Xavier slips a spot in girls poll
Xavier fell from fourth to fifth in Class 4A in the weekly girls basketball poll released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Xavier dropped a spot after losing by 20 points to Iowa City High last Friday. The Little Hawks were No. 2 in the Class 5A poll at that time, but are No. 6 in this week's rankings.
Kennedy, meanwhile, held on to the No. 9 spot in Class 5A.
The No. 1 teams remained the same in all classes. They are Mason City (5A), Sioux City Heelan (4A, Davenport Assumption (3A), Western Christian (2A and Bedford (1A).
IGHSAU RANKINGS
Records through Dec. 5
CLASS 5A
1. Mason City (3-1), 2. Muscatine (5-0), 3. Waukee (4-0), 4. DM East (4-0), 5. SE Polk (3-2), 6. Iowa City High (3-1), 7. WDM Valley (5-0), 8. Iowa City West (4-1), 9. Kennedy (4-0), 10. Ames (3-1)
CLASS 4A
1. SC Heelan (4-1), 2. Winterset (5-0), 3. Benton (4-0), 4. Waverly-Shell Rock (5-0), 5. Xavier (4-1), 6. Indianola (4-1), 7. Ballard (4-0), 8. Dallas Center-Grimes (2-2), 9. Western Dubuque (2-1), 10. Denison-Schleswig (3-0), 11. Perry (3-1), 12. Dubuque Wahlert (1-3), 13. North Scott (2-3), 14. Harlan (2-0), 15. Washington, Iowa (3-2)
CLASS 3A
1. Davenport Assumption (3-0), 2. MOC-Floyd Valley (5-0), 3. Estherville-Lincoln Central (4-1), 4. Spirit Lake (4-1), 5. Mediapolis (4-0), 6. Cascade (4-0), 7. Central Lee (4-0), 8. Camanche (4-0), 9. Mid-Prairie (2-1), 10. Clarke (4-0), 11. Union (1-2), 12. Bondurant-Farrar (1-1), 13. North Polk (3-1), 14. Waukon (5-0), 15. Nevada (5-0)
CLASS 2A
1. Western Christian (3-0), 2. IKM-Manning (5-0), 3. Aplington-Parkersburg (6-0), 4. Lawton-Bronson (4-0), 5. North Linn (5-0), 6. DM Christian (4-0), 7. Panorama (5-1), 8. North Butler (3-1), 9. Maquoketa Valley (4-1), 10. Central Decatur (3-1), 11. North Mahaska (5-0), 12. Missouri Valley (3-1), 13. NW Webster (3-1), 14. Pella Christian (3-0), 15. West Branch (3-1)
CLASS 1A
1. Bedford (4-0), 2. Ar-We-Va (2-0), 3. Burlington Notre Dame (5-1), 4. Newell-Fonda (4-0), 5. Central Lyon (4-1), 6. Grundy Center (3-0), 7. Adair-Casey (4-0), 8. LeMars Gehlen (4-0), 9. Stanton (1-1), 10. Clarkksville (4-0), 11. Villisca (4-0), 12. Bellevue Marquette (4-0), 13. West Sioux (3-1), 14. Twin Cedars (4-0), 15. Colo-Nesco (4-1)
