The Jefferson softball team moved up two spots to No.4 in this week's Class 4A poll released Friday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Xavier jumped back into the poll at No.14.  Jefferson and Xavier are the only Metro teams ranked in the polls.

Jefferson hosts Class 3A No. 13 Creston and No. 14 Mount Vernon in its own classic Saturday.

The top-ranked teams are Des Moines East (4A), Clear Creek Amana (3A), Central Springs (2A) and Akron-Westfield (1A).

IGHSAU SOFTBALL RANKINGS
(June 24, 2011)

CLASS 4A   
1. DM East (25-1)
2. Bettendorf (29-0)
3. Muscatine (20-4)
4. CR Jefferson (23-4)
5. Burlington (19-4)
6. Ottumwa (21-6)
7. Iowa City West (18-6)
8. Davenport West (21-4)
9. Ankeny (22-4)
10. SC East (19-5)
11. Waukee (17-6)
12. Johnston (17-8)
13. WDM Dowling (16-10)
14. CR Xavier (18-7)
15. Dubuque Hempstead (23-3)

CLASS 3A
1. Clear Creek Amana (26-1)
2. Carlisle (24-1)
3. Dallas Center-Grimes (23-4)
4. Winterset (21-8)
5. Chariton (18-5)
6. Keokuk (16-6)
7. Solon (20-7)
8. West Delaware (25-5)
9. Charles City (22-3)
10. Waverly-Shell Rock (18-4)
11. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (18-4)
12. Glenwood (18-5)
13. Creston (20-4)
14. Mount Vernon (22-6)
15. Harlan (15-6)

CLASS 2A
1. Central Springs (23-0)
2. Durant (19-3)
3. Bondurant-Farrar (22-4)
4. Alta-Aurelia (18-5)
5. West Burlington (13-4)
6. Logan-Magnolia (15-2)
7. Iowa City Regina (14-9)
8. Emmetsburg (16-5)
9. Wilton (17-7)
10. Missouri Valley (17-4)
11. Albia (15-8)
12. Sumner-Frederocksburg (22-6)
13. Mediapolis (19-4)
14. Estherville-LC (11-6)
15. Ogden (17-6)

CLASS 1A
1. Akron-Westfield (20-1)
2. Martensdale St. Marys (24-0)
3. Preston (19-2)
4. NSK-AR (24-3)
5. Hinton (16-8)
6. Don Bosco (20-3)
7. Earlham (19-5)
8. Treynor (19-3)
9. North Mahaska (19-3)
10. Newell-Fonda (15-8)
11. Lynnville-Sully (16-4)
12. Janesville (21-4)
13. DM Christian (15-4)
14. West Lyon (13-3)
15. WCLT (20-4)