, the next 64 in 3A, the next 128 in 2A, and the rest (130) in 1A.
From 2012–present: 5 Classes: Top 40=5A, 2nd tier of 48=4A, 3rd tier of 64=3A, 4th tier of 96=2A, the rest=1A.

State Champions

From 1920 until 1984, there was one tournament for teams with 6 players.

IGHSAU State Basketball Champions^[2]
Year	6-Player
1920	Correctionville
1921	Audubon
1922	Audubon
1923	Audubon
1924	Audubon
1925	(tie) Aplington; Ida Grove
1926	Hampton
1927	Newhall
1928	Ida Grove
1929	Ida Grove
1930	Perry
1931	Avoca
1932	Parkersburg
1933	Hampton
1934	Wellsburg
1935	Centerville
1936	Centerville
1937	Guthrie Center
1938	West Bend
1939	West Bend
1940	Hansell
1941	Numa
1942	Clutier
1943	Steamboat Rock
1944	Wiota
1945	Wiota
1946	Coon Rapids
1947	Seymour
1948	Kamrar
1949	Wellsburg
1950	Slater
1951	Hansell
1952	Reinbeck
1953	Garnavillo
1954	Garnavillo
1955	Goldfield
1956	Maynard
1957	Garrison
1958	West Central (Maynard)
1959	Gladbrook
1960	Gladbrook
1961	Valley (Elgin)
1962	Van Horne
1963	Guthrie Center
1964	West Monona
1965	South Hamilton
1966	Everly
1967	Mediapolis
1968	Union-Whitten
1969	Montezuma
1970	Montezuma
1971	Farragut
1972	Roland-Story
1973	Mediapolis
1974	Manilla
1975	Lake View-Auburn
1976	Lake View-Auburn
1977	Southeast Polk
1978	Ankeny
1979	Des Moines East
1980	Ankeny
1981	Norwalk
1982	Estherville
1983	Fairfield
1984	Vinton

From 1985-1993, there was a tournament for 5-player teams and one for 6-player teams.

Year	6-Player	5-Player
1985	Fort Dodge	Linn-Mar
1986	Sibley-Ocheyedan	Marshalltown
1987	Ventura	Western Dubuque
1988	Dike	Cedar Rapids Washington
1989	Ankeny	Muscatine
1990	Atlantic	Waterloo Columbus
1991	Emmetsburg	Cedar Falls
1992	Osage	WDM Dowling
1993	Hubbard-Radcliffe	Cedar Rapids Jefferson

From 1994-2012, there were 4 classes, all with 5 players

Year	1A	2A	3A	4A
1994	Treynor	Solon	Central DeWitt	Bettendorf
1995	Winfield-Mt. Union	Center Point-Urbana	Vinton-Shellsburg	Cedar Rapids Washington
1996	Winfield-Mt. Union	Sibley-Ocheyedan	Carroll	WDM Dowling
1997	Lynnville-Sully	Solon	Carroll	Ankeny
1998	Lynnville-Sully	Solon	Carroll Kuemper	WDM Dowling
1999	Lynnville-Sully	Audubon	Washington	Ankeny
2000	Preston	North Cedar	Washington	WDM Dowling
2001	Preston	Rock Valley	Washington	Cedar Falls
2002	Rock Valley	Mid-Prairie	Perry	Ankeny
2003	Rock Valley	Underwood	Cedar Rapids Xavier	Ankeny
2004	Rockwell City-Lytton	Underwood	Waukon	Ankeny
2005	Charter Oak-Ute	Grundy Center	Cedar Rapids Xavier	Ankeny
2006	IKM	North Butler	Norwalk	Des Moines Roosevelt
2007	Graettinger-Terril	North Butler	Cedar Rapids Xavier	Sioux City North
2008	Springville	Davenport Assumption	Sioux City Bishop Heelan	Iowa City
2009	AGWSR	IKM-Manning	Ballard	Sioux City North
2010	Exira	Mount Vernon	Sioux City Bishop Heelan	Linn-Mar
2011	Martensdale-St. Mary's	OA-BCIG	Davenport Assumption	Des Moines East
2012	North Mahaska	Western Christian	Davenport Assumption	Iowa City West

From 2013–present, there are 5 classes, all with 5 players

Year	1A	2A	3A	4A	5A
2013	Central Lyon	Western Christian	Davenport Assumption	Cedar Rapids Xavier	Southeast Polk
2014	Burlington Notre Dame	Western Christian	MOC–Floyd Valley	Harlan	Dowling Catholic
2015	Newell-Fonda	Unity Christian	Nevada	Harlan	Waukee
2016	Springville	Unity Christian	Pocahontas Area	Mason City	Ankeny

Bowling

Classification guidelines

From 2007–2014, 2 classes:

State Champions

Year	1A	2A
2007	Red Oak	Ottumwa
2008	Louisa-Muscatine	Muscatine
2009	Keokuk	Ottumwa
2010	Oelwein	Muscatine
2011	Dubuque Wahlert	Muscatine
2012	Keokuk	Ottumwa
2013	Dubuque Wahlert	Waterloo West
2014	Keokuk	Waterloo West

From 2015–present, 3 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A
2015	Camanche	Keokuk	Johnston
2016	Camanche	Waterloo East	Johnston

Soccer

State Champions

From 1998–2001, one class:

Year	Champion
1998	Bettendorf
1999	Wahlert
2000	Wahlert
2001	Urbandale

From 2002–2010, 2 classes:

Year	1A	2A
2002	Assumption, Davenport	Wahlert
2003	Assumption, Davenport	Valley, West Des Moines
2004	Xavier	Iowa City West
2005	Wahlert	Valley, West Des Moines
2006	Xavier	Valley, West Des Moines
2007	Xavier	Valley, West Des Moines
2008	Xavier	Valley, West Des Moines
2009	Xavier	Cedar Rapids Kennedy
2010	Xavier	Valley, West Des Moines

From 2011–present, 3 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A
2011	Assumption, Davenport	Xavier	Ankeny
2012	Assumption, Davenport	Xavier	Cedar Rapids Kennedy
2013	Assumption, Davenport	Xavier	Ankeny
2014	Assumption, Davenport	North Scott	Cedar Rapids Kennedy
2015	Bishop Heelan	Ankeny	Iowa City West
2016	Assumption, Davenport	Lewis Central	Ankeny Centennial

Softball

State Champions

From 1957–1987, one class, summer and fall seasons:

Year	Summer champion	Fall champion
1957	Cedar Valley	Wheatland
1958	Argyle	Cedar Valley
1959	Roland	West Central, Maynard
1960	Battle Creek	Roland
1961	Southeast Warren	Roland
1962	Woden-Crystal Lake	Southeast Warren
1963	Woden-Crystal Lake	Southeast Warren
1964	Hubbard	North, West Union
1965	Hubbard	South Hamilton
1966	Benton Community	South Hamilton
1967	Kingsley-Pierson	Kingsley-Pierson
1968	Southeast Warren	Kingsley-Pierson
1969	Wapsie Valley	Wapsie Valley
1970	Roland-Story	Central, Elkader
1971	Roland-Story	Adel
1972	NESCO	Roland-Story
1973	Clear Creek	Clear Creek
1974	Dubuque Senior	Clear Creek
1975	Clear Creek	South Hamilton
1976	Ottumwa	North Polk
1977	Urbandale	Urbandale
1978	Ankeny	Ankeny
1979	Ankeny	Ankeny
1980	Ankeny	Charles City
1981	Des Moines East	Ankeny
1982	Des Moines Hoover	Roland-Story
1983	Cedar Rapids Jefferson	Turkey Valley
1984	Davenport West	Ankeny
1985	Dubuque Senior	Ankeny
1986	Davenport West	Ankeny
1987	North Scott	Urbandale

From 1988–1993, one class:

Year	Champion
1988	Webster City
1989	Muscatine
1990	Valley, West Des Moines
1991	Ankeny
1992	Dowling Catholic
1993	North Scott

From 1994–2003, 3 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A
1994	Lisbon	Carlisle	Ankeny
1995	Lisbon	Clarke	Ottumwa
1996	Lisbon	Carlisle	Ankeny
1997	Clear Creek-Amana	Carlisle	Cedar Rapids Jefferson
1998	Woodward-Granger	Benton Community	Cedar Rapids Jefferson
1999	Alburnett	Waukee	Des Moines Lincoln
2000	North Polk	Waukee	Muscatine
2001	Colfax-Mingo	Webster City	Des Moines Lincoln
2002	Woodbury Central	Clear Creek-Amana	North Scott
2003	Cardinal	Solon	Valley, West Des Moines

From 2004–2011, 4 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A	4A
2004	Cardinal	Clear Creek-Amana	Spirit Lake	Dowling Catholic
2005	Alburnett	Akron-Westfield	Norwalk	Valley, West Des Moines
2006	Akron-Westfield	North Polk	Clear Creek-Amana	Des Moines East
2007	Highland	Solon	West Delaware	Valley, West Des Moines
2008	Newell-Fonda	North Polk	Winterset	Valley, West Des Moines
2009	Earlham	BCLUW	Clear Creek-Amana	Johnston
2010	Akron-Westfield	BCLUW	Carlisle	Valley, West Des Moines
2011	Akron-Westfield	Regina	Clear Creek-Amana	Des Moines East

From 2012–present, 5 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A	4A	5A
2012	Martensdale-St. Marys	Treynor	Ballard	Indianola	Ankeny
2013	Akron-Westfield	Durant	Bondurant-Farrar	Dallas Center-Grimes	Dowling Catholic
2014	Akron-Westfield	Earlham	Clarke	Dallas Center-Grimes	Johnston
2015	AGWSR	Iowa City Regina	Solon	Dallas Center-Grimes	Waukee
2016	Kee	Van Meter	Benton	Oskaloosa	Johnston

Tennis

State Champions

IGHSAU Tennis Team Champions^[1]
Year	1A champion	2A champion
1983	Dubuque Wahlert
1984	Waterloo Columbus
1985	Waterloo Columbus
1986	Waterloo Columbus
1987	Cedar Rapids Washington
1988	Waterloo Columbus
1989	Waterloo Columbus
1990	Cedar Rapids Jefferson
1991	Dubuque Wahlert
1992	Waterloo Columbus
1993	West Des Moines Valley
1994	Decorah	West Des Moines Valley
1995	Waterloo Columbus	Bettendorf
1996	Souix City Heelan	Bettendorf
1997	Camanche	Bettendorf
1998	Decorah	Bettendorf
1999	Decorah	Bettendorf
2000	Decorah	Bettendorf
2001	Waterloo Columbus	West Des Moines Valley
2002	Waterloo Columbus	Urbandale
2003	Decorah	Bettendorf
2004	Waterloo Columbus	Iowa City West
2005	Waterloo Columbus	Iowa City West
2006	Waterloo Columbus	Iowa City West
2007	Waterloo Columbus	Cedar Rapids Kennedy
2008	Camanche	Boone
2009	Dubuque Wahlert	Ames
2010	Camanche	Ames
2011	Waterloo Columbus	Ames
2012	Camanche	Ames
2013	Waterloo Columbus	Clinton
2014	Waterloo Columbus	Cedar Rapids Washington
2015	Waterloo Columbus	Des Moines Roosevelt
2016	Waterloo Columbus	Cedar Rapids Prairie

Volleyball

Classification guidelines

For 2011–2012, the 48 largest schools were in 4A, the next 64 in 3A, the next 128 in 2A, and the rest in 1A.
From 2012–present: 5 Classes: Top 40=5A, 2nd tier of 48=4A, 3rd tier of 64=3A, 4th tier of 96=2A, the rest=1A.

State Champions

From 1970–1973, one class, winter season play only:

Year	Champion
1970	Davenport West
1971	Fort Dodge
1972	Carroll
1973	Mason City

From 1973–1980, one class:

Year	Champion
1973	Dubuque Senior
1974	Wahlert
1975	Dubuque Hempstead
1976	Wahlert
1977	Wahlert
1978	Wahlert
1979	Cedar Rapids Kennedy
1980	Dubuque Senior

From 1981–1993, 2 classes:

Year	1A	2A
1981	Mater Dei	Davenport Central
1982	Mater Dei	Sioux City North
1983	Mater Dei	Dubuque Senior
1984	Mount Vernon	Fort Dodge
1985	Dike	North Scott
1986	Dike	Wahlert
1987	Dike	Wahlert
1988	Dike	Davenport North
1989	Dike	Western Christian
1990	Unity Christian	Wahlert
1991	Marquette, West Point	Wahlert
1992	Lincoln, Stanwood	Wahlert
1993	Unity Christian	Western Christian

From 1994–2002, 3 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A
1994	Dike-New Hartford	Western Christian	Marshalltown
1995	Eldora-New Providence	Western Christian	Wahlert
1996	Marquette, West Point	Unity Christian	Wahlert
1997	Dike-New Hartford	Unity Christian	Davenport North
1998	Eldora-New Providence	Western Christian	Iowa City High
1999	Tripoli	Iowa Falls	Bishop Heelan Catholic
2000	Tripoli	Unity Christian	Wahlert
2001	Tripoli	Western Christian	Wahlert
2002	Grandview Park Baptist	Western Christian	Wahlert

From 2003–2011, 4 classes:

Year	1A	2A	3A	4A
2003	Tripoli	Western Christian	Wahlert	Dubuque Hempstead
2004	Tripoli	Western Christian	Wahlert	Ankeny
2005	Tripoli	Aplington-Parkersburg	Wahlert	Ankeny
2006	Wapsie Valley	Western Christian	Bishop Heelan Catholic	Iowa City High
2007	Wapsie Valley	Western Christian	Bishop Heelan Catholic	Johnston
2008	Tripoli	Western Christian	Marion	Ankeny
2009	Tripoli	Mount Vernon	Waverly-Shell Rock	Ankeny
2010	Tripoli	Western Christian	Mount Vernon	Iowa City West
2011	Tripoli	Dike-New Hartford	Waverly-Shell Rock	Iowa City West

From 2012–present, 5 classes: Top 40=5A, 2nd tier of 48=4A, 3rd tier of 64=3A, 4th tier of 96=2A, the rest=1A.

Year	1A	2A	3A	4A	5A
2012	Tripoli	Dike-New Hartford	MOC-Floyd Valley	Charles City	Bettendorf
2013	Janesville	Dike-New Hartford	MOC-Floyd Valley	Harlan	Bettendorf
2014	Holy Trinity Catholic	Dike-New Hartford	Solon	Harlan	Ankeny Centennial
2015	Janesville	Western Christian	Nevada	West Delaware	Ankeny Centennial

Defunct sports

Three sports were previously overseen by the IGHSAU. These three sports were: gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and indoor track and field.

Gymnastics

Classification guidelines

Gymnastics was an IGHSAU sponsored sport from 1968–1988.

State Champions

From 1968–1988, one class:

Year	Champion
1968	Sioux City Central
1969	Cedar Rapids Washington
1970	Cedar Rapids Washington
1971	Ames; Des Moines Roosevelt
1972	Des Moines Roosevelt
1973	Des Moines Roosevelt
1974	Des Moines Roosevelt
1975	Des Moines Roosevelt
1976	Cedar Rapids Washington
1977	Cedar Rapids Washington
1978	Ames
1979	Cedar Rapids Washington
1980	Clinton
1981	Clinton
1982	Clinton
1983	Linn-Mar
1984	Clinton
1985	Linn-Mar
1986	Linn-Mar
1987	Clinton
1988	Linn-Mar

Synchronized Swimming

Classification guidelines

Synchronized Swimming was an IGHSAU sponsored sport from 1970–1981.

State Champions

From 1970–1981, one class:

Year	Champion
1970	Davenport West
1971	Davenport Central
1972	Davenport Central
1973	Davenport Central
1974	Davenport Central
1975	Davenport Central
1976	Davenport Central
1977	Davenport Central
1978	Davenport Central
1979	Valley, West Des Moines
1980	Valley, West Des Moines
1981	Valley, West Des Moines

Indoor Track & Field

Classification guidelines

Indoor Track & Field was an IGHSAU sponsored sport from 1965–1997.

State Champions

From 1965–1997, one class:

Year	Champion
1965	Belle Plaine
1966	Belle Plaine
1967	Rolfe
1968	Adel
1969	Manilla
1970	B-G-M
1971	Manilla
1972	Collins; Manilla
1973	Hampton
1974	Collins
1975	Woodbine
1976	Woodbine
1977	Indianola
1978	Tri-County
1979	Indianola
1980	Indianola
1981	Cedar Rapids Jefferson
1982	Davenport West
1983	Pleasant Valley
1984	Pleasant Valley
1985	Pleasant Valley
1986	Pleasant Valley
1987	Camanche
1988	Camanche
1989	Ames
1990	Ames
1991	Pleasant Valley
1992	Pleasant Valley
1993	Indianola
1994	Indianola
1995	Cedar Falls; Indianola
1996	Davenport North; CR Prairie; Ankeny
1997	Pleasant Valley

IGHSAU Executive Directors

Term span	Name
1947–54	R.H. (Rod) Chisholm
1954–2002	Dr. E. Wayne Cooley
2002–08	Troy Dannen
2008–16	Mike Dick
2016–present	Jean Berger

References

1 2 "Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union". IGHSAU. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
↑ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

External links

Official website

National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations (NFHS)

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CO: Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
CT: Connecticut Association of Schools (CIAC)
DE: Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
DC: District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA)
FL: Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
GA: Georgia High School Association (GHSA)
HI: Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA)
ID: Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA)
IL: Illinois High School Association (IHSA)
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