Iowa high school girls’ basketball rankings: Top teams hold serve heading to break

We head to the holiday break (after a few games Thursday) in girls' basketball with changes to the top five of the IGHSAU rankings in only one class. Nevada moved up three spots to No. 4 in Class 4A while Grinnell fell to fifth and Carlisle dropped from No. 5 to No. 12.

Otherwise, the top teams held serve.

Indianola (5A), Pella (4A), Pocahontas Area (3A), Iowa City Regina (2A) and Springville (1A) remain No. 1.

Area movers included Linn-Mar dropping from 12th to 13th in 5A, Western Dubuque (No. 8) and Cedar Rapids Xavier (No. 10) each moving up a spot in 4A and Monticello sliding three places to No. 14 in 3A.

CLASS 5A W-L PVS.

1. Indianola 7-0 (1)

2. Iowa City High 8-0 (2)

3. Iowa City West 7-1 (3)

4. Davenport North 6-1 (4)

5. Cedar Falls 6-1 (5)

6. Waukee 6-1 (8)

7. Ames 6-2 (9)

8. West Des Moines Valley 7-2 (7)

9. West Des Moines Dowling 7-1 (11)

10. Johnston 6-2 (6)

11. Southeast Polk 7-2 (10)

12. Linn-Mar 7-2 (13)

13. Pleasant Valley 7-1 (14)

14. Ankeny Centennial 5-3 (12)

15. Bettendorf 6-2 (15)

Dropped out: none

CLASS 4A W-L PVS.

1. Pella 6-0 (1)

2. Marion 9-0 (2)

3. Keokuk 3-1 (3)

4. Nevada 7-1 (7)

5. Grinnell 5-2 (4)

6. Boone 7-1 (6)

7. Lewis Central 7-1 (8)

8. Western Dubuque 7-0 (9)

9. North Scott 5-2 (10)

10. Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-3 (11)

11. Ballard 6-2 (12)

12. Carlisle 6-2 (5)

13. Dallas Center-Grimes 4-4 (NR)

14. Le Mars 4-2 (14)

15. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 5-2 (15)

Dropped out: Sioux City Heelan (13)

CLASS 3A W-L PVS.

1. Pocahontas Area 8-0 (1)

2. Sioux Center 8-0 (2)

3. Union 7-0 (3)

4. Cherokee 6-0 (4)

5. Center Point-Urbana 7-1 (5)

6. Crestwood 6-0 (6)

7. Mount Vernon 6-2 (7)

8. Clear Lake 7-1 (8)

9. Davenport Assumption 6-2 (9)

10. West Marshall 7-0 (10)

11. Shenandoah 7-1 (12)

12. Central Lee 7-0 (13)

13. Carroll Kuemper 6-1 (NR)

14. Monticello 6-2 (11)

15. Algona 7-1 (NR)

Dropped out: Osage (14), Monroe PCM (15)

CLASS 2A W-L PVS.

1. Iowa City Regina 8-0 (1)

2. Treynor 7-0 (2)

3. Western Christian 6-1 (3)

4. Central Decatur 7-0 (4)

5. Mount Ayr 8-0 (5)

6. Panorama 9-0 (6)

7. North Linn 10-0 (7)

8. Pella Christian 6-2 (8)

9. Van Meter 6-1 (9)

10. Rockford 8-0 (10)

11. Interstate 35 4-2 (9)

12. Cascade 8-1 (12)

13. IKM-Manning 4-2 (13)

14. Mediapolis 6-0 (14)

15. Bellevue 7-2 (15)

Dropped out: none

CLASS 1A W-L PVS.

1. Springville 8-0 (1)

2. Turkey Valley 7-0 (2)

3. Exira-EHK 8-0 (3)

4. Colo-Nesco 8-1 (4)

5. Lansing Kee 5-1 (5)

6. Ackley AGWSR 6-0 (6)

7. Bellevue Marquette 9-1 (7)

8. Newell-Fonda 6-2 (8)

9. Glidden-Ralston 6-1 (9)

10. Burlington Notre Dame 6-2 (11)

11. Grand View Christian 5-2 (12)

12. Easton Valley 6-3 (10)

13. Kingsley-Pierson 9-0 (13)

14. Sidney 6-0 (14)

15. Lynnville-Sully 8-0 (15)

Dropped out: none