Iowa high school girls’ basketball rankings: Cedar Falls jumps to No. 3 after beating West

The highest-ranked MVC girls' basketball team is now the Cedar Falls Tigers. CF (16-1) jumped from No. 6 to No. 3, surpassing Iowa City High and Iowa City West, after beating West 75-66 last Friday.

City High beat the Tigers 62-40 back in December and remains No. 5 behind the Women of Troy, who won the second meeting between the rivals two weeks ago.

Linn-Mar (11-7) dropped out of the rankings after losing three games last week. The Lions were replaced by Dubuque Hempstead (11-6).

The No. 1 teams remained the same: Indianola (17-0) in 5A, Marion (18-1) in 4A, Sioux Center (19-0) in 3A, Iowa City Regina (19-0) in 2A and Springville (19-2) in 1A.

Springville hosts 2A No. 4 North Linn (21-0) Friday.

Elsewhere in the area, Center Point-Urbana flipped with Cherokee to No. 4; the Stormin' Pointers lost to Marion 63-47 last week but beat 4A No. 10 Waverly-Shell Rock 62-55. Cherokee lost 60-48 at then-4A No. 14 (now 12) Le Mars. Cascade moved up two spots to No. 8 in 2A and Maquoketa Valley climbed to No. 14.

Class 5A

1. Indianola 17-0 (1)

2. West Des Moines Valley 16-2 (2)

3. Cedar Falls 16-1 (6)

4. Iowa City West 15-3 (3)

5. Iowa City High 16-1 (5)

6. Waukee 14-3 (9)

7. West Des Moines Dowling 15-3 (7)

8. Johnston 14-4 (10)

9. Davenport North 14-3 (4)

10. Pleasant Valley 15-3 (8)

11. Ankeny Centennial 12-5 (11)

12. Southeast Polk 12-6 (12)

13. Ames 12-6 (13)

14. Bettendorf 12-4 (15)

15. Dubuque Hempstead 11-6 (NR)

Dropped out: Linn-Mar (14)

Class 4A

1. Marion 18-1 (1)

2. Nevada 17-1 (2)

3. Grinnell 14-3 (3)

4. Pella 14-4 (4)

5. Lewis Central 16-1 (5)

6. Cedar Rapids Xavier 11-6 (6)

7. Western Dubuque 16-1 (7)

8. North Scott 13-5 (8)

9. Dallas Center-Grimes 11-7 (9)

10. Waverly-Shell Rock 13-5 (10)

11. Boone 15-4 (12)

12. Le Mars 15-3 (14)

13. Carlisle 14-4 (13)

14. Ballard 12-5 (11)

15. Fairfield 13-5 (15)

Class 3A

1. Sioux Center 19-0 (1)

2. Pocahontas Area 17-1 (2)

3. Crestwood 16-0 (3)

4. Center Point-Urbana 16-3 (5)

5. Cherokee 16-2 (4)

6. Union 18-2 (7)

7. Davenport Assumption 10-7 (8)

8. Clear Lake 15-3 (6)

9. West Marshall 18-1 (10)

10. Shenandoah 16-2 (11)

11. Mount Vernon 12-5 (9)

12. Monroe PCM 16-3 (15)

13. Humboldt 12-5 (NR)

14. Mid-Prairie 14-5 (12)

15. Algona 15-4 (14)

Dropped out: Red Oak (13)

Class 2A

1. Iowa City Regina 19-0 (1)

2. Treynor 18-0 (2)

3. Central Decatur 18-0 (3)

4. North Linn 21-0 (4)

5. Western Christian 16-2 (5)

6. Pella Christian 12-5 (6)

7. Panorama 18-1 (8)

8. Cascade 17-2 (10)

9. West Sioux 17-1 (12)

10. Van Meter 15-3 (9)

11. Logan-Magnolia 16-2 (11)

12. West Lyon 16-3 (14)

13. Mount Ayr 17-2 (7)

14. Maquoketa Valley 16-4 (15)

15. IKM-Manning 12-4 (NR)

Dropped out: Rockford (13)

Class 1A

1. Springville 19-2 (1)

2. Turkey Valley 15-2 (2)

3. Exira-EHK 19-0 (3)

4. Glidden-Ralston 14-2 (4)

5. Lansing Kee 13-3 (5)

6. Newell-Fonda 14-3 (6)

7. Bellevue Marquette 16-3 (7)

8. Kingsley-Pierson 17-1 (8)

9. Sidney 17-1 (9)

10. Janesville 19-0 (11)

11. Lynnville-Sully 19-1 (10)

12. Colo-Nesco 17-2 (14)

13. West Hancock 15-3 (NR)

14. Burlington Notre Dame 14-6 (13)

15. Westwood 15-5 (NR)

Dropped out: Easton Valley (12), Akron-Westfield (13)