4A Program history · 1900–2025
Des Moines North
257-527-21
All-time
.332 · 121 seasons
62-332
Since 1972
.157
0
State titles
none
1
Playoff seasons
of 49 since 1972
39.0
Best season
1974 · #9 4A · 8-2
#40.4
Avg class rank
best #9 (1974)
Rating by season
Final power rating each season, all classes on one scale. Filled points are state titles; #1 marks a season the team finished first in its class.
Win percentage
Bars are dimmer in seasons without a playoff game.
Classification
4A1972–1981
4A1987–2020
5A2021–2022
4A2023–2025
16
Longest win streak
1917–1920
36
Longest losing streak
2016–2020
Most-played opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines East | 93 | 19-69-5 | 1903–2025 |
| Des Moines Roosevelt | 67 | 20-47 | 1923–2022 |
| Des Moines Lincoln | 66 | 30-35-1 | 1926–2025 |
| Des Moines Hoover | 44 | 17-27 | 1967–2022 |
| WDM Dowling | 35 | 6-29 | 1939–2015 |
| Marshalltown | 28 | 5-22-1 | 1905–2022 |
| Indianola | 26 | 10-16 | 1903–2024 |
| Ottumwa | 25 | 4-21 | 1907–2022 |
| Ames | 24 | 7-17 | 1902–2019 |
| Mason City | 23 | 3-18-2 | 1916–2009 |
| Des Moines West | 23 | 8-15 | 1900–1927 |
| Des Moines Tech | 22 | 12-9-1 | 1949–1981 |
Season by season
| Season | Class | Rank | Rating | Record | Mrg/g | PF–PA | Playoffs | District | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4A | #34 / 36 | -17.3 | 2-7 | -22.2 | 103–303 | — | 5 | Iowa Alliance |
| 2024 | 4A | #34 / 36 | -19.2 | 0-9 | -32.4 | 96–388 | — | 5 | Iowa Alliance |
| 2023 | 4A | #34 / 36 | -23.2 | 2-7 | -32.6 | 112–405 | — | 5 | CIML |
| 2022 | 5A | #30 / 36 | -10.4 | 4-6 | -8.1 | 222–303 | — | 1 | 5A-1 |
| 2021 | 5A | #32 / 36 | -17.1 | 1-8 | -23.9 | 115–330 | — | 1 | 5A-1 |
| 2020 | 4A | #38 / 40 | -16.6 | 0-2 | -20.0 | 20–60 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2019 | 4A | #40 / 42 | -20.6 | 0-9 | -37.0 | 107–440 | — | 7 | CIML |
| 2018 | 4A | #42 / 42 | -16.8 | 0-9 | -28.8 | 131–390 | — | 7 | CIML |
| 2017 | 4A | #48 / 48 | -30.3 | 0-9 | -54.4 | 29–519 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 2016 | 4A | #42 / 48 | -6.5 | 2-7 | -19.3 | 130–304 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 2015 | 4A | #42 / 46 | -9.2 | 1-8 | -31.1 | 99–379 | — | 2 | CIML |
| 2014 | 4A | #43 / 46 | -22.8 | 0-9 | -50.6 | 33–488 | — | 2 | CIML |
| 2013 | 4A | #48 / 48 | -24.8 | 0-9 | -40.2 | 80–442 | — | 2 | CIML |
| 2012 | 4A | #47 / 47 | -24.2 | 1-8 | -37.7 | 76–415 | — | 2 | CIML |
| 2011 | 4A | #46 / 47 | -17.2 | 1-8 | -39.0 | 111–462 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2010 | 4A | #45 / 47 | -35.3 | 1-8 | -31.4 | 148–431 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2009 | 4A | #47 / 48 | -30.7 | 0-9 | -37.2 | 64–399 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2008 | 4A | #47 / 48 | -30.0 | 2-7 | -17.3 | 119–275 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2007 | 4A | #48 / 48 | -33.4 | 1-8 | -32.8 | 105–400 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2006 | 4A | #47 / 48 | -36.1 | 1-8 | -37.1 | 85–419 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2005 | 4A | #46 / 48 | -36.9 | 1-8 | -30.1 | 71–342 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2004 | 4A | #48 / 48 | -35.2 | 1-8 | -35.2 | 74–391 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2003 | 4A | #47 / 48 | -33.3 | 0-9 | -42.4 | 57–439 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2002 | 4A | #42 / 48 | -25.4 | 1-8 | -34.8 | 41–354 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2001 | 4A | #43 / 48 | -19.6 | 2-7 | -16.2 | 113–259 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 2000 | 4A | #41 / 48 | 3.0 | 3-6 | -11.0 | 151–250 | — | 4 | CIML |
| 1999 | 4A | #44 / 48 | -21.3 | 4-5 | -5.3 | 184–232 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 1998 | 4A | #47 / 48 | 3.4 | 2-7 | -22.2 | 91–291 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 1997 | 4A | #45 / 47 | -14.4 | 1-8 | -17.0 | 124–277 | — | 2 | CIML |
| 1996 | 4A | #47 / 47 | -16.6 | 0-9 | -36.3 | 74–401 | — | 2 | CIML |
| 1995 | 4A | #44 / 46 | -3.0 | 2-7 | -17.9 | 151–312 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 1994 | 4A | #42 / 46 | -7.5 | 2-7 | -7.6 | 225–293 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 1993 | 4A | #45 / 46 | -0.7 | 0-9 | -27.3 | 76–322 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 1992 | 4A | #45 / 46 | -3.2 | 0-9 | -24.8 | 112–335 | — | 3 | CIML |
| 1991 | 4A | #43 / 46 | 3.5 | 2-7 | -13.9 | 148–273 | — | 1 | CIML |
| 1990 | 4A | #37 / 46 | 14.6 | 3-6 | -7.0 | 166–229 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1989 | 4A | #41 / 46 | 16.0 | 2-7 | -9.6 | 122–208 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1988 | 4A | #46 / 46 | -3.1 | 1-8 | -21.7 | 72–267 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1987 | 4A | #46 / 46 | -0.7 | 1-8 | -25.7 | 74–305 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1981 | 4A | #41 / 41 | -15.2 | 0-8 | -33.5 | 57–325 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1980 | 4A | #41 / 41 | 1.7 | 0-4 | -28.5 | 21–135 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1979 | 4A | #40 / 40 | -1.0 | 0-6 | -29.2 | 20–195 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1978 | 4A | #40 / 40 | -2.6 | 0-5 | -34.4 | 12–184 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1977 | 4A | #24 / 40 | 33.3 | 1-1 | -5.0 | 19–29 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1976 | 4A | #18 / 34 | 27.7 | 1-2 | -3.0 | 37–46 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1975 | 4A | #28 / 34 | 25.5 | 2-3 | -5.0 | 61–86 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1974 | 4A | #9 / 34 | 39.0 | 8-2 | +8.8 | 248–160 | 0-1 | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1973 | 4A | #25 / 34 | 27.2 | 3-1 | +5.5 | 91–69 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |
| 1972 | 4A | #42 / 42 | 0.1 | 0-2 | -50.5 | 12–113 | — | 1 | DM Metropolitan |