Gazette boys’ basketball rankings: number ones remain same

CEDAR RAPIDS - Iowa City West, Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa City Regina and Gladbrook-Reinbeck remain the top-ranked teams in their respective classes in the latest Gazette boys' basketball rankings.

Class 4A West (9-0) has a premier game Tuesday night against at home against Dubuque Wahlert (5-4), which is ranked third in Class 3A. Also playing Tuesday night are Pleasant Valley and North Scott, which are 4-5 in 4A.

Waverly is the number one team in 3A with a 9-0 record. Wahlert dropped behind MOC/Floyd Valley after a loss to Cedar Falls last week.

Williamsburg (8-1) is ranked sixth in 3A, entering the poll after an impressive 53-37 win last Friday night at Marion. The Raiders lead the Wamac Conference's West Division.

A buzzer-beating 3-pointer allowed Regina (8-0) to beat Benton Community last Saturday and stay at number one in 2A. Monticello (12-1) dropped from sixth to eighth after an overtime loss last week to Cascade, which is seventh.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-0) remains atop the 1A poll. Meskwaki Settlement School (8-0) enters at 10th after a win last weekend over then-eighth-ranked Janesville.

Here is the entire poll, with last week's ranking in parentheses:

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CLASS 4A

1. Iowa City West 9-0 (1)

2. West Des Moines Dowling 8-0 (2)

3. Des Moines Hoover 9-0 (4)

4. Pleasant Valley 9-0 (5)

5. North Scott 7-2 (3)

6. Waukee 8-3 (9)

7. Linn-Mar 7-1 (7)

8. Ankeny Centennial 8-1 (6)

9. Council Bluffs Lincoln 9-1 (10)

10. West Des Moines Valley 7-3 (9)

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CLASS 3A

1. Waverly-Shell Rock 9-0 (1)

2. MOC/Floyd Valley 10-0 (3)

3. Dubuque Wahlert 5-4 (2)

4. LeMars 8-1 (4)

5. Spirit Lake 7-1 (8)

6. Williamsburg 8-1 (NR)

7. Keokuk 7-1 (NR)

8. Gilbert 7-1 (5)

9. Carroll 8-2 (NR)

10. Creston 8-2 (7)

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CLASS 2A

1. Iowa City Regina 8-0 (1)

2. Western Christian 7-1 (2)

3. New Hampton 9-1 (3)

4. Treynor 8-1 (4)

5. IKM-Manning 9-0 (5)

6. Aplington-Parkersburg 10-0 (8)

7. Cascade 10-1 (7)

8. Monticello 12-1 (6)

9. Roland-Story 8-1 (9)

10. West Fork 6-1 (NR)

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CLASS 1A

1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 9-0 (1)

2. LeMars Gehlen 10-0 (2)

3. Danville 9-0 (3)

4. Central Lyon 8-2 (4)

5. Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 9-1 (5)

6. Nodaway Valley 9-0 (6)

7. West Hancock 9-1 (7)

8. Ar-We-Va 9-0 (9)

9. Colo-NESCO 9-0 (10)

10. Meskwaki Settlement School 8-0 (NR)

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