Washington moved up one spot and Xavier three in this week’s Class 4A girls’ basketball poll released Dec. 15 by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Washington (7-0) moved up to No. 5 and Xavier (8-0) advanced to No. 7.  The Warriors beat previous No. 6 Sioux City North and Class 3A defending state champ Sioux City Heelan last weekend.  Xavier knocked off previous No. 4 Iowa City High (6-2), 37-36, Tuesday night. The Little Hawks dropped to No. 10.

The top three teams remained the same with Linn-Mar (8-0) at No. 3. The Lions also beat Sioux City North and Heelan last weekend. North (4-2) dropped to No. 9. Heelan (4-3) dropped two spots to No. 13 in the 3A poll.

Xavier plays at No. 6 Iowa City West (6-0) Friday night in a battle of ranked teams.  City High travels to Kennedy (3-3) and Washington hosts Jefferson (3-4).  Linn-Mar is idle until Tuesday, when it hosts Iowa City West.