Iowa high school girls' basketball rankings: Springville retains top spot in 1A

Springville is still the top-ranked girls' basketball team in Class 1A.

The Orioles suffered their first loss Friday, but there was no shame in a defeat at now-2A No. 6 North Linn (13-0). Plus, Springville showed its mettle the next day, rallying to beat No. 2 Turkey Valley 40-27 at Rivalry Saturday in a rematch of last year's state championship to keep the top spot in this week's IGHSAU rankings.

TV stayed at No. 2, but there was movement in the rest of 1A. Nos. 5-7 — Lansing Kee, Bellevue Marquette and Newell-Fonda — each fell one spot, while No. 4 Colo-Nesco dropped to No. 14. Glidden-Ralston and Burlington Notre Dame moved up four spots apiece and into the top five behind No. 3 Exira-EHK.

There was no change at the top in the other four classes, either, with 5A Indianola (10-0), 4A Pella (9-1), 3A Pocahontas Area (11-0) and 2A Iowa City Regina (11-0) all remaining No. 1. Pella lost for the first time at Rivalry Saturday, but it came to 5A No. 3 Iowa City West in a close one (57-53).

No. 2 Marion lost its first game this season at Rivalry Saturday as well, falling to then-5A No. 12 Linn-Mar. The Lions are now No. 13 after a 20-point loss to West on Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the area, Western Dubuque went from 11th to 10th in 4A and Cascade did the same in 2A. Union fell to No. 7 from No. 3 in 3A. Center Point-Urbana stayed at fifth there, but was jumped by Crestwood, which moved from No. 6 to No. 4.

Mid-Prairie (8-3) joined the 3A rankings at No. 15 and Lynnville-Sully jumped three places to No. 12 in 1A.

Class 5A

1. Indianola 10-0 (1)

2. Iowa City High 12-0 (2)

3. Iowa City West 10-1 (3)

4. Davenport North 8-2 (4)

5. Cedar Falls 8-1 (5)

6. West Des Moines Valley 11-2 (7)

7. Waukee 8-2 (6)

8. Ames 8-3 (8)

9. Johnston 10-2 (10)

10. West Des Moines Dowling 9-2 (9)

11. Pleasant Valley 10-2 (13)

12. Ankeny Centennial 8-4 (14)

13. Linn-Mar 9-3 (12)

14. Southeast Polk 7-4 (11)

15. Bettendorf 8-2 (15)

Class 4A

1. Pella 9-1 (1)

2. Marion 11-1 (2)

3. Nevada 9-1 (3)

4. Grinnell 9-2 (4)

5. Lewis Central 11-1 (5)

6. North Scott 8-3 (6)

7. Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-5 (7)

8. Ballard 7-3 (8)

9. Dallas Center-Grimes 7-5 (9)

10. Western Dubuque 9-1 (11)

11. Waverly-Shell Rock 8-4 (NR)

12. Boone 9-3 (10)

13. Carlisle 8-3 (13)

14. Fairfield 8-3 (NR)

15. LeMars 6-3 (14)

Dropped out: Keokuk (12), Sergeant Bluff-Luton (15)

Class 3A

1. Pocahontas Area 11-0 (1)

2. Sioux Center 11-0 (2)

3. Cherokee 11-0 (4)

4. Crestwood 8-0 (6)

5. Center Point-Urbana 10-2 (5)

6. Clear Lake 10-1 (7)

7. Union 9-1 (3)

8. West Marshall 11-0 (9)

9. Davenport Assumption 7-5 (8)

10. Algona 10-1 (11)

11. Mount Vernon 7-4 (12)

12. Shenandoah 10-2 (10)

13. Humboldt 7-2 (13)

14. Carroll Kuemper 8-2 (14)

15. Mid-Prairie 8-3 (NR)

Dropped out: Central Lee (15)

Class 2A

1. Iowa City Regina 11-0 (1)

2. Treynor 11-0 (2)

3. Western Christian 10-1 (3)

4. Central Decatur 11-0 (4)

5. Mount Ayr 11-0 (5)

6. North Linn 13-0 (7)

7. Van Meter 10-1 (10)

8. Pella Christian 7-4 (8)

9. Rockford 11-0 (10)

10. Cascade 9-1 (11)

11. Panorama 10-1 (6)

12. West Lyon 11-1 (15)

13. Logan-Magnolia 10-1 (NR)

14. Bellevue 10-3 (14)

15. North Union 11-0 (NR)

Dropped out: IKM-Manning (12), Mediapolis (13)

Class 1A

1. Springville 11-1 (1)

2. Turkey Valley 11-1 (2)

3. Exira-EHK 11-0 (3)

4. Glidden-Ralston 9-1 (8)

5. Burlington Notre Dame 10-2 (9)

6. Lansing Kee 6-3 (5)

7. Bellevue Marquette 11-2 (6)

8. Newell-Fonda 8-3 (7)

9. Kingsley-Pierson 11-0 (13)

10. Easton Valley 9-3 (12)

11. Sidney 11-0 (14)

12. Lynnville-Sully 12-0 (15)

13. Janesville 11-0 (NR)

14. Colo-Nesco 10-2 (4)

15. Ackley AGWSR 8-3 (10)

Dropped out: Grand View Christian (11)