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Iowa high school boys’ basketball rankings: 3 Metro teams are in the top 5
Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy plays Tuesday night at 3A No. 4 Cedar Rapids Xavier
Feb. 13, 2023 3:09 pm, Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 8:39 am
CEDAR RAPIDS — Three Metro boys’ basketball teams are ranked in the top five of their respective classes in this week’s Iowa High School Athletic Association poll.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy remains No. 1 in Class 4A. The Cougars (19-0) passed a big test last week, winning three games.
Kennedy edged Iowa City West, 55-48, knocked off Iowa City High, 76-44, and won at fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley, 64-50. The Cougars trailed in the fourth quarter of that game until taking over late.
Valley (15-5) played without standout guard and leading scorer Curtis Stinson, who was injured in his team’s game the night before. Kennedy has another big game Tuesday night at Cedar Rapids Xavier.
The Saints (14-5) are ranked fourth in Class 3A this week, one spot ahead of Marion (16-4). Bondurant-Farrar (19-0) is the lone unbeaten in 3A and continues to be top ranked.
Alburnett (19-3) picked up a big win last week over Gladbrook-Reinbeck to end the regular season and rejoins the rankings in Class 2A at ninth. Central Lyon (18-1) continues atop that class.
Grand View Christian (20-0) and North Linn (20-0) remain a solid 1-2 in Class 1A. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (19-2) is third.
Class 1A tipped off its postseason this past Friday night. There is a full slate of 1A and 2A district games Monday night across the state.
Below is this week’s entire poll, with team record and last week’s ranking in parentheses.
Class 4A
- 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 19-0 (1)
- 2. Waukee 19-2 (2)
- 3. Waukee Northwest 18-2 (3)
- 4. West Des Moines Valley 15-5 (4)
- 5. Indianola 18-2 (5)
- 6. Norwalk 16-3 (7)
- 7. Dubuque Senior 16-3 (8)
- 8. Ankeny Centennial 14-6 (6)
- 9. Cedar Falls 13-5 (9)
- 10. Sioux CIty East 19-2 (10)
Class 3A
- 1. Bondurant-Farrar 19-0 (1)
- 2. Clear Lake 18-1 (2)
- 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 19-2 (3)
- 4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 14-5 (5)
- 5. Marion 16-4 (6)
- 6. Newton 14-5 (4)
- 7. Waverly-Shell Rock 15-4 (10)
- 8. Webster City 16-2 (7)
- 9. Mount Pleasant 17-4 (8)
- 10. Sioux City Heelan 15-5 (9)
Class 2A
- 1. Central Lyon 18-1 (1)
- 2. Roland-Story 21-1 (2)
- 3. Aplington-Parkersburg 19-2 (3)
- 4. Sioux Central 21-0 (4)
- 5. Western Christian 17-3 (6)
- 6. West Burlington 20-1 (5)
- 7. Avoca AHSTW 19-2 (7)
- 8. Lake Mills 21-0 (8)
- 9. Alburnett 19-3 (NR)
- 10. West Lyon 16-4 (NR)
- Dropped out: Eddyville EBF (9), Dyersville Beckman (10).
Class 1A
- 1. Grand View Christian 20-0 (1)
- 2. North Linn 20-0 (2)
- 3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 19-2 (3)
- 4. West Harrison 19-1 (4)
- 5. WACO 20-1 (5)
- 6. Dunkerton 20-1 (6)
- 7. Remsen St. Mary’s 18-2 (7)
- 8. Baxter 17-1 (8)
- 9. Madrid 18-2 (9)
- 10. Newell-Fonda 16-4 (NR)
- Dropped out: Mason City Newman (10).
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Xavier’s Joe Bean (30) drives to the hoop and puts in a layup on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, at West High School in Iowa City, Iowa. Xavier defeated Iowa City West 64-62. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
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