Iowa boys' basketball rankings: Des Moines Christian new No. 1 in Class 2A

CEDAR RAPIDS — Three of the four No. 1s remain No. 1 in the second Gazette boys' prep basketball poll.

The exception is Des Moines Christian, which ascends to the top spot in Class 2A. The Lions had a 3-0 week to improve to 5-0 overall.

That included an impressive 79-49 blowout of Fort Dodge St. Edmond, which was ranked sixth in 1A. The Gaels dropped out of the top 10 in the class.

Western Christian went from No. 1 in 2A to fifth after a loss to Spirit Lake. Second-ranked Carroll Kuemper lost to Lewis Central and moved down to sixth.

Northeast (6-0) is second behind Des Moines Christian, with South Hamilton (4-0) and Pella Christian (3-1) third and fourth. Cascade moved into the 2A poll at seventh.

The Cougars have a new coach in Jacob Brindle and essentially a brand new team from the one that finished state runner-up last season.

Iowa City West (4A), Waverly-Shell Rock (3A) and Gladbrook-Reinbeck (1A) remain solid No. 1s atop their classes, though West trailed Dubuque Hempstead by a point going to the fourth quarter this past Friday night before rallying for a 61-55 win. Cedar Falls comes in second in 4A, with North Scott third, Dubuque Senior fourth and Sioux City East fifth.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3-0) joins the 4A poll at No. 6. After the Cougars are Ames, Ankeny Centennial, West Des Moines Dowling and Des Moines North.

West Delaware (4-0) jumped three spots from fifth to second in Class 3A. Atlantic is third, Cedar Rapids Xavier fourth and Pella fifth.

Xavier lost its only game last week to 4A Linn-Mar.

North Linn (4-0) checks in at No. 2 behind Gladbrook-Reinbeck in 1A. The last game for the Lynx was a 103-18 defeat of Cedar Valley Christian.

Lone Tree is fourth in 1A, Montezuma eighth.

Here are the entire rankings, with last week's ranking in parentheses:

Class 4A

1. Iowa City West 3-0 (1)

2. Cedar Falls 2-1 (2)

3. North Scott 3-0 (3)

4. Dubuque Senior 3-0 (5)

5. Sioux City East 3-0 (6)

6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3-0 (NR)

7. Ames 4-0 (NR)

8. Ankeny Centennial 3-1 (10)

9. West Des Moines Dowling 3-1 (6)

10. Des Moines North 2-2 (NR)

Class 3A

1. Waverly-Shell Rock 4-0 (1)

2. West Delaware 4-0 (5)

3. Atlantic 4-0 (7)

4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 1-2 (4)

5. Pella 3-1 (3)

6. Glenwood 3-1 (2)

7. Mount Pleasant 2-1 (6)

8. Dallas Center-Grimes 5-0 (NR)

9. Spirit Lake 4-0 (NR)

10. Grinnell 3-1 (NR)

Class 2A

1. Des Moines Christian 5-0 (3)

2. Northeast 6-0 (5)

3. South Hamilton 4-0 (6)

4. Pella Christian 3-1 (8)

5. Western Christian 2-1 (1)

6. Carroll Kuemper 23-1 (2)

7. Cascade 4-0 (NR)

8. West Lyon 5-0 (7)

9. Osage 4-0 (9)

10. Hinton 5-0 (NR)

Class 1A

1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 3-0 (1)

2. North Linn 4-0 (4)

3. Ar-We-Va 6-0 (7)

4. Lone Tree 5-0 (5)

5. Boyden-Hull 3-1 (2)

6. Montezuma 4-1 (3)

7. Maple Valley/A-O 4-0 (NR)

8. Exira/EH-K 5-0 (NR)

9. New London 4-0 (NR)

10. Storm Lake St. Mary's 4-0 (NR)