GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — Our countdown of the best Eastern Iowa teams from the last 25 years starts with a recent State football champion: the 2023 Grundy Center football team.
Winning the second of what is currently three straight State titles, that Spartan team average over 35 points a game, and in the final 3 rounds of the playoffs, outscored their opponents 122-7.
7 players from that year’s roster are at the start of their college football careers, including a pair of Division I players.
This year we’re celebrating the best of the best from the sports world in Eastern Iowa over the last 25 years. The over-arcing theme of this series will be “The Stories of the Century”. During this year, we’ll count down the top 25 athletes, coaches, and teams from the past 25 years.
The year will be divided up into fourths, with the first portion of the year being dedicated to the best athletes (both high school and college) from the last 25 years.
Every Monday we’ll be releasing two more prep athletes, and every Wednesday we’ll announce two college athletes who will be added to the list.