Iowa High School Girls Basketball Rankings – January 8, 2015
The fifth basketball rankings of the season have been released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU).
Six teams from the Cedar Valley and Northeast Iowa are considered to be some of the state's elite teams.
Cedar Falls and Waverly-Shell Rock are both ranked sixth in their respective classes. In Class-5A, Cedar Falls (9-1) moved up four spots from No. 10 in the December 18, 2014, poll. The Go-Hawks (10-0) climbed three spots from No. 9 in Class-4A.
Crestwood made a one spot jump in the Class-3A rankings. The Cadets (8-1) are ranked eighth in this week's survey, moving up from No. 9.
Dike-New Hartford is ranked seventh in Class-2A. The Wolverines (8-2) are the only team among the six that fell in the rankings since the last poll was released, the result of a 48-38 loss at Crestwood on Saturday.
Tripoli and Turkey Valley are both featured in the Class-1A poll. Tripoli (7-1) is No. 12, which is a two-spot jump from No. 14 in the Dec. 18 rankings. Turkey Valley (9-1) was unranked in the last survey and makes its debut at No. 13 this week.
The IGHSAU released this week's basketball rankings on Thursday (January 8, 2015).
Class-5A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | West Des Moines Valley | 9-0 | 2 |
2 | Waukee | 7-1 | 1 |
3 | Dowling Catholic | 8-2 | 3 |
4 | Iowa City West | 9-0 | 4 |
5 | Linn-Mar | 7-1 | 8 |
6 | Cedar Falls | 9-1 | 10 |
7 | Iowa City High | 7-2 | 7 |
8 | Ankeny Centennial | 5-4 | 9 |
9 | Johnston | 6-3 | 6 |
10 | Southeast Polk | 5-2 | 5 |
Dropped Out: None
Class-4A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Harlan | 8-0 | 1 |
2 | Western Dubuque | 9-0 | 3 |
3 | Ballard | 9-0 | 4 |
4 | Carlisle | 8-1 | 6 |
5 | Perry | 7-2 | 7 |
6 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 10-0 | 9 |
7 | Davenport North | 9-0 | 13 |
8 | North Scott | 8-1 | 2 |
9 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 6-1 | 5 |
10 | Indianola | 8-2 | 11 |
11 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 7-3 | 14 |
12 | Pella | 6-2 | 15 |
13 | Keokuk | 7-1 | 8 |
14 | Lewis Central | 8-2 | 12 |
15 | Grinnell | 8-1 | NR |
Dropped Out: Davenport Assumption (10)
Class-3A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Pocahontas Area | 8-0 | 1 |
2 | Mediapolis | 9-0 | 2 |
3 | Hampton-Dumont | 9-0 | 3 |
4 | Spirit Lake | 7-2 | 4 |
5 | Sioux Center | 9-1 | 5 |
6 | Red Oak | 8-1 | 7 |
7 | Nevada | 7-1 | 8 |
8 | Crestwood | 8-1 | 9 |
9 | Shenandoah | 8-2 | 10 |
10 | Kuemper Catholic | 6-2 | 6 |
11 | Osage | 10-0 | 12 |
12 | Solon | 8-1 | 11 |
13 | PCM | 7-3 | NR |
14 | Saydel | 7-2 | 13 |
15 | Cherokee | 5-3 | 14 |
Dropped Out: Center Point-Urbana (15)
Class-2A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Western Christian | 7-1 | 1 |
2 | Unity Christian | 9-0 | 2 |
3 | North-Linn | 10-0 | 3 |
4 | South Central Calhoun | 9-0 | 4 |
5 | IKM-Manning | 7-1 | 7 |
6 | Iowa City Regina | 7-0 | 10 |
7 | Dike-New Hartford | 8-2 | 6 |
8 | Panorama | 9-2 | 5 |
9 | Cascade | 8-1 | 8 |
10 | Okoboji | 9-1 | 9 |
11 | Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto | 8-1 | 11 |
12 | Des Moines Christian | 8-3 | 12 |
13 | Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 5-2 | 13 |
14 | Manson-NW Webster | 6-2 | 14 |
15 | Central Decatur | 9-0 | NR |
Dropped Out: Hinton (15)
Class-1A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Burlington Notre Dame | 10-0 | 1 |
2 | Colo-Nesco | 9-0 | 2 |
3 | Bedford | 9-0 | 3 |
4 | Grand View Christian | 8-0 | 4 |
5 | Kingsley-Pierson | 8-0 | 5 |
6 | Fremont-Mills | 7-0 | 6 |
7 | Exira-EHK | 9-0 | 8 |
8 | Lynnville-Sully | 10-0 | 9 |
9 | Newell-Fonda | 6-3 | 7 |
10 | Springville | 9-0 | 13 |
11 | Rockford | 6-1 | 11 |
12 | Tripoli | 7-1 | 14 |
13 | Turkey Valley | 9-1 | NR |
14 | George-Little Rock | 7-2 | NR |
15 | Central Lyon | 6-3 | 12 |
Dropped Out: AGWSR (10), Midland (15)