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Gazette/Iowa Prep Sports boys' basketball poll (Week 2)

Dec. 16, 2013 12:43 pm
Lots of upheaval in the lower classes, though the numbers ones remain the same in the second Gazette/Iowa Prep Sports boys' basketball poll of the season.It's still Iowa City West as the top team in Class 4A. The Trojans won twice easily last week to extend their win streak to 56 games, the longest ever for a big-school team.As a matter of fact, numbers two, three and four remained the same (Bettendorf, Dubuque Senior, North Scott) in 4A, with Ankeny Centennial jumping from No. 7 to No. 5. Former Cedar Rapids Kennedy Coach Bob Fontana has the Jaguars rolling at 5-0.Des Moines North, Sioux City East and Linn-Mar joined the top 10. It might seem strange to see 2-2 Linn-Mar there, but the Lions have played an incredibly tough early schedule and beat a good Southeast Polk team on the road last Saturday.Harlan (4-0) is still tops in 3A, though Cedar Rapids Xavier dropped from second to sixth after a loss last Friday to Dubuque Hempstead. Clear Lake is the new No. 2, with Dubuque Wahlert jumping from seventh to third. Solon is solid at No. 5.Western Christian is 3-0 and remains the top-ranked team in Class 2A. Second-ranked Carroll Kuemper was drubbed by 3A Carroll and falls to fourth.Rock Valley is the new No. 2, with Cascade at No. 5 and MFL/Mar-Mac No. 10.The top four in Class 1A remain identical, led by No. 1 Newell-Fonda (5-0). Keota (4-0) moves up a spot from sixth to fifth, with Nodaway Valley, Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Lake Mills all joining the rankings at eight, nine and 10, respectively.Here are all of the rankings:
CLASS 4A 1. Iowa City West 4-0 (1) 2. Bettendorf 3-0 (2) 3. Dubuque Senior 3-0 (3) 4. North Scott 4-0 (4) 5. Ankeny Centennial 5-0 (7) 6. Sioux City North 6-0 (5) 7. Des Moines North 4-0 (NR) 8. Waukee 4-1 (6) 9. Sioux City East 3-1 (NR) 10. Linn-Mar 2-2 (NR)
CLASS 3A 1. Harlan 3-0 (1) 2. Clear Lake 4-0 (5) 3. Dubuque Wahlert 3-1 (7) 4. Carroll 4-0 (NR) 5. Solon 4-0 (6) 6. Cedar Rapids Xavier 3-1 (2) 7. Sioux City Heelan 2-1 (9) 8. Dallas Center-Grimes 4-1 (NR) 9. Creston 4-0 (NR) 10. DeWitt Central 4-0 (NR)
CLASS 2A 1. Western Christian 3-0 (1) 2. Rock Valley 4-0 (3) 3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 3-0 (4) 4. Carroll Kuemper 3-1 (2) 5. Cascade 4-0 (6) 6. Sioux Center 3-1 (7) 7. New Hampton 3-0 (8) 8. Sac City 3-1 (5) 9. West Fork 4-0 (9) 10. MFL/Mar-Mac 3-0 (10)
CLASS 1A 1. Newell-Fonda 5-0 (1) 2. LeMars Gehlen 5-0 (5-0) 3. West Lyon 3-0 (3) 4. Dunkerton 4-0 (4) 5. Keota 4-0 (6) 6. Ankeny Christian 3-0 (7) 7. Belmond-Klemme 4-0 (9) 8. Nodaway Valley 4-0 (NR) 9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4-0 (NR) 10. Lake Mills 5-0 (NR)
Dubuque Senior's Lucas LeGrand looks for a shot as he is fouled by Brawntae Wells of Des Moines Roosevelt during a Class 4A quarterfinal at the 2013 State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)