Girls' basketball rankings: Top-10 showdown between Kennedy, Cedar Falls set

Iowa City Regina's girls' basketball team is still undefeated. But the Regals will have to settle for the No. 2 ranking in Class 2A despite No. 1 Unity Christian's first loss.

Western Christian leaped from No. 5 to the top spot in this week's IGHSAU rankings after beating the Knights 59-48 last Saturday. The Wolfpack's two losses came in the first week of their season against 3A top-10 teams.

The other No. 1s remained the same, including Cedar Rapids Kennedy in 5A ahead of Friday's MVC Valley Division showdown at No. 10 Cedar Falls.

Turkey Valley is No. 1 in Class 1A, Pocahontas Area in 3A and Harlan in 4A.

Area movers include Montezuma joining the Class 1A rankings at No. 15, Monticello going from ninth to 13th following a loss to Northeast last Friday and West Branch falling from No. 4 to No. 7 in 2A after Tuesday's 53-50 loss to Tipton. No. 11 Cascade dropped out of the 3A poll.

● Area Super 10 rankings

This set of rankings is particularly important in the smaller three classes as it will help determine regional pairings, to be released Monday.

Here is this week's complete poll, with teams' rating last week in parentheses.

CLASS 5A

1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 14-1 (1)

2. Indianola 14-0 (2)

3. Ankeny Centennial 11-2 (3)

4. Waukee 10-2 (4)

5. Johnston 10-3 (5)

6. West Des Moines Dowling 10-3 (8)

7. Southeast Polk 11-2 (9)

8. Iowa City High 11-2 (6)

9. Davenport North 12-2 (10)

10. Cedar Falls 12-1 (10)

11. West Des Moines Valley 9-4 (8)

12. Pleasant Valley 10-4 (15)

13. Linn-Mar 9-4 (12)

14. Iowa City West 9-4 (13)

15. Davenport West 11-2 (NR)

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan 12-1 (1)

2. Western Dubuque 14-0 (2)

3. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 11-1 (3)

4. Keokuk 11-1 (4)

5. Ballard 13-1 (6)

6. North Scott 11-3 (10)

7. Marion 10-4 (7)

8. Pella 11-2 (8)

9. Fairfield 10-5 (9)

10. Mason City 8-7 (5)

11. Grinnell 11-3 (11)

12. Waverly-Shell Rock 13-3 (12)

13. Dallas Center-Grimes 10-3 (13)

14. Boone 11-2 (14)

15. Carlisle 8-5 (NR)

CLASS 3A

1. Pocahontas Area 13-0 (1)

2. Center Point-Urbana 15-0 (2)

3. Nevada 12-3 (3)

4. Cherokee 13-1 (4)

5. LaPorte City Union 14-1 (6)

6. Sioux Center 12-2 (5)

7. Hampton-Dumont 10-2 (12)

8. Spirit Lake 9-5 (7)

9. Forest City 12-2 (8)

10. Osage 11-3 (14)

11. Mount Vernon 9-5 (10)

12. West Marshall 12-1 (15)

13. Monticello 9-4 (9)

14. Central Lee 12-2 (NR)

15. Mid-Prairie 8-5 (13)

CLASS 2A

1. Western Christian 12-2 (5)

2. Iowa City Regina 13-0 (2)

3. Pekin 15-0 (3)

4. Unity Christian 14-1 (1)

5. Okoboji 15-0 (6)

6. Manson-Northwest Webster 9-3 (8)

7. West Branch 15-2 (4)

8. Central Decatur 13-1 (9)

9. Des Moines Christian 13-1 (10)

10. Treynor 12-0 (11)

11. Interstate 35 13-2 (7)

12. Van Meter 13-2 (12)

13. Lawton-Bronson 10-3 (13)

14. Grundy Center 14-1 (14)

15. Durant 11-5 (15)

CLASS 1A

1. Turkey Valley 15-0 (1)

2. Exira EHK 14-0 (2)

3. Springville 12-1 (3)

4. Burlington Notre Dame 14-0 (4)

5. Kingsley-Pierson 13-1 (5)

6. Newell-Fonda 11-4 (7)

7. Lansing Kee 13-2 (7)

8. Grand View Christian 11-0 (8)

9. Adair-Casey 14-1 (9)

10. Lynnville-Sully 16-0 (10-0)

11. Westwood 13-2 (13)

12. Bedford 12-2 (12)

13. Rockford 11-2 (14)

14. Nodaway Valley 10-3 (11)

15. Montezuma 15-1 (NR)