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Iowa high school boys’ basketball rankings: Cedar Rapids Kennedy ends regular season No. 1
Cougars atop final Class 4A poll, with Xavier 4th in 3A and Marion 5th
Feb. 20, 2023 2:55 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ basketball team finished the regular season undefeated for the first time in school history last week.
The Cougars went through the Mississippi Valley Conference without a loss for the first time.
Monday they ended the regular season top ranked in Class 4A. Kennedy is No. 1 in the final Iowa High School Athletic Association poll.
The top seven in the class remained exactly the same as last week: Kennedy (20-0), followed by Waukee, Waukee Northwest, West Des Moines Valley, Indianola, Norwalk and Dubuque Senior.
Ankeny Centennial lost last week and fell from eighth to 10th, with Cedar Falls and Sioux City East inching up a spot to eighth and ninth, respectively.
Bondurant-Farrar (20-0) finished on top in Class 3A, followed by Clear Lake and MOC-Floyd Valley. Cedar Rapids Xavier (15-6) and Marion (16-5) remained fourth and fifth despite each losing a game last week.
In fact, last week saw the last seven of the top 10 lose, allowing Williamsburg (17-4) to join the rankings at ninth. The Raiders beat Marion last week.
The postseason for all of Class 3A began Monday night, as well as for 32 of the 48 teams in 4A. Last week’s final rankings for Class 1A and 2A can be found here.
Below is the entire 3A-4A poll, with record and last week’s ranking in parentheses.
Class 4A
- 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 20-0 (1)
- 2. Waukee 20-2 (2)
- 3. Waukee Northwest 19-2 (3)
- 4. West Des Moines Valley 16-5 (4)
- 5. Indianola 19-2 (5)
- 6. Norwalk 18-3 (6)
- 7. Dubuque Senior 18-3 (8)
- 8. Cedar Falls 15-5 (9)
- 9. Sioux City East 20-2 (10)
- 10. Ankeny Centennial 14-7 (7)
CLASS 3A
- 1. Bondurant-Farrar 20-0 (1)
- 2. Clear Lake 20-1 (2)
- 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 19-2 (3)
- 4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 15-6 (4)
- 5. Marion 16-5 (5)
- 6. Newton 14-6 (6)
- 7. North Polk 16-5 (NR)
- 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 15-5 (10)
- 9. Williamsburg 17-4 (NR)
- 10. Sioux City Heelan 15-6 (10)
- Dropped out: Webster City (8), Mount Pleasant (9).
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Cedar Rapids Xavier's Thomas Sundell (11) drives past Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Trevan Krumrei (23) during a boys’ basketball game at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
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