Girls' basketball rankings: No. 3 City High has rugged final stretch

Iowa City High won't get anything close to a night off from its opponents during the last stretch of the regular season.

The Little Hawks, who remained No. 3 in Class 5A in the latest IGHSAU girls' basketball rankings, have three top eight match-ups in a row, then a rivalry game against another ranked team.

Linn-Mar, which moved up two spots to No. 8, visits City High on Friday. Then the Little Hawks face top-ranked Ankeny Centennial and No. 4 Cedar Falls on the road Saturday and Tuesday, respectively, before closing the regular season against 12th-ranked Iowa City West next Friday.

Cedar Rapids has its own top-15 clash this Friday, as No. 7 Kennedy hosts No. 15 Washington.

In Class 4A, Western Dubuque and Marion remained second and seventh, behind No. 1 Harlan.

The Indians handed Center Point-Urbana its first loss last week, but the Stormin' Pointers held on to the No. 2 ranking in Class 3A, trailing Pocahontas Area.

Mount Vernon and Mid-Prairie dropped out.

Like the rest of the Class 2A teams, Iowa City Regina and West Branch held steady at No. 2 and No. 7 after the Regals' two-point triumph over the Bears on Tuesday. Western Christian is No. 1.

In 1A, Montezuma moved into the top 10 at No. 9. Turkey Valley and Springville remain first and third.

Here are the full rankings. Last week's ratings in parentheses.

CLASS 5A

1. Ankeny Centennial 14-2 (1)

2. Johnston 13-3 (2)

3. Iowa City High 15-2 (3)

4. Cedar Falls 17-1 (4)

5. Waukee 13-3 (5)

6. Indianola 16-1 (7)

7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 15-3 (6)

8. Linn-Mar 13-4 (10)

9. Davenport North 15-3 (12)

10. Southeast Polk 13-5 (12)

11. West Des Moines Valley 12-5 (13)

12. Iowa City West 12-6 (14)

13. West Des Moines Dowling 12-6 (8)

14. Pleasant Valley 13-5 (9)

15. Cedar Rapids Washington 12-6 (15)

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan 15-1 (1)

2. Western Dubuque 18-0 (2)

3. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 14-1 (3)

4. Keokuk 16-1 (4)

5. Ballard 16-1 (5)

6. North Scott 14-4 (6)

7. Marion 13-4 (7)

8. Pella 15-2 (8)

9. Fairfield 14-5 (9)

10. Mason City 10-7 (10)

11. Waverly-Shell Rock 16-3 (11)

12. Grinnell 12-5 (13)

13. Dallas Center-Grimes 13-5 (15)

14. Boone 14-4 (12)

15. DeWitt Central 12-5 (NR)

CLASS 3A

1. Pocahontas Area 17-0 (1)

2. Center Point-Urbana 17-1 (2)

3. Nevada 15-3 (3)

4. Cherokee 17-1 (4)

5. Union 19-1 (5)

6. Sioux Center 15-3 (6)

7. Hampton-Dumont 14-2 (7)

8. Osage 14-3 (10)

9. West Marshall 15-1 (11)

10. Forest City 13-4 (8)

11. Spirit Lake 12-7 (9)

12. Monticello 13-5 (12)

13. MOC-Floyd Valley 12-6 (NR)

14. Camanche 13-7 (NR)

15. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10-7 (NR)

CLASS 2A

1. Western Christian 17-2 (1)

2. Iowa City Regina 19-0 (2)

3. Pekin 19-0 (3)

4. Unity Christian 17-1 (4)

5. Okoboji 18-0 (5)

6. Manson-Northwest Webster 13-3 (6)

7. West Branch 17-3 (7)

8. Central Decatur 17-1 (8)

9. Des Moines Christian 16-1 (9)

10. Interstate 35 16-2 (10)

11. Treynor 14-1 (11)

12. Van Meter 16-2 (12)

13. Lawton-Bronson 14-4 (13)

14. Grundy Center 18-1 (14)

15. Durant 15-5 (15)

CLASS 1A

1. Turkey Valley 19-0 (1)

2. Exira-EHK 18-0 (2)

3. Springville 17-1 (3)

4. Burlington Notre Dame 18-1 (4)

5. Kingsley-Pierson 17-1 (5)

6. Lansing Kee 16-2 (7)

7. Newell-Fonda 13-5 (6)

8. Grand View Christian 16-0 (8)

9. Montezuma 19-1 (12)

10. Adair-Casey 17-2 (11)

11. Northwood-Kensett 15-3 (13)

12. Lynnville-Sully 18-1 (9)

13. Westwood 15-3 (10)

14. Glidden-Ralston 16-3 (NR)

15. Bedford 13-4 (14)