Jefferson and Xavier are the only Metro schools present in the first softball poll released Friday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The J-Hawks, who were 34-7 last season, are ranked 11th and Xavier, 34-11 a year ago, is ranked 12th in Class 4A.

Des Moines East, runnersup to West Des Moines Valley a year ago, is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A. Valley is No. 5. Mississippi Valley Conference members Iowa City West and Waterloo West are ranked third and eighth, respectively.

Clear Creek Amana is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, Bondurant-Farrar No. 1 in 2A and Akron-Westfield No. 1 in 1A.

IGHSAU SOFTBALL POLLS
2010 records

CLASS 4A
1. Des Moines East  29-12
2. Muscatine  37-5
3. Iowa City West  32-10
4. WDM Dowling  24-14
5. WDM Valley  33-10
6. Ottumwa  31-10
7. Fort Dodge  26-14
8. Waterloo West  28-10
9. Sioux City East  26-13
10. Bettendorf  29-7
11. CR Jefferson  34-7
12. CR Xavier  34-11
13. Burlington  24-14
14. DM Lincoln  27-9
15. SE Polk  28-10

CLASS 3A
1. Clear Creek Amana  39-7
2. Chariton  27-4
3. Dallas Center-Grimes  28-11
4. West Delaware  33-9
5. Keokuk  33-12
6. Waverly-Shell Rock  39-4
7. Mount Vernon  31-14
8. Carlisle 38-2
9. Harlan  28-12
10. SC Heelan  34-5
11. Solon  18-14
12. Winterset  26-13
13. Creston  28-4
14. Sergeant Bluff-Luton  35-6
15. Centerville  21-14

CLASS 2A
1. Bondurant-Farrar  28-7
2. Mid-Prairie  23-17
3. Alta-Aurelia  24-10
4. Central Springs  21-3
5. Durant  29-9
6. Jesup  27-18
7. IKM-Manning  24-16
8. Iowa City Regina  23-9
9. CMB Baxter  23-6
10. Estherville-LC  20-14
11. Wilton  28-3
12. PCM  20-10
13. Fort Dodge  32-6
14. West Marshall  19-13
15. Truro 1-35  20-11

CLASS 1A
1. Akron-Westfield  37-1
2. Martensdale-St. Marys  28-7
3. Hinton  23-18
4. Preston  34-8
5. North Sentral Kossuth/Armstrong-Ringsted  36-7
6. Newell-Fonda  34-6
7. Lynnville-Sully  25-6
8. Westewood  29-6
9. Woodward-Granger  35-5
10. Van Meter  23-9
11. BCLUW  41-3
12. Mason City Newman  19-12
13. Fremont-Mills  26-10
14. Earlham  21-13
15. Treynor  25-7