Returning 14 starters from last year’s 7-3 campaign has media outlets giving the Washington Demon football team high preseason praise. Radio Iowa released their preseason football rankings for all classes on Wednesday and the Demons received the No. 2 ranking in the Class 3A poll.

Last week, three newspapers statewide ranked the Demons in their preseason top 10 football poll. The Des Moines Register gave Washington the highest praise, making the Demons their No. 1 team. The Quad City Times placed Washington No. 4 in their initial poll while the Cedar Rapids Gazette has the Demons as the No. 5 best team in Class 3A.

KCII Sports is the one to count on for live play by play coverage of Washington Demon football all season long. Catch the Demons’ season opener at Albia tomorrow beginning with the Washington Hy-Vee Pregame Show at 7 p.m. on FM 106.1 and KCIIRadio.com.