By Liz Guttenfelder
According to the Jan. 17 rankings from Iowa Sports Connection and the Des Moines Register, Atlantic is ranked 10th in Class 3-A. This is one place behind rival Carroll Tigers.
Another popular rankings site, Prep Connection, has Atlantic on the watch list .
Hawkeye 10 standings rank the boys in 2nd after losing to Clarinda. Atlantic has 10 wins, 2 losses. Overall winning percent is 83%. Conference win percentage is 85%. Six conference wins, one loss.
Junior lead-scorer Dalton Franken said news of the rankings “makes us want to play harder so we stay in the rankings.
Junior Ben Nelson said he has noticed a change in crowd attendance as the Trojans have risen in the rankings. “There are a lot more community people watching us.”