Pick Six-ing the Last Six Years-Eight-Man Football in Polk County

  • The 2021 Cross County Football team made it all the way to Lincoln and played for the Class D-1 State Title. The Cougars came up short as Howells-Dodge handed Cross County their only two losses all year. PCN file photo.
    The 2021 Cross County Football team made it all the way to Lincoln and played for the Class D-1 State Title. The Cougars came up short as Howells-Dodge handed Cross County their only two losses all year. PCN file photo.
  • Shelby-RC junior Jett Vrbka is off to the races as he is chased by the Pender Pendragons during D-1 quarterfinal action in early November. PCN file photo by Ken Kush.
    Shelby-RC junior Jett Vrbka is off to the races as he is chased by the Pender Pendragons during D-1 quarterfinal action in early November. PCN file photo by Ken Kush.

    There is no other way to put it, 8-man Football in Polk County over the last six years has been phenomenal. Osceola High-Plains in their two year Co-op in 2018 and 2019 went a combined 16-7 and won a D-1 State Championship. Cross County posted a 40-5 record from 2020 to 2023 and finished runner up in Class D-1 while making it to the Semi Finals in both 2019 and 2020. Osceola posted a 33-7 record f…