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IHSAA boys’ basketball rankings: Cedar Rapids Xavier and Marion in the top 5 in Class 3A
Cedar Rapids Kennedy remains No. 1 in Class 4A, North Linn second in 1A
Jan. 23, 2023 2:13 pm, Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 3:19 pm
North Lynn Lynx guard Breckyn Betenbender (14) guards Alburnett Pirates guard Mason Neighbor (20) as he drives the ball towards the net in the second quarter of the game at North Linn High School in Troy Mills, Iowa on Friday, January 20, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
CEDAR RAPIDS — Metro boys’ basketball in Class 3A is pretty good right now. OK, really good.
Cedar Rapids Xavier and Marion top-five teams in the class in the latest Iowa High School Athletic Association poll, released Monday. Top-four teams, actually.
Xavier comes in at No. 2 this week, behind only top-ranked Bondurant-Farrar. The Bluejays are the only unbeaten team remaining in the class at 13-0.
Xavier (10-3) moved up from third last week after going 1-1 against a pair of ranked teams in Class 4A. The Saints beat No. 9 Waterloo West at home, 67-37, with the Wahawks playing that game without three starters who were suspended.
Xavier then dropped a close 62-59 decision to 10th-ranked Cedar Falls.
Marion (12-3) was a big mover this week, going from seventh to fourth. The Wolves have won six games in a row and 10 of their last 11.
Their losses have been by two points to Bondurant-Farrar and to 4A teams Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Iowa City High. Kennedy remains No. 1 in 4A this week after a pair of victories, including an impressive 22-point victory at then eighth-ranked Dubuque Senior.
Senior dropped one spot this week to No. 9. Waukee and Waukee Northwest flipped the second and third spots in 4A after Waukee beat Northwest, 77-55, this past Friday night.
Central Lyon and Grand View Christian remain No. 1 in Class 2A and 1A, respectively. Aplington-Parkersburg is second in 2A, with Alburnett falling from sixth to ninth after a 64-47 loss this past Friday night to North Linn.
The Lynx (14-0) have handed Alburnett (13-2) its two losses this season. North Linn remains second in Class 1A.
The top seven in that class remain the same this week, with Baxter and Le Mars Gehlen joining the rankings at ninth and 10th, respectively. They replace Lynnville-Sully and Bellevue Marquette, who lost games for the first time this season last week.
Below are the entire rankings, with record through Sunday and last week’s ranking in parentheses.
Class 4A
- 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 12-0 (1)
- 2. Waukee 13-2 (3)
- 3. Waukee Northwest 13-2 (2)
- 4. West Des Moines Valley 10-3 (4)
- 5. Indianola 13-1 (6)
- 6. Sioux City East 14-0 (7)
- 7. Ankeny Centennial 9-4 (5)
- 8. Cedar Falls 9-3 (10)
- 9. Dubuque Senior 11-2 (8)
- 10. North Scott 11-2 (NR)
- Dropped out: Waterloo West (9).
Class 3A
- 1. Bondurant-Farrar 13-0 (1)
- 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier 10-3 (3)
- 3. Clear Lake 10-1 (6)
- 4. Marion 12-3 (7)
- 5. MOC-Floyd Valley 11-2 (2)
- 6. Sioux City Heelan 11-3 (4)
- 7. North Polk 12-2 (9)
- 8. Newton 7-4 (8)
- 9. Webster City 11-1 (5)
- 10. Charles City 10-3 (NR)
- Dropped out: Waverly-Shell Rock (10).
Class 2A
- 1. Central Lyon 11-0 (1)
- 2. Aplington-Parkersburg 14-0 (2)
- 3. Western Christian 12-1 (3)
- 4. Roland-Story 13-1 (4)
- 5. West Burlington 14-0 (5)
- 6. Sioux Central 13-0 (8)
- 7. Avoca AHSTW 14-1 (9)
- 8. Grundy Center 13-2 (10)
- 9. Alburnett 13-2 (6)
- 10. Lake Mills 15-0 (NR)
- Dropped out: Carroll Kuemper (7).
CLASS 1A
- 1. Grand View Christian 15-0 (1)
- 2. North Linn 14-0 (2)
- 3. WACO 15-0 (3)
- 4. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 13-1 (4)
- 5. Dunkerton 15-0 (5)
- 6. West Harrison 11-1 (6)
- 7. Remsen St. Mary’s 10-1 (7)
- 8. Wapsie Valley 13-1 (10)
- 9. Baxter 13-1 (NR)
- 10. Le Mars Gehlen 12-2 (NR)
- Dropped out: Lynnville-Sully (8), Bellevue Marquette (9).
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