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Prairie moves into girls top 10

Four straight wins have moved Cedar Rapids Prairie into the top 10 of the Class 4A girls basketball poll.

The latest Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rankings were released Thursday.

Xavier (10-2) continues to be ranked No. 5 and Cedar Rapids Washington (5-2) is No. 9.

Prairie (7-3) moved up one spot to No. 10 after throttling Waterloo East, 81-27, Tuesday. The Hawks host No. 8 Iowa City High (9-2) Friday night.

Marion (7-1) moved up one spot to No. 11 in the Class 3A poll. The Indians have a tough task Friday night at No. 2 Benton (10-0). They then host No. 7 Dubuque Wahlert (8-2) Saturday night.

Linn-Mar (6-5) dropped out of the 4A poll after four straight losses.

Iowa City West (10-0) remains the top-ranked team in Class 4A. The Women of Troy host Cedar Rapids Jefferson (5-5) Friday night.

IGHSAU BASKETBALL POLLS

CLASS 4A                    W-L      Pvs
1. Iowa City West        10-0       1
2. SE Polk                   10-0       2
3. Ames                     10-0       3
4. Ankeny                    9-1       4
5. CR Xavier                10-2       5
6. Waukee                   6-3       6
7. Mason City                9-1       7   
8. Iowa City High           9-2       8
9. CR Washington          5-2       9
10. CR Prairie                7-3      11
11. WDM Valley            8-3      10
12. DM East                 7-3      NR
13. Lewis Central          7-1      13
14. Waterloo West       7-4      NR
15. Cedar Falls              7-4      14

CLASS 3A                          W-L      Pvs
1. South Tama                   10-0       1
2. Benton                          10-0       2
3. Davenport Assumption       7-1       3
4. MOC-Floyd Valley               9-0       4
5. Glenwood                        9-0       5
6. SC Heelan                        8-0       6
7. Dubuque Wahlert             8-2       7
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton         6-1       8
9. Bondurant-Farrar             10-0       9
10. Union                            8-1      10
11. Marion                           7-1      12
12. Williamsburg                 10-2      13
13. Washington                   7-2      11   
14. Waverly-Shell Rock          5-3      14
15. New Hampton                7-1      15

CLASS 2A                            W-L      Pvs
1. OA-BCIG                          11-0       1
2. Estherville-Lincoln Cent.     11-0       2
3. IKM-Manning                      8-1       3
4. West Hancock                  10-0       4
5. FD St. Edmond                 10-0       5
6. Mediapolis                        10-0       6
7. Gilbert                             10-0       7
8. Western Christian               9-0       8
9. Carroll Kuemper                  7-3       9
10. Lawton-Bronson               7-3     10
11. Pella Christian                   5-1     11
12. Panorama                        8-1     12
13. North Linn                     11-0     13
14. Monticello                        9-1     14
15. Van Buren                       8-1     15

CLASS 1A                            W-L      Pvs
1. North Mahaska                 10-0       1
2. Bedford                          10-0       2
3. Ar-We-Va                         7-0       3
4. North Butler                      8-1       4
5. LeMars Gehlen                   9-0       5
6. West Sioux                       9-0       6
7. Lynnville-Sully                  10-1       7
8. Central Lyon                     9-1       8
9. Newell-Fonda                    5-4       9
10. Villisca                            8-1     10
11. Exira/EHK                       9-1     11
12. North Tama                   9-2     12
13. Adair-Casey                  10-1     13
14. Burlington Notre Dame    6-2     14
15. Coon Rapids-Bayard         8-2     NR

Prairie and Linn-Mar in dual meet rankings

Cedar Rapids Prairie is ranked No. 6 and Linn-Mar No. 9 in Class 3A in the first dual meet rankings released by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches Association.

Prairie and Linn-Mar have split a pair of dual meets.

Bettendorf is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A. Southeast Polk is No. 2 and Iowa City West No. 3.

Davenport Assumption is No. 1 in Class 2A and Nashua-Plainfield is No. 1 in Class 1A.

IOWA WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION DUAL MEET RANKINGS

CLASS 3A                                   Record      Pts.
1.  Bettendorf                                7-0        622
2.  Southeast Polk                         14-0        614
3.  Iowa City West                         13-1        569
4.  Valley West Des Moines               8-1        508
5.  Waverly-Shell Rock                    17-4        418
6.  Cedar Rapids Prairie                   11-5        400
7.  Mason City                               11-3        388
8.  Ankeny                                     6-0        382
9.  Linn-Mar                                  12-4        368
10.  Urbandale                                4-2        246
11.  North Scott                           14-5        159
12. Pleasant Valley                        10-4        139
13. Western Dubuque                   14-2        136
14. Spencer                                   6-0        113
15. Indianola                                  5-4         96
16. Lewis Central                            4-3         94

CLASS 2A                                    Record      Pts.
1.  Assumption                              15-0        836
2.  West Delaware                         14-4        795
3.  Denver-Tripoli                           11-2        724
4.  Creston/Orient-Macksburg            6-0        585
5.  New Hampton                          10-4        533
6.  Osage                                     14-2        433
7.  Atlantic                                     5-1        418
8.  Spirit Lake Park                           3-0        361
9.  Mediapolis                                11-0         324
10. Charles City                               9-5         299
11. Union                                       4-0         266
12. Perry                                        9-4        249
13. Dallas Center-Grimes                  10-1        235
14. Williamsburg                             15-2        231
15. Grinnell                                     7-0        195
16. South Central Calhoun               23-3       159

CLASS 1A                                    Record      Pts.
1.  Nashus-Plainfield                        11-4        902
2.  Don Bosco                                15-5       818
3.  Alburnett                                 13-1        791
4.  Underwood                                9-0       786
5.  Woodbury Central                     11-0        736
6.  Lisbon                                     11-2        604
7.  Logan-Magnolia                         11-1       507
8.  Martensdale-St. Mary                  3-0        480
9.  North-Linn                                8-1        360
10. Eddyville-Blakesburg                   7-1        343
11. Tri-Center                                7-2        315
12. Clarion-Goldfield                        4-0        287
13. Guthrie Center                       16-4        213
14. Manson Northwest Webster       6-0       200
15. Audubon                               14-3       168
16. Interstate 35                           8-3       132

Saints up to 5th, Prairie cracks girls poll

Xavier moved up three spots to No. 5 and Prairie jumped into this week's Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Class 4A basketball poll.

Xavier (9-2) replaced Cedar Rapids Washington at No. 5. The Saints handed Davenport Assumption its first loss Tuesday, dropping the Knights from No. 2 to No. 3 in the Class 3A poll.

Washington (5-1) fell to No. 9 after an overtime loss to Waterloo West on Tuesday at Washington.

Prairie (6-3) jumped into the poll at No. 11. The Hawks have won three straight games, including a 20-point rout of then-No. 10 Linn-Mar and a 19-point win over Class 3A No. 12 Marion.

Despite three straight losses that dropped its record to 6-4, Linn-Mar fell only two spots to No. 12. The Lions were beaten by Prairie last Friday, lost to Illinois top-ranked Quincy Notre Dame on Saturday and were beaten by No. 1 Iowa City West on Tuesday.

Despite the loss to Prairie, Marion (7-1) is still ranked No. 12 in Class 3A.

Several Metro girls ranked among the top statistical performers over the past week. Kennedy's Courtney Strait scored 30 points against Iowa City High on Friday, Washington's Dani Franklin had 27 points Tuesday against Waterloo West, and Xavier's Alex Bartz had a state-high 13 blocks Tuesday against Assumption.

IGHSAU GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS

CLASS 4A                   W-L     Pvs
1. Iowa City West        9-0        1
2. SE Polk                   9-0        2
3. Ames                     9-0        3
4. Ankeny                  8-1        4
5. CR Xavier                9-2        8
6. Waukee                 5-3        6
7. Mason City              9-1        7
8. Iowa City High         8-2      12
9. CR Washington        5-1       5
10. WDM Valley           8-1       9
11. CR Prairie              6-3       NR
12. Linn-Mar               6-4       10
13. Lewis Central        6-1       14
14. Cedar Falls            7-3       15
15. Muscatine             7-2       11

CLASS 3A                      W-L      Pvs
1. South Tama               10-0       1
2. Benton                       9-0       3
3. Dav. Assumption          6-1       2
4. MOC-Floyd Valley          8-0       4
5. Glenwood                   8-0       5
6. SC Heelan                   7-0       6
7. Dubuque Wahlert        7-2        7
8. Sgt. Bluff-Luton           6-1       8
9. Bondurant-Farrar          9-0       9
10. Union                       8-1      10
11. Washington               7-1      11
12. Marion                      7-1      12
13. Williamsburg             10-2      13
14. Waverly-Shell Rock     5-3      NR
15. New Hampton           6-1      NR

CLASS 2A                      W-L     Pvs
1. OA-BCIG                   10-0       1
2. Estherville-LC             10-0       2
3. IKM-Manning               7-1       3
4. West Hancock             9-0       4
5. FD St. Edmond            9-0       7
6. Mediapolis                   9-0       8
7. Gilbert                       9-0       8
8. Western Christian        8-0      10
9. Carroll Kuemper          6-3       5
10. Lawton-Bronson       5-3      11
11. Pella Christian           5-1      13
12. Panorama                8-1      14
13. North Linn             11-0      NR
14. Monticello               9-1       6
15. Van Buren              8-1      12

CLASS 1A                   W-L      Pvs
1. North Mahaska          9-0       1
2. Bedford                 10-0       2
3. Ar-We-Va                6-0       3
4. North Butler            7-1       4
5. LeMars Gehlen         8-0       5
6. West Sioux             8-0       7
7. Lynnville-Sully        10-1       9
8. Central Lyon           8-1      12
9. Newell-Fonda          5-3       6
10. Villisca                  8-1      10
11. Exira/EHK             8-1      13
12. North Tama          8-2       8
13. Adair-Casey           9-1      14
14. Burlington ND       6-2      11
15. Marcus-M-C           6-2      15

J-Hawks rise, Lions fall in boys poll

Jefferson moved up to No. 8 and Linn-Mar fell to No. 9 in this week's Associated Press Class 4A boys basketball poll.

Jefferson (6-0) posted a pair of wins last week and moved up two spots in the rankings. The J-Hawks play at Class 2A No. 10 North Cedar on Tuesday night.

Linn-Mar (3-2) lost an overtime game at Cedar Falls, which moved up to No. 7. The Lions snapped their two-game losing streak by beating Prairie, 68-60, Friday night, but fell six spots in the poll.

Kennedy (4-1) dropped out of the poll after a three-point loss at Dubuque Senior last Tuesday. The Cougars were ranked ninth last week. Dubuque Senior moved up two spots to No. 3.

Iowa City West (6-0) remains the top-ranked team in Class 4A.

Class 3A No. 6 Davenport Assumption (4-2) plays at Xavier on Tuesday in a girl/boy doubleheader.

Waverly-Shell Rock (6-0) is ranked first in Class 3A. West Marshall (7-0) moved up to No. 1 in Class 2A and Danville (7-0) is ranked No.1 in 1A.

AP BOYS BASKETBALL POLLS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A             W-L    Pts    Pvs
1. IC West (9)       6-0    135       1
2. Ankeny (5)        6-0    131       2
3. Dubuque Senior  5-0      99       5
4. WDM Valley        6-1      93       4
5. SC East              5-1      72       6
6. Waukee             5-1      57     T7
7. Cedar Falls          3-1      54     T10
8. CR Jefferson       6-0      47     T10
9. Linn-Mar             3-2      42       3
10. SE Polk             5-1      25     T7
Others receiving votes -- CR Kennedy 9, North Scott 6.

CLASS 3A                W-L    Pts    Pvs
1. Waverly-SR (11)     6-0    137       1
2. MOC-FV (2)            7-0    125       2
3. Iowa Falls (1)          6-0    100     T4
4. Mount Pleasant       6-1      77       6
5. SC Heelan              4-1      72      T4
6. Dav. Assumption     4-2      70       3
7. LeMars                   6-0      67       8
8. DC-Grimes               6-0      38      NR
9. W.Dubuque            4-1      17      NR
10. ADM Adel              6-1      14      NR
Others receiving votes -- Dubuque Wahlert 12, Atlantic 9, Harlan 7, Carroll 6, New Hampton 6, Williamsburg 4, Webster City 3, Ballard 3, Solon 2, Crestwood 1.

CLASS 2A                    W-L    Pts    Pvs
1. W.Marshall (9)           7-0    134       2
2. West Fork (4)           6-0    113       3
3. DM Christian              7-0      82       9
4. Mt. Vernon (1)          6-1      76       8
5. Denver                     8-0      49     NR
6. Sioux Center             6-1      35     NR
7. W.Christian               4-2      33       1
7. Carroll Kuemper         6-2      33     T5
9. Beckman                  6-1      30       7
10. North Cedar            5-1       29     NR
Others receiving votes -- FD St. Edmond 26, Northeast 25, Ogden 21, IC Regina 20, Roland-Story 18, West Branch 15, Davis County 8, Cascade 6, Forest City 6, Monticello 3, Unity Christian 3, Monroe PCM 2, Clarinda 2, Mediapolis 1.

CLASS 1A                   W-L    Pts    Pvs
1. Danville (13)            7-0    139       1
2. SL St. Mary's (1)      5-0    112       2
3. NE Hamilton            8-0    101       3
4. Boyden-Hull            5-1      80       5
5. Treynor                 7-0      65       6
6. Kingsley-Pierson      5-0      50       8
7. Lone Tree             7-0      47       9
8. Harris-Lake Park      6-0      44     NR
9. North Iowa            6-1      26      10
10. North Linn            8-0      24     NR
Others receiving votes -- Keota 19, Nodaway Valley 15, IMS 9, CB St. Albert 8, Exira 7, LeMars Gehlen 5, Lisbon 5, Lawton-Bronson 4, Oakland Riverside 3, Pleasantville 3, Algona Garrigan 3, Lynnville-Sully 1.